Linux-Hardware Digest #665, Volume #13 Tue, 3 Oct 00 12:13:09 EDT
Contents:
AAAAaaaaarrrgggggghhhhh (Bernhard Mogens Ege)
HomePNA (David.B.Snyder)
Re: AAAAaaaaarrrgggggghhhhh (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: ATI Rage FURY MAXX 64Mo ("Thomas Little")
Re: Intel CA810EAL video? (Raymond Blum)
Re: multiboot confusion (Rod Smith)
Re: Dell Inspiron 7000 and kernel 2.2.17 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
hard card 2 (linda wilson)
Re: Dell Inspiron 7000 and kernel 2.2.17 (Kenneth R�rvik)
Adaptec 2930Cu Scsi card ("Paul Beers")
Re: D851EEA network adapter help, please. (Bill Stapleton)
Maxi Home Studio Pro 64 driver ("David Brillard")
Re: Linux on 386? (bgeer)
Re: AAAAaaaaarrrgggggghhhhh (Flint Slacker)
Re: Soyo SY-K7VIA motherboard? Kaser S305-16A video card? (McManus Leo Root DSP
Consultant)
Re: adding a scsi disk to an ide system (Michael Meissner)
cs4237 rh 6.2 (Siukong)
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Subject: AAAAaaaaarrrgggggghhhhh
From: Bernhard Mogens Ege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 13:41:12 GMT
Ahh, needed some air.
My system keeps freezing on me. Has been running stable for 9 month
and now it freezes at least once a day.
The problem might be:
Arla client (free AFS client). No running anymore.
Net speed upped to 100Mbit/Sec.
XFree86-4.0 (previous 3.3.5).
Machine relocation (moved it a bit).
Upgrade from RedHat 6.0 to 7.0 (in parts, but inbetween a complete reinstall
to rh70beta occured).
MTRR is being used by Xserver.
I dont know what!
System:
AMD Athlon 500
MSI 6167 (AMD750/AMD7409 chipset)
128Mb PC100 RAM
Western Digital 18Gb disc
Yamaha YMF724 soundcard.
TNT2
3Com 3c905b NIC.
I have switched to the following hardware:
New mainboard (same as old) -> no difference.
GeForce2MX -> no difference.
RealTek 8139 NIC -> no difference.
I have disabled APM (as much as the bios allows).
Software:
RedHat 7.0, upgraded from RedHat 7.0 beta. This worked for several
Intel machines I have installed/upgraded (P3-500 to P3-800, via
chipset, TNT2 and GeForce2GTS, 3Com 3c905C).
Disabling OSS sound driver does not help.
AGP disabled (for nvidia driver).
Compiled kernel myself (redhat kernel 2.2.16-22). Precompiled kernel
doesn't help.
No DMA on HD (chipset not recognised by kernel).
USB is running (USB hub attached, no other devices attached).
NTP is running (stopping doesn't help).
RH70 beta installation was more stable than RH70 final.
Syslog never contains any errors that cannot be explained.
Windows98SE is very stable. It really is.
I wish Linux was able to store information somewhere in memory/on
disc/floppy/non-volatile memory about a kernel crash.
Running X doesn't let you see anything on the console.
I have obviously missed something, since the system keeps being this
unstable, but I have no idea what.
regards,
Bernhard Ege
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David.B.Snyder)
Subject: HomePNA
Date: 3 Oct 2000 09:35:31 -0400
After a little bit of seaching, I have not been able to find any
information on using HomePNA devices under Linux. (these are the
devices that communicate over the home phone lines at 1 to 10 Mbps.)
Though apparently Linksys has a device that communicates between HomePNA
and Ethernet 10BaseT.
I haven't bought anything yet. But this technology might be useful to me
even if it works only under windoze. However, I would rather plan to
integrate it with a Linux server.
Is anyone aware of techniques (or plans) to get to get HomePNA to
communicate with Linux? Would you point me to some information
sources?
Thanks
david snyder
--
David B. Snyder | Where were you when I laid the earth's
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | foundation? Tell me if you understand.
| Who marked off its dimensions?
| Job 38:4
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Subject: Re: AAAAaaaaarrrgggggghhhhh
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 13:51:27 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernhard Mogens Ege) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>I have obviously missed something, since the system keeps being this
>unstable, but I have no idea what.
Keep an eye on /var/log/messages and /var/log/dmesg and see what is going
on - any critical errors will likely be echoed there.
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
Nordbergv. 60A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: "Thomas Little" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage FURY MAXX 64Mo
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 13:52:00 GMT
Laurent Bruasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> I am about to buy an ATI Rage Fury MAXX, but I wonder if it
> will be recogniezed by linux ? I've read many different things
> on linhardware.com such as : it is perfectly working , but also
> It doesn't work at all. Somebody said it was recognized but
> the X server locks all the time.
I've been trying to get this card to work with X but I personally have had
no luck. I have also read that some people do manage to get it to work. I
guess your mileage will vary.
Good luck!!
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From: Raymond Blum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Intel CA810EAL video?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 10:05:41 -0400
Thanks; Can this be loaded using insmod or do I need to build it into
the kernel?
Robert Lynch wrote:
>
> Raymond Blum wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > I just got a new server with an Intel CA810EAL motherboard. The
> > machine seems great so far but I am having trouble getting my X
> > configuration figured out for the on-board video adapter.
> >
> > I am installing RedHat 6.2 and Xconfigurator makes it's suggestions,
> > which I take, but when I try to start X I get the msg "/dev/agp..." not
> > found.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me a compatible card, etc. setting to use? The machine
> > will be a server and usually headless so I don't care if the display is
> > high-color and pretty, I just need 800x600x256 or better.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Raymond Blum
> > VP of System Architecture
> > Askit.com
> >
> > 212 414-9590
>
> My system has an 810. If yours is set up like mine then you need
> to have/compile the kernel module agpart.o. The device in
> XF86Config is:
> ===
> ...
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Intel 810"
> VendorName "Intel"
> BoardName "810"
> # 5-11-00 try adding power saving option
> Option "power_saver"
> VideoRam 4096
> EndSection
> ...
> ===
> The 3.3.x server is XF86_SVGA
>
> Feel free to contact me by e-mail if this is insufficient.
>
> HTH. Bob
> L.
> --
> Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Cheers,
Raymond Blum
VP of System Architecture
Askit.com
212 414-9590
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: multiboot confusion
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 14:10:30 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Jones) writes:
> On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 22:59:04 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod
> Smith) wrote:
>
> The IBM drive has 3 primary partitions, each with an OS installed
> (except the FAT32 patition that was formatted a WIN98 emergency boot
> disk). When the IBM disk was installed as master on the second ide
> channel, I expected LILO to be able to boot its DOS partition.
Nope. Under normal circumstances, DOS will *ONLY* boot from a primary
partition on the first physical disk. With DOS on /dev/hdc, it's no
longer bootable. There are ways to fake DOS out, but a stock LILO
configuration won't do that. I'm not even sure if LILO CAN do it,
although it wouldn't surprise me if some combination of options would
do the trick.
> What surprised me was that with the IBM drive on ide0 and booting from
> the DOS partition, DOS was unable to see the second logical partition
> on the same drive which I had formated FAT16. Perhaps DOS 6.22 cannot
> see beyond the first two partitons on a disk? If so, do OpenDOS
> (DR-DOS) and FreeDOS share these limitations?
Some versions of DOS can't see logical FAT partitions that fall past
non-FAT partitions. I don't know offhand if DOS 6.22 is one of these.
Also, if the extended partition was of type 0x0F, DOS won't be able to
use any partitions in that extended partition. Some boot loaders (like
System Commander; LILO can be configured this way, too, but it doesn't
do it by default) can change extended partition type codes on the fly,
so these may change as you change from one OS to another.
> Multiboot managers do some strange things like dynamicaly altering the
> MBR and\or partitition tables, hiding some partitions and making one
> active while deactivating others.
Some do, some don't. LILO's pretty conservative in this respect,
although you CAN configure it to do some pretty peculiar things. System
Commander is pretty liberal about changing extended partition type
codes, and can be configured to hide primary partitions. I'm less
certain of what BootMagic does.
> Boot Magic seems to needlessly hide
> some partitions, but it can boot some partitions that LILO does not.
There are BootMagic options concerning hiding primary partitions. I'm
not running any system with BootMagic installed right at this moment, so
I can't give you precise instructions on finding those options, but they
do exist.
>>I'm actually a bit surprised that DOS boots from the 200MB drive when
>>it's /dev/hdc, since DOS normally wants to boot from the first physical
>>disk. Presumably BootMagic is doing something to fake the BIOS out
>>regarding the drive assignments. My guess is that this is interfering
>>with drive assignments for other than the boot disk, hence losing the
>>other two disks.
>
> I'd hope that the author of The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook
> would be less surprised, and not have to guess. ;)
I think you underestimate the number of options and programs that have
emerged over the years, not to mention the number of possible
configurations. ;-)
> Thanks. Tthat;'s what I had planned to do. I'm not sure about System
> Commander. I did want to try OpenDOS. I was thinking that I could
> install that into the old 500M drive, or even move Linux to the
> extended partition, freeing up the third primary partition on the IBM
> drive. It's probably not worth the trouble.
Putting any version of DOS on something other than the first physical
disk is a bit iffy at best. Although apparently BootMagic can make this
work, and some other boot loaders can do so, that ties you down to the
boot loader in question, and may produce some other peculiar results, as
you've discovered. It's much better to put DOS on the first physical
disk. Linux can reside entirely on extended/logical partitions, and need
not be restricted to the first disk.
>>FWIW, I cover a lot of these issues in my book, _The Multi-Boot
>>Configuration Handbook_ (http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/).
>
> IGIIW $39.99. Is this available at brick and mortar stores where
> other QUE books are sold, or do I have to order it on line?
Yes, it's in at least some brick-and-mortar stores around here
(Boston). Of course, I can't comment on whatever stores are local to
you. ;-)
> One final question. I'd be interested in a low or modestly priced PCI
> sound cound with suitable drivers for both SMP Linux, and WIN3.1.
The Ensoniq AudioPCI (now sold by Creative Labs), ESS Solo1, and S3
SonicVibes have all been supported in Linux for some time. (The latter
two are chipsets found in boards by a variety of manufacturers.) I don't
have any personal experience with any of these, though, so I can't say
from personal experience how well any of them work.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 7000 and kernel 2.2.17
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 14:13:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <8rcigp$iqg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >Hi,
> > I've got RH linux with 2.2.5-15 running on my 7000 now and its
> >wonderful. But I'm trying to install kenel 2.2.17, and I can't seem
to
> >get VESA console frame buffer to compile. Actually, I can't select
the
> >VESA console option it's shadowed out.
> >Has anybody got 2.2.17 to work on the Inspiron 7000? BTW it compiles
and
> >loads but the lack of VESA dosen't let me get X going.
>
> You should be able to get X running without this - but here goes
anyway:
>
Actually X probably ran but the screen went black, this happened to me
last year, I would connect a vga monitor and use the CRT function.
Until I used vga=791 in lilo.conf, after that everything was cool.
> I believe you need to enable the "ask for incomplete and/or
development
> drivers" (Or something to that effect) in the kernel config.
>
Thanks I'll go that route, but I don't remember going "experimental"
last time. Thank the gods for lilo!
tom
> --
> Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
> Nordbergv. 60A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
>
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Before you buy.
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From: linda wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hard card 2
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 14:30:05 -0000
hi i was trying to download windows update and when it finished
downloading i started installing the stuff and it said it failed
because hard card 2 is not working.what do i do
thank you,
linda wilson
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Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 7000 and kernel 2.2.17
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 14:31:21 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <8rcph9$olc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> I believe you need to enable the "ask for incomplete and/or
>development
>> drivers" (Or something to that effect) in the kernel config.
>>
>Thanks I'll go that route, but I don't remember going "experimental"
>last time. Thank the gods for lilo!
Agreed :) Anyway, I noticed after answering to your post that the computer
in question is not a desktop system - which makes my authority on the
subject rather small... ;)
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
Nordbergv. 60A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: "Paul Beers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec 2930Cu Scsi card
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 09:28:00 -0500
I have an Adaptec 2930cu SCSI card for my computer. Currently running
win2k, I want to switch to RedHat 7.0 and am wondering if my scsi card is
supported. According to Redhat's website the 2930 series isn't, but I had a
friend running a 2930u2w just fine with Red Hat 6.1. So my question is,
does it work with Red Hat 7.0 if I use say the 2940 series or is there a
version of Linux that will run my 2930cu?
Pauly Paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Stapleton)
Subject: Re: D851EEA network adapter help, please.
Date: 3 Oct 2000 14:32:54 GMT
Reply-To: Bill Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <8rb5t0$hii$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes (in part):
|> Hello,
|> I have Intel D815EEA motherboard, which came with integrated video,
|> audio, and LAN.
|> I have RedHat Linux 7.0 installed.
|> I'm having trouble with the integrated network adapter.
Use the "e100" module, which is now included with RedHat 7.
|> I need some detailed, step-by-step instructions on installing the
|> driver.
Just edit /etc/modules.conf, delete any "alias eth0" lines, add a line
"alias eth0 e100" and reboot. Of course, then you'll have to do the IP
config stuff.
--
Bill Stapleton University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Information & Media Technologies
Web Janitor, http://www.uwm.edu/ Technical Solutions
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From: "David Brillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Maxi Home Studio Pro 64 driver
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 16:33:16 +0200
Hy everybody,
I just finish my first installation of suse 6.4. But i don't have the
drivers for my soundcard !!!
It's a Maxi Home Studio Pro64 (from Guillemot) -
Where can I find this driver??
You can directly reply to my e-mail address below.
_________________________________________________________
Just what you think you're doing Dave?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
_________________________________________________________
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bgeer)
Subject: Re: Linux on 386?
Date: 3 Oct 2000 09:07:30 -0600
eric turbide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>My father has an old 386 computer with 8 meg RAM (that's been in my
>closet for a number of years!) and i was wondering if it would be
>possible for me to install Linux on it. If so, is there a particular
>version that would suit it the best ?
Most likely it will work, unless it was one of the very early models
with flakey real-protected mode switching or extended memory access.
I ran Linux kernel 1.0 on an 8meg 486-33. I even got X running tho it
was very slow on that old unaccelerated Trident card.
Editing with emacs was just fine & compiling small modules wasn't too
bad, tho a kernel compile meant it was time to go take a dump, get a
beer, have a smoke, call someone on the phone, read the newspaper,
watch some tv, ...
I would highly recommend NOT using a current distribution - dist's
with kernels 2.0 & later want more memory & don't handle ISA bus as
conveniently. Try an old Slackware with kernel 1.2 or earlier, but
don't try to put newer ISA boards in & expect drivers to be available.
--
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<> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | == == Suddenly, == == <>
<> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | == == We feel enchanted! == == <>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Flint Slacker)
Subject: Re: AAAAaaaaarrrgggggghhhhh
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:10:45 GMT
I had a freezing problem a year back, ended up being a CPU fan. I
replaced it, hasn't happenned since.
FLint
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 13:51:27 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Kenneth R�rvik) wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernhard Mogens Ege) wrote in
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>I have obviously missed something, since the system keeps being this
>>unstable, but I have no idea what.
>
>Keep an eye on /var/log/messages and /var/log/dmesg and see what is going
>on - any critical errors will likely be echoed there.
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From: McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Soyo SY-K7VIA motherboard? Kaser S305-16A video card?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 17:02:00 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am running SuSE 6.4 on an MSI motherboard, with an Atalon Socket A 750. I have
the VIA bridge chip and the sound working with the ALSA drivers. Also I have a
TNT 2 Riva AGP. I have an external 3Com 56K modem and just setup an ethernet
card. Next is the HP CDRW I got today.
No problems...only with setting up theAlsa driver, but the support from SuSE was
v.good.
Leo
Mike Oliver wrote:
> "Luiz Cl�udio" wrote:
> >
> > I have this same board with a k7 750 and a riva tntII , in my system
> > the video card works fine, what chip your board use??
>
> I have a K7 800. I take it riva tntII is a video card? I don't know much
> about them (nor care an awful lot -- I'm not a gamer; I just want
> the desktop to look good at 1024x768 or higher resolution with high color).
>
> > In a Red Hat 6.2 has
> > a big numbers of news video cards in a xconfigurator.
>
> Is there a list somewhere? I thought there was supposed to be a
> list of compatible hardware at the RedHat site but I haven't
> had any luck finding it.
>
> > I am having problems with a sound onboard, in a mobo CD has drivers to
> > Red Hat 6.0 / 6.1 and caldera that don�t work with my 2.2.14-19 kernel :^(
> > I am trying use the Alsa devices to configure the sound but insuccessful
> > ...yet :^)
>
> Not sure I understand all this. The motherboard has drivers for the CD
> and they don't work? How'd you get Linux installed in the first place
> if you can't work the CD? Or is it only CD-audio that doesn't work?
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Subject: Re: adding a scsi disk to an ide system
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 03 Oct 2000 11:41:27 -0400
Alan Needleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I took a working scsi disk/controller combination from one scsi-based
> > computer and added it to an ide-based system.
>
> <snip>
>
> > When I boot linux (2.16-3 kernel) from the ide
> > boot disk I get 0 hosts detected and linux doesn't recognize any of the
> > /dev/sdax devices as valid.
>
> <snip>
>
> > I have the feeling there is some software step to get linux to recognize
> > the scsi devices (rescan hardware somehow?) that I am missing and is
> > beyond what kudzu does.
>
> Got it! I have to manually /sbin/insmod ncr53c8xx. Is there a way to get
> the kernel to do this automatically?
In some distributions, editing /etc/modules.conf or /etc/conf.modules and
adding the line:
alias scsi_hostadapter ncr53c8xx
will do the trick. If you build your own kernel, selecting the ncr53c8xx
driver to be built into the kernel should work. If you have your / filesystem
on a scsi disk, you need to make sure the driver is loaded before the
filesystem is loaded, either by building it into the kernel, or by using
mkinitrd.
--
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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: Siukong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cs4237 rh 6.2
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:41:04 GMT
hi everybody,
i've just installed redhat 6.2 and am trying to get my sound chip
to work.
chip: crystal cs4237
do i have to find a driver for this chip set? i've tried sndconfig
and it tried to use the driver of cs4232 to module this chip which
didn't work. not even the manual configuration seemed to work for
me because i didn't know anything about irq, dma, mpu stuff.
so, i saw a message concerning the same chip on rh 6.2 in
another forum and there was a suggestion that downloading
some packages from the debian and re-compile the kernel.
which way will work? or anyone of you think of a better way?
please provide sources of doc for me to go through the whole,
whatever it is, process. cuz i am a newbie of linux.
peace :)
siukong
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