Linux-Hardware Digest #666, Volume #13 Tue, 3 Oct 00 15:13:09 EDT
Contents:
RedHat 7 Mach64 4.0.1? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
cannot load modules with 2.4 kernel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SCSI Errors, Advansys + Seagate help (Tony Spinillo)
Re: Adaptec 2930Cu Scsi card (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: RedHat 7 Mach64 4.0.1? (Grega Bremec)
soundcard on RH6.1 (dave frost)
Re: Asus P2B-DS (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Linux on 386? (Kevin Phillips)
Re: Turtle Beach Montego II Sound Card driver (Stephen Byrne)
Re: Realtek 8029 + system hangs (Wolfgang Fritz)
red-hat 6.2 installation problem on HP pavilion (Emad Tajkhorshid)
Re: Mustek 1200SP (Raphael Susewind)
Re: Digital flat-panel LCD (Michael Meissner)
Anyone managed to get CD-writer to work? ("Bruce Fisher")
Re: Logitech Desktop Pro freezes in SuSE (Florian E.J. Fruth)
Re: Anyone managed to get CD-writer to work? (Lew Pitcher)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RedHat 7 Mach64 4.0.1?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:56:58 GMT
Strange thing, folks!
I've looked at the Xfree86 packages of RedHat 7 installation and
found that Mach64 server is 3.3.6 and not 4.0.1. What is wrong?
I've read on the www.xfree86.org that this server is supported by
the new release. Can somebody explain it to me?
Thanks a lot
Dima
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: cannot load modules with 2.4 kernel
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 18:21:13 +0200
Hello,
I am having problems loading modules with my Mandrake 7.0, initially
kernel 2.2.x, now kernel 2.4.0 test 8.
I was having problem to access nfs file system, I had the modutils rpm
package version 2.1.x. I discovered that I had to update modutils in
order to load 2.4.0 modules, so did I, but the error messages are
exactly the same !
if i type:
insmod /lib/modules/2.4.0/kernel/fs/nfs/nfs.o
i have a page of unresolved external
lsmod gives me no loaded modules
modprobe never finds any modules, even if I give him the complete path
of a object file.
What should I do ?
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From: Tony Spinillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: SCSI Errors, Advansys + Seagate help
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 16:36:17 GMT
Tony,
I'm running kernel 2.2.17 with the 3.3A drivers - Advansys UW2. Im using
a shielded 68 pin
cable with an active terminator on the end. My system will run fine for
weeks
with no problems. Then I will get a day when I get timeout errors.
Usually
while making a big tarball. Then no problems for awhile again. I'm going
to try
a Tekram this week and pound it.
Also aside from verifying that you are properly terminated, your drive
should
also be actively cooled.
Tony
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am having problems with my SCSI drive on my Linux system and I hope
> that someone can help me decipher these errors.
>
> System: Pentium 233 MMX 64MB RAM
> OS: Red Hat Linux 6.2
> kernel: 2.2.17
> Advansys SCSI Card: ASB-3940UA
> Advansys Driver Version: ASC_VERSION 3.3A
> Hard Disk: Seagate ST410800N
>
> The errors that I am receiving are below. Can anyone tell me if
> this is a problem with my SCSI card, the OS or just a bad drive? Your
> help is much appreciated!
>
> Thank you,
> Tony Groff
>
> ---------------------
> Oct 2 12:44:24 zorak kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 80439, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 23 1
> 7 3f 00 00 80 00
> Oct 2 12:45:04 zorak kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 81396, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 24 f
> 5 bf 00 00 80 00
> Oct 2 12:45:26 zorak kernel: advansys: asc_isr_callback: scp c0000000
> has bad host pointer, host 1
> Oct 2 12:45:28 zorak kernel: advansys: asc_execute_scsi_cmnd: board
> 0: AscExeScsiQueue() ASC_ERROR, err_code 17
> Oct 2 12:45:28 zorak kernel: advansys: asc_execute_scsi_cmnd: board
> 0: AscExeScsiQueue() ASC_ERROR, err_code 17
> Oct 2 12:45:28 zorak kernel: scsi0 channel 0 : resetting for second
> half of retries.
> Oct 2 12:45:28 zorak kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
> channel 0.
> Oct 2 12:45:28 zorak kernel: advansys: advansys_reset: reset request
> not active or waiting, completing anyway c3fca400
> Oct 2 12:45:28 zorak kernel: scsi0: device driver called scsi_done()
> for a syncronous reset.
> Oct 2 12:45:59 zorak kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> pid 83680, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 29 6
> b bf 00 00 80 00
> ---------------------
>
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2930Cu Scsi card
Date: 3 Oct 2000 16:42:44 GMT
Paul Beers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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?
First, you may want to stick with RH6.2 -- I've heard some horror stories.
I run 6.2 on all my boxes (I admin for a research lab), and it works
great. Just be sure to install all the updates from Redhat's site.
Second, the card is absolutely supported (in either version) and should
be automatically recognized and installed during an installation. If
you put the card in after the install, to get the driver loaded at
bootup you'll need to add the following line to /etc/conf.modules
(which kudzu may or may not do for you -- I don't use it):
alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
This tells the kernel module loader (kmod) that when it finds the
scsi_hostadapter, it should load the aic7xxx module.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grega Bremec)
Subject: Re: RedHat 7 Mach64 4.0.1?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 16:48:55 GMT
...and [EMAIL PROTECTED] used the keyboard:
>Strange thing, folks!
>
>I've looked at the Xfree86 packages of RedHat 7 installation and
>found that Mach64 server is 3.3.6 and not 4.0.1. What is wrong?
>I've read on the www.xfree86.org that this server is supported by
>the new release. Can somebody explain it to me?
The thing is, that there is not a Mach64 _server_ anymore, rather than
one single X server, which utilizes Mach64 loadable modules in 4.0.1.
So check out the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules directory and you'll see about
it. Just why the XF86_Mach64 server is still on your disk, I wouldn't
know, perhaps you simply upgraded without erasing the old packages
prior to that?
Cheers,
--
Grega Bremec
grega.bremec-at-gbsoft.org
http://www.gbsoft.org/
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From: dave frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: soundcard on RH6.1
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:50:55 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all,
I have just installed redhat on my machine. I have a creative
soundblaster in one of my pci slots but it seems to have been ignored -
no mention of it in the installation.
I got it from a friend - i think it should work !
The speakers seem to be fine also - i get the noise from them when
plugging/unplugging them. Is there any way i can see if redhat has
installed the required drivers for my soundcard ?
Also, i dont have any manuals with it - im not sure which socket to put
the speaker jack into, there are three, along with what seems to be a
games port.
Thanks for any help on these points.
dave
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Asus P2B-DS
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 20:15:22 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm planning to use an Asus P2B-DS in a web-server because of the
> onboard SCSI. Can anyone tell me if this is a good and stable board?
> ...and is the onboard SCSI (U2W) based on Adaptec AIC-7890 fully
> supported by Linux? (...i'm thinking of using RH7.0)
I have been using one such board together with Slackware 4.0 for almost
a year and it has been a very good board all the time. The onboard SCSI
is used together with an internal 9 GB drive (U2W, 80 MB/s).
My only problem so far with this machine was that one SIMM was broken at
delivery. The macine refused to boot or even show the CMOS setup. Once
the broken simm was removed everything worked fine and I later got a
replacement for the broken simm. I can't blame this problem on the
motherboard.
regards Henrik
--
spammer strikeback:
root@localhost
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Phillips)
Subject: Re: Linux on 386?
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:18 +0100 (BST)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (eric
turbide) wrote:
> 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 ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Patrick Turbide
>
>
I have RH 5.5 Linux running on a 486/33. It runs fine and I can even run X
(I have 20mb of RAM though).
Kevin Phillips
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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 13:14:28 -0400
From: Stephen Byrne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Turtle Beach Montego II Sound Card driver
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
<blockquote>>Yup,
<br>>Yer man Robert Brinson is right. I'm using a TB Montego II with
the
<br>>driver from linux.aureal.com and it has worked fine with every distro
<br>>I've tried (RH, Definite, Mandrake, SuSE). BTW, if you're using
SuSE
<br>>you'll need to add a couple of lines to the /etc/modules.conf file
to
<br>>keep the settings on your next boot. SuSE's online help has
an article
<br>>explaining all (search for "aureal" in the online support database).
<br>>Shouldn't need to do anything fancy with other distros.
<br>>--
<br>>Greetings from Queen Maud Land
<br>>
<br>>Gareth Williams, Penguophile
<p>Would someone be willing to explain the installation of this driver
for RedHat7.0 for the Turtle Beach Montego II card to a newbie.
I have already downloaded the driver and know ho to how to unzip it, so
you can start from there. I would appreciate it if it could be emailed
to me, but I understand if you just want to post in the newsgroup.
Thank you very much.
<p>Stephen Byrne
<br>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</blockquote>
<br> </html>
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From: Wolfgang Fritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Realtek 8029 + system hangs
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 19:31:26 +0200
Wolfgang Fritz wrote:
>
> Sebastian Sobowiec wrote:
> >
> > I'm a happy user ;) of RTL8029 based card. I use NE2000 driver. During
> > loading the kernel everything seems to be OK (driver recognizes the card as
> > a clone of NE2000). However when I try to use ifconfig to give to the card
> > proper IP adress, netmask etc. the system hangs. The only thing I can do is
> > to reset the sytem (using the "magic button").
> >
[...]
> Hi,
>
> I have no help for you at the moment, but I just experienced the same
> problem with 2.2.17 and NE2000 driver. 2.2.16 and 2.4.0test are working
> fine. If I found something helpful, I'll post it here.
>
Meanwhile I tried 2.2.18-pre15. Patched the 2.2.17 tree, then did a make
clean dep bzImage modules modules_install. Installed the kernel,
rebooted. Works up to now.
> Wolfgang
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From: Emad Tajkhorshid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: red-hat 6.2 installation problem on HP pavilion
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 12:43:47 -0500
Hi
This is a followup on my previous email, asking about installing
red-hat
on HP Pavilion systems. I thank all people who responded. I think I
have to be
more specific about my problem. Sorry for sending a long message.
I have got an HP Pavilion 8755 (Pentium III, 128 MB RAM, 30 GB HD,
M90
monitor). The machine has Windows-Me running on it. I started with
installation of Red-hat on it. This is what I did:
Using fdisk, I removed all partitions, and created a new primary DOS
partition using 15 GB of my hard disk. The rest was left untouched
to be
used by linux installation. Then I put Windows back on this disk.
Till now
everything is working. Now I start booting the system with Red-Hat
CD.
First of all I cannot run the GUI version of installation. I do not
know
why (any clue?), but it is not important at the moment. OK I start
with the
text mode. Now, if I go to "server-mode" installation, the
installation
program takes over the control, deletes all partitions, continues
with making new partitions, and starts the setup. This actually
deletes
my Windows. That probably means there is no specific hardware
incompatibility, at least during the installation of non-X
applications.
(I have actually another problem here for introducing the graphics
to
Linux at this stage, but let's leave it for later).
If I try either the "workstation" or the "custom" modes of
installation,
during the specification of file systems in "druid" I get a strange
error. The
program is always complaining that "boot file_system is too big",
even
if I ask for allocation of only 1 MB on /boot file_system. What if I
delete this partition? Then the /
directory is considered as the boot file_system, and "druid" cannot
allocate any space to it. OK when I try to ignore this, and say "OK
perhaps /boot is not necessary. Let's continue.", the installation
task
terminates and I get the "signal 11" error. Of course, I am not sure
if this is beacuse of the partitioning problem. But at the moment I
cannot think of anything else.
I appologize for my long email, and thank you for your assistance.
Emad
==================
Emad Tajkhorshid http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~emad
Theoretical Biophysics Group
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
405 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: (217)244-5042 Fax: (217)244-6078 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 19:57:00 -0700
From: Raphael Susewind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mustek 1200SP
Hi !
If you think of an 12000SP (you wrote 1200SP) - that works fine. But you
have to know, that you can't use the bundled SCSI-Card !
Cu
rS
Robert Hennig wrote:
>
> Hi,
> anybody know wether this model is running without problems under linux?
> What firmware-version it has to have?
>
> Thankfully,
> robert hennig
--
Raphael Susewind - Tuesday, 3.10.00
=============================================
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://raphael-susewind.de
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Subject: Re: Digital flat-panel LCD
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 03 Oct 2000 14:22:07 -0400
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> dunno if this will help, but i'm using a dual head matrox millenium
> 400 with an eizo L350 lcd. works great. less filling too.
>
> ciao,
Ummm, the eizo L350 LCD only takes analog input. I have a ViewSonic VP181 that
has both digital and analog inputs, and I have not been able to get the digital
input to work (I haven't tried recently due to the press of work). Xfree 3.3.6
and 4.0.1 does not seem to have options for the digital control (I currently
have a PCI G200 SDRam with digital add-on, but have tried a G400 Max with its
digital add-on in the past, and will be going back to that when I switch
motherboards). I queried accelerated-X and Metro-X and they did not support
the digital add-on in the matrox board either. Finally, the 2.4 test versions
now have support for digital in the frame buffer support, but I haven't been
able to actually get it to work..... I would love to talk to anybody that has
gotten the digital dfp support to work in Linux with Matrox cards.
The only solution I could think of involved using a Windows machine as a front
end and using VNC to connect to the Linux machine. This was unacceptable due
to VNC not supporting wheel mice on the Windows boxen.
--
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: "Bruce Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone managed to get CD-writer to work?
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 14:25:56 -0400
I have a HP 9100 cd writer and a cdrom drive. both are ide.
my machine knows them as:
cdrom: hdc
cdwriter: hdd
I read the entire cdwriter-HOWTO and did everything it had said to do.
I rebuilt the kernel and modified modules.conf. it still doesn't work. I
have no idea what to do
next. has anyone managed to get this to work? I really don't want to have to
use windows to get
this to work.
any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks
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From: Florian E.J. Fruth <fejf@gmx*/dev/null*.de>
Subject: Re: Logitech Desktop Pro freezes in SuSE
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 20:32:40 +0200
Marc Neuhaus wrote:
> I have the same problem. I don't have a solution. But you don't have to
> reboot.
> You have only to wait every time. On my System 2-5 min.
> If you have a Solution... post me.
i found only one solution till now: remove the keyboard connector and plug
it in again (when the keyboard hangs) - i have to do this once and it stops
hanging till the next reboot. the mouse in x also stops to go crazy...
fejf
--
Words u don't want to hear from your sysadmin:
Ooops. Save your work - FAST !
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: Anyone managed to get CD-writer to work?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 18:37:21 GMT
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 14:25:56 -0400, "Bruce Fisher"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a HP 9100 cd writer and a cdrom drive. both are ide.
>my machine knows them as:
>cdrom: hdc
>cdwriter: hdd
>
>I read the entire cdwriter-HOWTO and did everything it had said to do.
>I rebuilt the kernel and modified modules.conf. it still doesn't work. I
>have no idea what to do next.
>has anyone managed to get this to work?
Yes, _I_ have it working flawlessly.
>I really don't want to have to use windows to get
>this to work.
>any help would be greatly appreciated
>thanks
OK, you've compiled the IDE-SCSI modules and set up modules.conf
accordingly.
Have you added the "append ide-scsi=hdd" to your lilo.conf file?
Have you rerun /sbin/lilo to build a new boot record?
Have you redirected your /dev/cdrom to /dev/scd1?
Have you installed the cdrecord package?
Have you installed one of the cdtoaster frontents to cdrecord?
What sort of problem are you encountering?
Lew Pitcher
Information Technology Consultant
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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