Linux-Hardware Digest #684, Volume #13 Fri, 6 Oct 00 23:13:05 EDT
Contents:
XFREE86 - Diamond Stealth S220 video card (Mike Holmes)
Re: Linux on Compaq Deskpro 6000 MP System (David Shultz)
Re: NIC recommendation (MH)
Re: Help with scsi!.. (Walter Wickersham)
Re: Installing on HPT370/KT7! (The Smoking Man)
Re: IBM DecStar (Davis Eric)
kernel panic and I am panic (Davis Eric)
Re: kernel panic and I am panic (Davis Eric)
Re: Stylus Color 760 (KC)
Re: Promise Ultra66 Driver ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Epson Stylus 760 - weirdness continues (KC)
Re: New stuff... (Chris Sherlock)
Solution: Getting Linux to recognize many IDE drives... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to make bootable below 1024 while others above it? (Davis Eric)
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From: Mike Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XFREE86 - Diamond Stealth S220 video card
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 15:34:54 -0700
Apparently XFREE86 3.3.6's lack of acceleration support for this card
with the rendition 2100 chipset is why
my windows move so sluggishly.
Does 4.0.1 have acceleration support for this card/chipset? Should I
bother? The new Documentation has conflicting accounts of the status of
the driver's ability to use this acceleration.
Thanks - MIke
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From: David Shultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Compaq Deskpro 6000 MP System
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 23:39:37 GMT
Just one other thing to keep in mind (I don't know if this applies to your
specific computer or not): Many Compaq's have a hidden hard drive partition
that either contains the Motherboard BIOS, or contains the setup program
that allows you to access/configure the BIOS. So, if there happens to be a
small hidden (non-DOS) partition on the drive, be careful not to remove it
when you're setting up Linux.
Matt Fuerst wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I just won an auction for a machine that is described as a Compaq 6000.
> It has a Pentium Pro 200 MHz chip installed, along with various other
> goodies (SCSI, Desktop Case, 32 MB of RAM, 2.5 GB HDD). I haven't been
> able to find much good information on this unit thus far but wil llikely
> have more infor once it gets to me anyways.
>
> Has anyone tried setting up Linux on such a machine? I understand that
> there is a second processor slot on the motherboard and I am definetly
> going to install a second processor as soon as I get my hands on the
> machine. I understand that the Penitum Pro line requires the same speed
> chip along with the same set of stepping information. Simple enough,
> there seems to be tons of PPro chips on ebay for relatively cheap
> prices. However, I also thought that the Pentium Pro Socket 8 had some
> funky requirements, something like a mounting bracket and exhaust
> system? Is that just my fuzzy memory? Basically, what else, other than
> the CPU, will I need to install a second processor into this machine?
> Any experiences? Any recommendations on where to get such things?
> (Obviously spending $100 on cooling the machine might be silly with the
> processors going for $30 each now-a-days).
>
> Does anyone have any experience with the various incarnations of cache
> sizes and how they relate to Linux? My current rig has a sole 200 MHz
> 256K chip but the units are cheap enough that I could get dual 200 MHz 1
> Meg chips... worth it? I am likely going to be installing Mandrake on
> the machine, using it for general dekstop purposes during the day, and
> log out of X and have it runnig as a Counter-Strike server durikng the
> nights (it's a game, like Quake). I am sure the answers might be
> different depending on the usage, so I figured I would mention that.
>
> Any other experiences? Are you happy? I would love to hear form people
> with this machine specifically.. I have tons of questions (SCSI is built
> in, my unit doesn't have a CD-ROM which is not a big deal at all since
> none of my linux machines have ever had a CD-ROM since network installs
> rock, but.. I have a closetfull of older SCSI CD-ROMs waiting for a
> home.. could I install in the unit?)
>
> Thanks so much for any and all input!
>
> Matt Fuerst
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: NIC recommendation
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 17:16:32 -0700
The infamous \"Brian\" wrote:
>
> MH wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Not sure why anyone would need them, as the Linux kernel
> >supports most 3COM NICs including the 3C905B.
>
> Now why would anybody spend $70 on a 3C905C-TX-M 3Com adapter when superior
> performance can be had for $20 Linksys LNE100TX?
>
> You can buy 3 Linksys and still have enough money for a few beers after work
> for the price of a single 3COM of equal capability.
>
> The 3COM DO NOT outperform the Linksys in Linux (or Windows AFAIK)!
>
> I have never had a Linksys fail but then I haven't installed 100s of them.
>
> The Linksys also features a lifetime warranty but quite frankly that is of
> limited value as the true expense will be the cost of replacing the NIC and
> the downtime associated with any such event.
>
> I stand by my statement that 3COM are overpriced and under supported.
>
> Just one guy's opinion.
>
Like most opinions, not worth very much. Linksys is a good, cheap,
low-end card. I've never paid $70 for ANY NIC. I buy 3COM for $45
retail.
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From: Walter Wickersham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with scsi!..
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:22:55 GMT
This is what it spits out... I still have no clue....
scsi : 0 hosts.
Configuring Adaptec (SCSI-ID 7) at IO:330, IRQ 11, DMA priority 5
scsi0 : Adaptec 1542
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST1980N Rev: 9300
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
G Soft wrote:
> Walter,
> I'll try a hand at this. Do a dmesg | more at the command prompt and
> look for the messages pertaining to the scsi module loading. It will tell
> you what sd device the drive is on. I am wondering at first thought if it
> is maybe sdb or c or something else. dmesg will tell you if it found it and
> where.
>
> Phil
>
> "Walter Wickersham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi, i'm using a adaptec aha1542cf with a 800mb seagate scsi drive,
> > trying to add it to a mostly ide system.... i can load the scsi module,
> > and the one for the 1542, and it loads fine, even spits out a blurb
> > about the drive's model number.... but how do i fdisk it?.. i've tried
> > fdisk /dev/sda and it says 'cannot access /dev/sda' (same message you
> > get as if there's nothing there)
> >
> >
> > Can anyone point me in a direction on this?...
> > -Walter
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Smoking Man)
Subject: Re: Installing on HPT370/KT7!
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:41:34 GMT
Well, if Mandrake 7.1 supports it... rh 7 should support it too cause
mandrake is based on RH, isn't it?
Adam, a useful tip for hpt370 is to put all hd's on the hpt370,
leaving the via controller *only* for atapi cd-roms.
On Fri, 06 Oct 2000 15:12:08 GMT, "Adam Short" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Don't know about RH7 but Mandrake 7.1 seems to support the Highpoint
>controller straight from the box. I'm currently working myself up to trying
>to get my ATA/100 drive running at full speed by putting it on the Highpoint
>controller. I've managed to boot Linux from the Highpoint controller before
>but I had some of the settings wrong and it all went a little pear shaped.
>When I have the courage I'll try again (probably this weekend).
>
>Adam
>
>The Smoking Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Hi all, I'd like to install RedHat to a 30gb IBM 75GXP connected to
>> HPT370 controller... RedHat 6.2 doesn't recognize the hpt370 during
>> installation...
>>
>> Is there any way for Redhat 6.2 to detect the hpt370?
>>
>> If not, does RH 7.0 support HPT370 out of the box?
>>
>> Thanks guys.
>
>
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From: Davis Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM DecStar
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:44:55 GMT
Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
But what is the reason that when I installed RH 6.2 on it
(IBM-DTTA-351010), RH keeped warnning me about the 1024 problem? And
after I installed it at last, when I rebooted the machine, I got "kernel
panic: VFS unable to mount root fs on 03:01"?
And also, when I used the default jumper setting, i.e. Device 0 Master
with 16 heads, my bios could not find the disk at all. So I changed to
Device 0 Master with only 15 heads and installed RH6.2.
What are the reasons?
Thanks
Davis
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Davis Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi, there,
>
> > Is there anybody knows whether IBM DecStar hard disk (10G) works
under
> > RH Linux?
>
> I'm using a IBM-DTLA-307030 (Deskstar 75. 30 Gbyte) and a
IBM-DJNA-370910 (slower
> Deskstar, 9.1 Gbyte).
>
> They're good.
>
> --
>
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From: Davis Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel panic and I am panic
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:56:47 GMT
Hi, there,
Using IBM DeskStar 10.1G hard disk. Installed RH6.2. Put mount point "/"
after the 1024 limitation.(all the spaces before 1024 are reserved for
windoze). I was warned about the 1024 problem when writting partition
table using fdisk. And also was warned about 1024 problem just after
installing the packages. When rebooted the machine, got "kernel panic:
VFS unable to mount root fs on 03:01" and the machine halts. Used
pqmagic 4.0 to see the partition of the disk and found pqmagic showed
"Error #108 partition table can not found" or some error message like
this. After all, pqmagic can not see the partitions at all.
The worst thing is I always got "PCI BUS error" from my old BIOS. (I did
not get it when I installed RH6.2 but got it if I tried to boot from
DOS). So, probably as the result( I am not sure though), I can not use
CDROM at all. My DOS has the driver for CDROM and it can find the CDROM.
But whenever I type "dir", the machine halted for ever.
I had thought there is no 1024 problem for newer linux. But what are the
reasons at all for all my weird things?
Thank you so much.
Davis
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From: Davis Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic and I am panic
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 01:06:35 GMT
Hi,
Forgot to say I made / as /dev/hda5, the first logical partition of the
extended partition /dev/hda3. I made /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 both
primaries and for windozes. /dev/hda3 as extended and has /dev/hda5 as
logical, for /. /dev/hda6 as another logical for /dev/hda3 for linux
swap. /dev/hda4 for FreeBSD.
Davis
In article <8rlscd$76o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Davis Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, there,
>
> Using IBM DeskStar 10.1G hard disk. Installed RH6.2. Put mount point
"/"
> after the 1024 limitation.(all the spaces before 1024 are reserved for
> windoze). I was warned about the 1024 problem when writting partition
> table using fdisk. And also was warned about 1024 problem just after
> installing the packages. When rebooted the machine, got "kernel panic:
> VFS unable to mount root fs on 03:01" and the machine halts. Used
> pqmagic 4.0 to see the partition of the disk and found pqmagic showed
> "Error #108 partition table can not found" or some error message like
> this. After all, pqmagic can not see the partitions at all.
>
> The worst thing is I always got "PCI BUS error" from my old BIOS. (I
did
> not get it when I installed RH6.2 but got it if I tried to boot from
> DOS). So, probably as the result( I am not sure though), I can not use
> CDROM at all. My DOS has the driver for CDROM and it can find the
CDROM.
> But whenever I type "dir", the machine halted for ever.
>
> I had thought there is no 1024 problem for newer linux. But what are
the
> reasons at all for all my weird things?
>
> Thank you so much.
>
> Davis
>
> --
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> will feel shameful if I haven't realized it.
> --Myself
>
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>
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From: KC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stylus Color 760
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 01:43:01 GMT
Downloaded gimp-print 4.02b, copied the code for ghostscript,
rebuild ghostscript, reran the pdq printer install tool.
No luck.
I can cat a text file directly to /dev/lp0, and it will print. But when I
use
% pdq <filename>
the printer prints out an error message. Here are the first several
lines:
Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .putdeviceprops
Error: /undefined in --get--
Operand stack:
--dict:1/1(G)-- setpagedevice --dict:30/30(L)-- true
Execution stack:
%interp_exit --nostringval-- 6 4 %oparray_pop --nostringval--
and so on.
What have I screwed up this time?
Thanks
Kevin
Grant Taylor wrote:
> KC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I used the pdq-o-matic tool to generate a settings script for the
> > Epson Stylus Color 760. I appended the generated script info to my
> > /etc/pdq/printrc file. I downloaded and used gimp-print v3.1.9 to
>
> Version 3.1.9 of gimp-print is the problem; the current foomatic data
> matches version 4.0b2, which was released yesterday. (It would
> probably also work with 4.0b1).
>
> The newer gimp-print works a whole lot better, anyway, so I suggest
> that you run a newer 4.0ish version like this latest beta.
>
> --
> Grant Taylor - gtaylor<at>picante.com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
> Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
> News, Discussion Forums, Support Database, Software, and more...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra66 Driver
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 01:57:54 GMT
>
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ide-2.2.16.all/ide
.2.2.16.all.20000825.patch.gz
>
> patch your Kernel tree, configure the new options, make and install.
>
> You also need the global parameter "linear" in your "lilo.conf" file.
>
How does this work if you are trying to install RH 7 on a machine that
has the only hardrive hooked to the promise controller. When I try to
install on my gateway, it tells me it can't find a disk.
keith
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From: KC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson Stylus 760 - weirdness continues
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 02:17:44 GMT
Downloaded gimp-print 4.02b, copied the code for ghostscript,
rebuilt ghostscript, reran the pdq printer install tool.
No luck.
I can cat a text file directly to /dev/lp0, and it will print. But when
I
try to print from the xpdq GUI using File > Print File then choosing a
text file from the prompt dialog, the printer prints out an error
message.
Here are the first several lines:
Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .putdeviceprops
Error: /undefined in --get--
Operand stack:
--dict:1/1(G)-- setpagedevice --dict:30/30(L)-- true
Execution stack:
%interp_exit --nostringval-- 6 4 %oparray_pop
--nostringval--
and so on.
What have I screwed up this time?
Redhat 6.1 (kernal 2.2.12)
Thanks
Kevin
Grant Taylor wrote:
> KC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I used the pdq-o-matic tool to generate a settings script for the
> > Epson Stylus Color 760. I appended the generated script info to my
> > /etc/pdq/printrc file. I downloaded and used gimp-print v3.1.9 to
>
> Version 3.1.9 of gimp-print is the problem; the current foomatic data
> matches version 4.0b2, which was released yesterday. (It would
> probably also work with 4.0b1).
>
> The newer gimp-print works a whole lot better, anyway, so I suggest
> that you run a newer 4.0ish version like this latest beta.
>
> --
> Grant Taylor - gtaylor<at>picante.com -
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
> Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
> News, Discussion Forums, Support Database, Software, and more...
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Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 13:38:17 +1000
From: Chris Sherlock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New stuff...
Which printer are you using?
Chris
Bill Thompson wrote:
>
> Cooker has a late model of the 2.2.17 kernel. Don't see one for the
> framebuffer
> yet. Cooker has me chasing yet another update on xmms.<g>
>
> I'm back to printing with the ole setup 100%. A new ink cartridge was
> the final
> holdup. If and when I try cups again, it'll be with a4 paper.<g>
>
> The latest wmppp clone is called wmPPPMeter. Strange name. Anyway, I
> can't
> get to start a session. The good news is after a connect with wvdial,
> wmPPPMeter
> shows the connect speed for one minute before showing the throughput
> rate.
> One of the reason I wanted to use the wmppp/yawmppp/wmPPPMeter clique.
>
> Bill
>
> --
> From the shores of Khlong YaiPhuan, Bangkok, Thailand...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Solution: Getting Linux to recognize many IDE drives...
Date: 06 Oct 2000 22:22:16 -0400
Before I complained that long command lines to the kernel were truncated.
I was trying to do something like:
append="hde=7473,255,63 hdg=7473,255,63 hdi=7473,255,63 hdk=7473,255,63"
To get the right C/H/S numbers for four 60G Maxtor drives.
If I don't do this I get crazy C/H/S numbers from my Promise Ultra66
controller.
The bad news is that Linux appears to truncate the command line and only
get the parameters for the first two drives. (This was verified by changing
the order on the command line.)
The good news is that if I get a single drive right and then use fdisk
to put a partition on it, Linux remembers the partition table on reboot.
So, even though Promise, or whatever other controller you're using, messes us
the geometry that doesn't matter!
It is a HACK but it works...
Richard
PS: I'm running 2.2.16 with Hedrick's patches dated 25 Aug 2000.
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From: Davis Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to make bootable below 1024 while others above it?
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 02:37:40 GMT
Hi,
Just as the subject. How to guarantee the bootables are below 1024
cylinder while others are above? My BIOS is too old and definitely will
not see past 1024 cylinder.
Thanks
Davis
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