Linux-Hardware Digest #685, Volume #13 Sat, 7 Oct 00 11:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Stylus Color 760 (Grant Taylor)
Re: NIC recommendation ("The infamous \"Brian\"")
Re: How to make bootable below 1024 while others above it? (James Richard Tyrer)
Adaptec AAA-131 RAID card (Emory)
Re: Epson Stylus 760 - weirdness continues (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Modem works on Mandrake 7.0 but not 7.1 ??? (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Kernel 2.2.17 and PCI Modem (James Richard Tyrer)
Installed linux mandrake 7.1 does not reconize hardware (john h munro)
Re: Promise UltraATA/100 ("Frank")
Re: Serial Prot Programming (Michael Burian)
Re: Aims Lab RadioTrack device under RH6.1 - Install question (Bill Thompson)
Re: New stuff... (Bill Thompson)
how to wheel mouse (nDim)
Zip Drive ("Leslie Atkinson")
KT7-RAID with Linux? ("Andrew E. Schulman")
Sound problem! ("bobbybean")
Re: KT7-RAID with Linux? ("insane")
Pro quality sound card (WLC)
ISDN - How to install? ("Andr� Offringa")
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: - Installing Iomaga Tape 250 Drive (user)
Re: *SLOW* cable modem connection ("Andrew P. Billyard")
scsi cdrw problems (Erling R Elvsrud)
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stylus Color 760
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 04:14:18 GMT
KC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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?
Oh, I'm sure it's not you...
Let's see. Where and when did you obtain the stp/760 PDQ description
file you are using? Some older versions didn't support printing text,
which might easily explain this.
Check that your PDQ file says:
# It was generated by pdq-o-matic.cgi version 2.06
and in the 'help' says:
The execution information currently here corresponds to the driver
version <em>after</em> 4.0b2 (b2 shipped in Mandrake 7.2; this data
matches the CVS version). I'm attempting to track Robert's changes
as he makes them, so that as 4.0 approaches things will be in synch.
If not, then push the proper buttons at
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=stp
to obtain the latest...
If not, then there's something else wrong, which we may debug by
examining the various partly processed job files in ~/.printjobs.
--
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: "The infamous \"Brian\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: NIC recommendation
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 04:27:35 GMT
MH wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Like most opinions, not worth very much.
Fuck you too.
>Linksys is a good, cheap, low-end card.
There is nothing low-end about their service or the technical performance of
the NIC.
>I've never paid $70 for ANY NIC. I buy 3COM for $45
>retail.
That's fine. I pay about $12 for the Lynksys so my statement stands - buy 3
and have enough for beers after work.
3COM is overpriced and a cronic underperformer. I regularly remove them and
replace them with less expensive and superior performing NICs like the
Linksys - less trouble and better support.
I am always able to sell the 3COMs to tech-snobs such as yourself without
difficulty. 3COM has more money and promotional skills than technical
expertise.
Next time you wish to belittle somebody's opinion, just remember it cuts
both ways.
Just one guy's opinion, based on 25 years of experience in the computer
industry.
The infamous "Brian"
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to make bootable below 1024 while others above it?
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 04:33:53 GMT
Davis Eric wrote:
> 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
>
The best way is to use [linux] "fdisk" to partition your disk. It is a
bit primitive, but it gives you total control. You only need 8 M bytes
for "/boot". Use 10 M bytes if you want to leave more than 2 Kernel
images in "/boot".
JRT
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From: Emory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec AAA-131 RAID card
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 11:51:15 -0500
I was given one. It works but I can't boot from it.
Can boot from IDE drive and access the 4 drives on the Adaptec.
Disabling the IDE controller and setting BIOS to boot from SCSI
causes machine to hang at the dreaded DMI message.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Emory
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus 760 - weirdness continues
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 04:43:10 GMT
KC wrote:
> 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
>
The error message is from GhostScript. It dumps the interpreter's stack
when it chokes on something.
Why it blew up on you is, unfortunately, another question.
JRT
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem works on Mandrake 7.0 but not 7.1 ???
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 05:06:15 GMT
Aaron Hughes wrote:
> I have an actiontec pci call waiting modem internal
> see www.actiontec.com
>
> Unde mandrake 7.0 it worked fine as long as I typed
>
> setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0xcc00 spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq autoconfig
> setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A
>
> I then used KPPP and got on the web etc etc
>
> The same trick under mandrake 7.1 doesnt work.
> Any idea why?
> The hardware detector also does not find the modem? HardDrake or DrakConf
> whatever it is called?
>
> Thanks for your help
> and please respond here
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Try:
setserial /dev/ttyS3
and see if it reports anything. If not try the other serial ports 0, 1, and
2. See, if any of them are connected to your modem.
It is possible that Mandrake 7.1 came with the serial driver installed. In
which case, you wouldn't be able to set your tty driver manually.
What does it report when you try to use "setserial"? Do you get an error
message?
JRT
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.17 and PCI Modem
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 05:11:54 GMT
I just finished updating to Kernel v. 2.2.17 and it found my USR/3Com
3PC2976 PCI modem. That is, it didn't need the Serial driver. I
presume that the driver is now built in.
JRT
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From: john h munro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installed linux mandrake 7.1 does not reconize hardware
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 05:30:04 -0000
yesterday I installed madrake as a dual boot with win. m.e. got in a hurry
did not read what I was doing as I was doing it installed both so it only
uses 1.75 gigs have better than 5gigs left can not install any thing else
until I give 4gigs to each. It also did not reconize my monster sound II
MX300 looking for... aureal semi conductor vortex 2 did not reconize my
canon bjc 5000 or my plustek 1212u scaner hopping some body could help me
out. Just wanted an operating system that would allow all my hard ware to
work but I am sure if you run linux you know what I mean about windows?
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise UltraATA/100
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 05:42:21 GMT
Check this out guys, should be what we need:
http://sweb.uky.edu/~mabran3/linux/misc/
Scroll all the way to the bottom to read the directory info file. It
explains how to use a RedHat 7 bootdisk that recognizes the new ATA100
controllers. Patching the kernel afterwards is kind of a pain in the ass --
but what can you do? Pretty weak of RedHat not to include ATA100 support for
their newest release. ;(
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From: Michael Burian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serial Prot Programming
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 08:47:46 +0200
Ray Tang wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am new to Linux, and I am trying to program a serial port to send and
> receive messages via RF (radio frequency). I have the RF part working and I
> am able to connect the RF board to the serial port, but I don't know how to
> program it. I read through a lot of FAQ and other documents on serial port
> programming on the internet, and I tried many of them, and not many of them
> were helpful. Basically, all I need is to be able to send out a data pack
> on TXD pin and receive data pack from the RXD pin. Can anyone point me to a
> good direction (a book, may be)?
> Thanks.
>
> --
>
> Ray
go
http://qslinux.com/docs/snmc/serial/index.html
there are plenty of it, my personal favourite is
http://qslinux.com/docs/snmc/serial/serial_prog/serial.html
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From: Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie
Subject: Re: Aims Lab RadioTrack device under RH6.1 - Install question
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 17:57:15 +0700
Wil Beeren wrote:
>
> hello folks,
>
> Since 3 days I'm playing around with a Aims Lab RadioTrack device which I'm
> trying to install under RedHat 6.1 for my Cajun in my car. I just don't know
> how to get it to work and/or to test it in an easy way. The things I found
> is that I should use V4L with the following commands:
>
> insmod videodev
> insmod radio-aimslab io=0x...
Mine is io=0x30f. The docs say 0x20c is another possibility. Check
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/radiotrack.txt for more
information.
>
> the problem is that I don't know which I/O settings to use and that I don't
> know how to check if the settings I used are correct. with some devices you
> can do a "cat /dev/device_name" but /dev/radio just gives something like
> "device not found".
>
> Can anyone maybe help me out with this ? I ain't very familiar with V4L and
> am a just a user not a pro.
>
> Greetings & Thanx in advance,
>
> Wil Beeren
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> PS: maybe you know a website about this radio thingie of Aims Lab ?
http://www.3stars.cz/eng/s_aimslaba.htm
Bill Thompson
--
>From the shores of Khlong YaiPhuan, Bangkok, Thailand...
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From: Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New stuff...
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 18:03:39 +0700
Chris Sherlock wrote:
>
> 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...
Epson Stylus Color 800. The driver I selected printed the postscript
text.
Changing to the stp(???) driver gave very results. Will wait until
Mandrake 7.2 hits the street.
Bill
--
>From the shores of Khlong YaiPhuan, Bangkok, Thailand...
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From: nDim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to wheel mouse
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 11:48:22 GMT
I would like to get my logitech wheel mouse to usee the wheel under
linux ....any help is greatly appreciated.
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From: "Leslie Atkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip Drive
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 12:53:54 +0100
Iam a newbie to Linux and am using SuSE 7.0.
Can anybody help me find a driver for the iomega zip drive parallel
port
version
Thanks Les
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From: "Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit
Subject: KT7-RAID with Linux?
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 08:03:30 -0400
Anyone have any success or failure to report with this combination?
Apparently with Winblows the drivers have to be installed just so to get
the damn thing to work, so I wonder how it goes in Linux.
Thanks,
Andrew.
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Reply-To: "bobbybean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "bobbybean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound problem!
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 12:07:43 GMT
I'm running Caldera 2.4 with a Intel 810 Sound & Vid chip, I've downloaded
the rpm from
Intel, but still can't get any sound, vid is fine, but only 24 bit.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Bobby
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From: "insane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit
Subject: Re: KT7-RAID with Linux?
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 14:16:12 +0200
I couldn't install RH7:((
it says no device blablabla when choosing my installation (workstation,
server or costum:(
Anyone familiar with this?
Bye
Insane
"Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Anyone have any success or failure to report with this combination?
> Apparently with Winblows the drivers have to be installed just so to get
> the damn thing to work, so I wonder how it goes in Linux.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew.
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From: WLC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pro quality sound card
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 12:43:39 GMT
Could someone recommend a professional quality sound card which is
realtively easy to set up and use with Linux?
I'm running RH6.2 on a 550Mhz with 128M of ram.
Any suggestion gratefully accepted.
--
Wendell Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://198.143.24.22
"The greatest gift God gives us is to enjoy the sound of our
own voice. And the second greatest gift is to get somebody
to listen to it." WARREN BEATTY
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From: "Andr� Offringa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN - How to install?
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 14:58:07 +0200
Hi,
I have an ISDN network card in my computer but I don't know how to install
it in Linux?
Does anyone know anything about how to do that?
--
Borland or my life? Well... Errr..
*sigh*
===Andr� Offringa===
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 13:00:00 GMT
Hello,
Are there any drivers out there for the Santa Cruz PCI card made
by Turtle Beach? Thanks in advance for your help!
-Don
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (user)
Subject: Re: - Installing Iomaga Tape 250 Drive
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 13:25:29 -0000
Ted ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Dear All,
: I have an Iomega 250 tape drive which is connected as the second drive
: on the floppy disk controller. I am not clear how to install this into
: Linux. I am running Mandrake 7.0. The HowTo seems to say that the
: ftape support is compiled into the kernel, but if I try to access the
: drive with a command such as mt I get the message that /dev/ftape does
: not exist.
: I need to do something to get Linux to recognise the drive, but I can't
: figure out what I have to do. Can anyone help?
: Ted
:
Ted,
After further investigation, I got ftape to work on Linux 2.2.17.
To make it work there are two kernel modules that must be loaded, or
included in the kernel:
ftape
zftape
If they are not already in the kernel (they probably are not) then here
are the commands to load them:
modprobe ftape
modprobe zftape
To see what modules are loaded in the kernel do this command:
lsmod
Regards,
Rick
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Why don't elephants eat penguins ?
Because they can't get the wrappers off ...
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From: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *SLOW* cable modem connection
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 14:36:01 GMT
I basically set this system up with Red Hat 6.2's "linuxconf". My IP
address is dynamically assigned by the dhcp protocol. Why should I be
setting my broadcast to 24.150.5.255? How do I do this?
Cheers,
Andrew
Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
>
> "Andrew P. Billyard" wrote:
> > Okay....here is the output from my /sbin/ifconfig
> >
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:F1:F8:7E
> > inet addr:24.150.5.61 Bcast:255.255.255.255
> > Mask:255.255.252.0
>
> Your broadcast should probably be 24.150.5.255 instead.
>
> > P.S.: Again, my /etc/hosts looks like
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain Mintaka
> > 130.15.26.39 lola lola.phy.queensu.ca
> > 130.15.28.14 fisher.phy.queensu.ca fisher
>
> Do you have some other nic to connect to the 130.15. network? Why isn't
> 24.150.5.61 listed in /etc/hosts, do you get that address from dhcp?
>
> regards Henrik
> --
> spammer strikeback:
> root@localhost
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Erling R Elvsrud)
Subject: scsi cdrw problems
Date: 7 Oct 2000 15:21:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a yamaha crw4260t scsi cdrw drive. I get lots of errors
when I try to write cdr/cdrw like this:
cdrecord: Input/output error. read track info: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
CDB: 52 01 00 00 00 FF 00 00 1C 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x24 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in cdb) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.004s timeout 240s
cdrecord: Input/output error. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
cdrecord: Input/output error. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
cdrecord: Input/output error. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
cdrecord: Input/output error. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
cdrecord: Input/output error. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
the drive read cd's just fine.
I use kernel 2.2.16.
the drive is about 2 1/2 years old.
Is it a hardware error or can I do anything in software to make it
work properly again?
The drive used to work just fine , it has been
more and more errors over time.
thanks in advance
Erling
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