Linux-Hardware Digest #704, Volume #13 Tue, 10 Oct 00 11:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Setting amount of RAM in lilo/grub (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: AAAAaaaaarrrgggggghhhhh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
R.H. 6.2 + multi processor = OK?? (fabrice Bentejac)
VIA MVP4 chipset and XFree? (Sebastian Niehaus)
Re: Debian: Problems accessing parallel port (Oliver Battenfeld)
UDMA Problem with Apollo Pro 133A (Eric Frey)
Linux Proxy Server Development (Francis)
Re: UDMA Problem with Apollo Pro 133A ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Promise Supertrak 100/66 (Kevin Phillips)
Re: Linux Proxy Server Development ("Micke Sandstrom")
Re: Setting amount of RAM in lilo/grub ("Alan Pettigrew")
Re: R.H. 6.2 + multi processor = OK?? (dt)
Adaptec 2904CD (Thomas Stammeier)
Kernel Panic ("Bryan Lee")
Re: Linux on Toshiba Satellite 2755DVD (Glen Whittaker)
'multimedia' buttons on keyboard --how? (Mr Thomas Alexander Grek)
Re: Kernel Panic (Sebastian Niehaus)
Re: VIA MVP4 chipset and XFree? (Rod Smith)
Re: SB128PCI won't play under SuSE Linux 6.4 - why? ("Jens Wendler")
Re: looking for terabit ethernet cards for linux (James Knott)
Re: looking for terabit ethernet cards for linux (James Knott)
Setting up SCSI harddisk... ("Marty")
Re: DVD-RAM for storage?? (Roberto De Leo)
Re: Debian: Problems accessing parallel port (Oliver Battenfeld)
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Subject: Re: Setting amount of RAM in lilo/grub
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:31:57 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Luongo) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>I am using grub/lilo as a bootloader. I really can't tell which one it
>is. There is a GUI when I startup to choose the OS to boot to yet it
>uses /etc/lilo.conf. But anyway, how do I set the amount of RAM? I
>have 384M but its only seeing 66M.
Are you using Storm Linux? In that case there is a "GUI" for lilo. add
"append="mem=384M"" to your kernel stanza in lilo.conf. (Very FAQ btw)
FUT: comp.os.linux.setup
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
Nordbergv. 60A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: AAAAaaaaarrrgggggghhhhh
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:08:52 GMT
I have been having the exact same problem you described. Thank you for
posting how you fixed it. I will try to do the same thing. Could you
please tell me how exactly you disabled the USB function in RH Linux?
Thank you.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bernhard Mogens Ege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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] (fabrice Bentejac)
Subject: R.H. 6.2 + multi processor = OK??
Date: 10 Oct 2000 09:21:49 GMT
Hello,
I am looking forward to buy a bi-processor PC (a DELL poweredge to be specific) and
use LINUX Red hat 6.2 on it. It would be my first experience of LINUX on a dual
processor, so I am wondering whether LINUX and more specifically red hat is stable on
this king of computer??
Thanks in advance
F.B.
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From: Sebastian Niehaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VIA MVP4 chipset and XFree?
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:50:40 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
ist there any information if XFree works with the onboard graphic
chipset of the MVP4 chipset in reasonable resulution?
Thanks a lot,
Sebastian
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From: Oliver Battenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Debian: Problems accessing parallel port
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:17:07 +0200
> I think that the only thing left is the access permissions of the device
> file. You might check them.
Well, I ran the test as "root".
> Note that the reset at boot is probably done by the BIOS, so it only means
> that the hardware is working.
Yes, there�s one after the BIOS has done some testing *and* when the
parport module is being loaded.
I found a little text file called parport.txt that comes with the kernel
documentation. It says, that the "lp.o" module should be loaded after
parport. Problem: No lp.o anywhere on the hardware. Did I probably
forget to check some options when I compiled the kernel ? I went through
the config again and the only related thing I found is "Parallel port
support" followed by "PC-style hardware" - both activated (and that�s
where parport.o and parport_pc.o comes from).
--
Ciao,
Oliver
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From: Eric Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UDMA Problem with Apollo Pro 133A
Date: 10 Oct 2000 11:07:05 GMT
I have a Tyan Tiger 133 (S1834) dual processor motherboard. This motherboard
uses a VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset.
I am running
RH 6.2 with 2.2.17 kernel (I had lockups on mouse motion when using
the redhat kernel 2.2.16-3, but that is another story). I have the
following devices (2 disks and a cdrom) on my IDE chain:
hda: WDC WD205AA, 19569MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=2494/255/63
hdb: IBM-DTLA-307060, 58644MB w/1916kB Cache, CHS=7476/255/63
hdd: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
I am able to enable dma on either drive using
hdparms -d 1 /dev/hd[ab]
Things work fine and I get decent peformance--for a while. Then I will
get messages like the following:
hdb: timeout waiting for DMA
hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
hda: DMA disabled
hdb: DMA disabled
ide0: reset: success
After this, and not surprisingly after the above message, dma is off
and performance on the drives (both as measured by hdparm and real-world
tasks) is pretty lousy. I then sometimes get messages like:
hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
ide0: reset: success
I never seem to get an irq timeout on hda. I have tried installing the
ide patch from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ide-2.2.17
naed ide.2.2.17.all.20000904.patch, but I couldn't get this to work (it
seemed to break nfs and other modules even though I recompiled and reinstalled
them). I have seen other reports of lost irqs with VIA chipsets for Athlons
that use the same (I think) southbridge(?) chip that contains the ide
controller. My question is: has anyone got this working? Is it possible that
it is a cable problem (I am pretty certain I am using UDMA cables)? Would
things work better if I put hdb on the first IDE controller? Or is this just
a kernel bug that isn't fixed yet. Thanks.
--
=======================================================================
Eric C. Frey
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The University of North Carolina
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Francis)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Linux Proxy Server Development
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:43:48 GMT
Hi all,
I am now going to develop a web proxy server for mobile user, such as
palm or some narrow band user. The proxy is going to decrease the
colour depth or size of some large objects. Acutally, I am new to
linux and now looking for some existing simple proxy server to modify.
Anyone can kindly give me some ideas. Thanks for all your helps.
Francis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: UDMA Problem with Apollo Pro 133A
Date: 10 Oct 2000 07:51:40 -0400
I had exactly the same problem with an AMD board using the VIA chipset.
As far as I can tell, DMA is broken, at least on the VIA chipsets!
My solution was to use a Promise Ultra66 controller. This worked
great for me once I applied the IDE patches. I used kernel 2.2.16 with
Hedrick's patch of Aug 25. Your newer patches will probably work just
as well.
Richard
PS: Remember to use Ultra66 cables, even if you're using older drives.
I still got DMA errors with the 40 pin cables.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Phillips)
Subject: Promise Supertrak 100/66
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:30 +0100 (BST)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Has anyone attempted to use this RAID controller under Linux?
I am investigating implementing a low cost server for a small business and
interested in using a IDE RAID configuration (cheaper than SCSI).
Existing IDE RAID controllers only support RAID 0/1, but the Supertrak
controllers will support RAID 5. Unfortunately it appears that the
Supertrak will only work with Windows.
Any help much appreciated.
Kevin Phillips
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From: "Micke Sandstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Proxy Server Development
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:29:44 +0200
You could take a look at RabbIT:
http://www.nada.kth.se/projects/prup98/web_proxy/
> I am now going to develop a web proxy server for mobile user, such as
> palm or some narrow band user. The proxy is going to decrease the
> colour depth or size of some large objects. Acutally, I am new to
> linux and now looking for some existing simple proxy server to modify.
> Anyone can kindly give me some ideas. Thanks for all your helps.
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From: "Alan Pettigrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Setting amount of RAM in lilo/grub
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:35:30 +0100
This is a common problem mentioned often in the newsgroups.
There are 3 solutions:
1) Upgrade your BIOS. You can download new versions from the web for your
board and flash the BIOS.
2) Amend the BIOS settings. On my K7M Athlon board with AMI BIOS it is
ACPI Aware O/S
Set this to No to get Linux to use > 64M memory
3) Add a line to /etc/lilo.conf (assuming you use lilo) in the section for
the Linux
you are loading
append="mem=128M"
and re-run lilo to update its tables
Be careful here - lilo takes what you type here as true. If you say you
have
more than you actually have you will get strange crashes.
Good luck
Alan
"James Luongo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am using grub/lilo as a bootloader. I really can't tell which one it
> is. There is a GUI when I startup to choose the OS to boot to yet it
> uses /etc/lilo.conf. But anyway, how do I set the amount of RAM? I
> have 384M but its only seeing 66M.
>
> thanks
>
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From: dt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: R.H. 6.2 + multi processor = OK??
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:45:27 +0300
fabrice Bentejac wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am looking forward to buy a bi-processor PC (a DELL poweredge to be specific) and
>use LINUX Red hat 6.2 on it. It would be my first experience of LINUX on a dual
>processor, so I am wondering whether LINUX and more specifically red hat is stable on
>this king of computer??
>
> Thanks in advance
> F.B.
I have an Abit BP6 (dual Celeron) motherboard, running Gentus Linux 3.0,
(basically RedHat 6.2 with a modified kernel), and although there are
some issues, specifically with the motherboard I have, I don't think
stability is a problem with RedHat and SMP in general.
Check out http://www.phy.duke.edu/brahma/smp-faq/smp-howto.html for
further reference.
dt
--
-Somebody put something in my drink-
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From: Thomas Stammeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec 2904CD
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 12:37:56 GMT
Hi,
I'm having problems with an Adaptec 2904 controller with a HP tape
device attached to it. The aic7xxx driver (usually) works fine, but the
machine hung twice already and the following message was logged (about
20/s):
scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Referenced SCB 1 not valid during
SELTO.
SCSISEQ = 0x5a SEQADDR = 0x9 SSTAT0 = 0x15 SSTAT1 = 0x88
Kernel version is 2.2.13. Would upgrading to 2.2.16 or .17 help ? What
else can be the problem ?
Thanks for any help,
Thomas
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From: "Bryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Kernel Panic
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 20:58:02 +0800
I managed to install RedHat Linux 6.2 on my PC which run on AMD Athlon
600MHZ with 128MB RAM.
I never managed to go into Linux. The PC hang during the boot up (after the
LILO prompt) and gave the following error messages:
==========
....... (some checking on system configuration)
CPU: AMD AMD Athlon (tm) processor stepping 00
Enabling extended fast FPU and restore ... done
Disabling CPUID serial number ... general protection fault: 000
:
: < some error data>
:
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idel task!
In swapper taksk - not syncing
==========
That's the end of the screen output and the system hang there.
Anybody can point me to the right direction to resolve this problem? Does
Linux run on AMD processor?
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.laptops,alt.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.portable
From: Glen Whittaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Toshiba Satellite 2755DVD
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:36:24 GMT
I just installed Red Hat 7 on my Toshiba 2755XDVD. The modem will work
if you go to the Lucent Technology site and download the Linux driver
for their modem chipset. I logged on to the internet without any
problem using the 2755XDVD built-in modem. The XFree86 server is hard
to set up. The 2755 uses the Savage IX chips which aren't supported
yet. I got the video card to work at 640 x 480 screen resolution with
lot of trial and error. Support for the 1024 x 768 screen resolution
should be available in about 4 weeks.
Glen
Martim Dorey P de Andrade Carbone wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently acquired a great laptop: the Toshiba Satellite2755DVD
> Now, I will try to venture into installing Linux in this machine and, as
> you must know, getting Linux to work on some laptops is sometimes quite
> a hard task. Because of that, I am looking for someone who has this laptop
> and successfully installed and configured Linux on it (or at least is
> trying to). Does Linux recognize the modem? if not, what alternatives do i
> have? Is the video card supported by XFree86?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> ------------------------------------------
> * Martim Dorey Posser de Andrade Carbone *
> * Ciencia da Computacao 2000 - UNICAMP *
> * ====================================== *
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
> * http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~ra002193 *
> ------------------------------------------
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From: Mr Thomas Alexander Grek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 'multimedia' buttons on keyboard --how?
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:52:36 +0100
Hi,
I have a new keyboard with something like 30 multimedia buttons, it has
drivers for Windows only.
I have tried this:
showkey -s (to get the scancodes) then
setkeycodes e043 (or whatever) 120, which I think should work?
But showkey still does not recognise them and setkeycodes appears to do
nothing.
Can anybody help me get them working, either in console or especially
under kde.
Thanks.
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From: Sebastian Niehaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:58:57 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bryan Lee wrote:
>
> I managed to install RedHat Linux 6.2 on my PC which run on AMD Athlon
> 600MHZ with 128MB RAM.
>
> I never managed to go into Linux. The PC hang during the boot up (after the
> LILO prompt) and gave the following error messages:
>
> ==========
> ....... (some checking on system configuration)
> CPU: AMD AMD Athlon (tm) processor stepping 00
> Enabling extended fast FPU and restore ... done
> Disabling CPUID serial number ... general protection fault: 000
> :
> : < some error data>
> :
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idel task!
> In swapper taksk - not syncing
>
> ==========
maybe you should try an 386 Kernel at first and later compile your own?
Give it a try!
Sebastian
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: VIA MVP4 chipset and XFree?
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:18:40 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Sebastian Niehaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> ist there any information if XFree works with the onboard graphic
> chipset of the MVP4 chipset in reasonable resulution?
It works on my Compaq Presario 1200XL-106 notebook, at 800x600 (the
screen's maximum resolution). The chipset is actually an integrated
Trident CyberBlade (aka Blade 3D). I've got a web page on it, including
a link to my XF86Config file, at http://www.rodsbooks.com/presario/.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Jens Wendler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB128PCI won't play under SuSE Linux 6.4 - why?
Date: 10 Oct 2000 14:22:40 GMT
"Jens Wendler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi,
thanx to everybody who bothered to answer me!
Indeed, due to a friendly tip by Daniel Aubry (CH) I was able to discover
the solution.
In my PC's BIOS there is a flag named "Plug and play OS". It determines
whether PnP devices will be initialized by the BIOS or by the operating
system. I once had set it to "yes", and the other operating systems worked
well with that.
After setting it back to "no", alsaconf had no more trouble to make my
machine buzz and hum...
Best regards -
Jens Wendler
--
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From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: looking for terabit ethernet cards for linux
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:26:01 GMT
That would be OC-192 @ 10 GB/s. Anything faster requires mulitple,
different colour lasers, to carry additional OC-192 systems. The most I've
heard of is 130 sytems for 13 terabits/s.
Edward Lee wrote:
> This fastest networking equipment i am aware of is an OC-180 ATM switch
> (10 Gbps). They probably use ASIC chips to route traffic, but that is
> not a card and definitely not ethernet. I don't believe there is
> terabit anything yet.
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From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.religion.kibology
Subject: Re: looking for terabit ethernet cards for linux
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:27:45 GMT
> PETAbit Ethernet. Not only is it faster, but no animals were
> harmed during development and testing.
>
> k., a friend of the Ether Bunny.
>
The Ethernet is what you use to catch an Ether Bunny. ;-)
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From: "Marty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Setting up SCSI harddisk...
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 22:26:19 +0800
I have just bought a SCSI adapter and a quantum SCSI harddisk. When I boot
up the Linux, it can only detect the SCSI adapter. I don't know how to
setup the SCSI harddisk. I have tried to type the following
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 6 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
but I found that there is no response as I cat the /proc/scsi/scsi.
However, when I try the following
echo "abc" > /dev/sga
Then, my harddisk entry will be added to the /proc/scsi/scsi. Could you tell
me what's happening and how to add a SCSI device correctly ???
Thanks.
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From: Roberto De Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD-RAM for storage??
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 12:36:58 +0200
Eric wrote:
> Matthew Newcomb wrote:
> >
> > G'day,
> >
> > I'm interested in getting a DVD-RAM drive for storage. I've been
> > looking at the Panasonic LDF-102 ( the external model ). Anyone know if
> > it's possible to use this beast for storage under linux? I've seen a
> > lot of evidence that it MIGHT be possible, but nothing definet yet..
> > Anyone have any success? Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Matt Newcomb
>
> I've used a panasonic DVD-RAM under linux here (don't know the exact
> type)
> Worked with a small patch then, but IIRC you don't need that with the
> current kernel anymore.
>
> Eric
Hi,
I was using my DVD-RAM for storage under kernels 2.3. 39 and 2.2.16 after
patching them with some file I found somewhere.
Now I passed to 2.4.0b9 and apparently I cannot write anymore in my dvd's
because no scsi disk letter is associated to my DVD-RAM. In the meantime
I also forgot which patch I need to make it work, could you please remind me
how to do it? and BTW, why does not automatically work under
2.4.*? I remember
reading something about the fact that under 2.4.* the dvd-ram would be
recognized
bt default...
Thanks,
Roberto
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From: Oliver Battenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Debian: Problems accessing parallel port
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:03:54 +0200
> I think that the only thing left is the access permissions of the device
> file. You might check them.
Ahum, I found the problem: Kernel wasn�t compiled with parallel printer
support. Didn�t know that option was there and thought enabling the
parport option was enough.
Thanks for your help.
--
Ciao,
Oliver
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