Linux-Hardware Digest #777, Volume #13 Tue, 24 Oct 00 14:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Q: Hauppauge TV without sound ("T. J. Domsalla")
Silicon Motion Lynx3DM configuration problem (Jan Buckow)
ide patch for 2.2.14 linux kernel? ("Serguei Vassiliev")
Re: Any problems with AcceleRAID 352 and Intel L440GX+ ? ("terabyte")
Re: my computer froze ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IDE hardware Raid 5 & Linux? (Jean-Sebastien Morisset)
Re: ALDI (German Discounter) Notebook offer (Harald Weidner)
linux ide raid controller (Philipp Cain)
Re: ZIP Drive time-out ("Scott D. Smith")
Re: IDE hardware Raid 5 & Linux? ("William Fong")
Re: ide patch for 2.2.14 linux kernel? (Edward Lee)
Re: redhat 6.0 on amd k5 166 (Sinner from the Prairy)
Re: What device is LS120 drive??? (Sinner from the Prairy)
Can't Print (Brian "Beej" Cyr)
Re: Faster Linux on 486 (Scott Alfter)
recompiling the kernel: how to find drivers ("Nathaniel Hekman")
problem during clean RH7 install ("Nathaniel Hekman")
IDE Device Driver - EXT2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux on IBM RS/6000....p-Series eServer ("Joseph S. Cendrowski")
Re: Linux on IBM RS/6000....p-Series eServer
Re: Linux on IBM RS/6000....p-Series eServer
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From: "T. J. Domsalla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc,de.comp.tv+video
Subject: Q: Hauppauge TV without sound
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:10:28 +0200
Hi,
since upgrading from kernel 2.2.xx to 2.4.0-test9=20
I don't get sound working while looking TV. It worked
fine before. Do anyone have an idea?
It doesn't work neither if I link all modules statically=20
into the kernel nor if loaded dynamically by modutils.
My system: Hauppauge WinTV/Radio /w BTTV878, Philips
PAL, Philips Tuner, MSP3400; Athlon 800; SB Live! Value;
Geforce 2 GTS; 512 MB; Kernel 2.4.0-Test9; OSS 3.9.3r
or emu10k1 module.
TJ
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From: Jan Buckow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Silicon Motion Lynx3DM configuration problem
Date: 24 Oct 2000 13:39:33 +0200
Hi,
is the Silicon Motion Lynx3DM graphics card supported by
Linux? (This is a notebook graphics card with 8MByte.)
I use the Suse 7.0 Linux distribution. The configuration tools for graphics
which are included in that distribution didn't work (sax, sax2 and
xf86config).
Can somebody help me how to configure X?
Thanks...
Jan
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From: "Serguei Vassiliev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ide patch for 2.2.14 linux kernel?
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:16:15 +0200
Hi All,
which one is ide patch for linux kernel 2.2.14?
Thanks,
Sergei.
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From: "terabyte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any problems with AcceleRAID 352 and Intel L440GX+ ?
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:45:28 +0200
Yes there are e big problem with RH 6.2 !!!
Only SuSE 7.0 can use this Adapter (has the new patch intigrates)
"JamJam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:0wdJ5.13598$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> I'm planning an intranet server
> for running Redhat Linux 6.2, a Oracle database and samba
> for filesharing.
>
> One possible solution is:
>
> MAINBOARD: Intel L440GX+ Lancewood
> RAID: Mylex AcceleRAID 352 (2 Channel)
> HD: 2 Seagate SCSI 68 pin 36740MB Ultra160 (in RAID 1)
> MEM: 512 MB RAM
> CPU: 2 Intel Slot 1 PIII 800E Mhz
> CABINET: Intel Server SC5000 Hudson Hot-Swap
> with 2*350W Redundant Power
>
>
> Has anyone experienced any problems running the Mylex AcceleRAID 352
> with the L440GX+ motherboard ? Or can anyone confirm that
> this combination works ?
>
> Thanks
> Christian
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: my computer froze
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:35:54 GMT
can I telnet to a crashed computr?
or to do it after reboot?
what if I can not reboot because the problem I desribed before (no
display)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> BTW I forgot something important if you use a serial terminal.
> add this line to your /etc/inittab
>
> S1:2345:respawn:/sbin/uugetty DT9600 ttyS# termid
>
> Where ttyS# is the /dev port for your serial port and termid is your
terminal
> type from termcap. Also the telnet works over the internet or a
network so
> connect by telnet over the internet from another pc.
>
> Jeff Moore wrote:
>
> > When my linux box crashes this is what I do.
> >
> > I connect to the serial port with another computer or a terminal
and login
> > with a user account. Then su to root and check the /var/log/ files
to see
> > what happened. You will need a telnet application on the other
computer or
> > a serial terminal, which is a very good piece of extra equipment to
have
> > around when running linux.
> >
> > Jeff Moore
>
>
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From: Jean-Sebastien Morisset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IDE hardware Raid 5 & Linux?
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:57:19 GMT
I've heard there are some IDE cards available with *hardware* Raid 5.
Anyone know anything about these (recommendations?), and if they're
compatible with Linux?
I have an MP3 player that's almost out of disk space (60GB). I'm planning
on buying 4x 80GB drives and setting them up in Raid 5. With a hardware
Raid 5 controller, I *should* be able to boot off the disk array, right?
Thanks,
js.
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From: Harald Weidner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: ALDI (German Discounter) Notebook offer
Date: 24 Oct 2000 14:21:56 GMT
In article <8shjrh$h1s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stephan Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>ALDI, a German discounter mostly into foodstuff, is offering a
>notebook computer this week.
[...]
>Is there anything fishy in the components? Does Linux support all of
>the major things (Graphiks, Sound, DVD)?
>Is there anything else I need to know to install Linux?
A installation report with Linux on the ALDI notebook can be found
on my homepage.
In short: XFree86, Sound and PCMCIA work. Modem not tried so far.
--
Harald Weidner http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/~weidner/
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From: Philipp Cain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux ide raid controller
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:42:28 +0200
Hello folks,
my question concerns linux kernel support (2.2.16) for the rather cheap
ide raid controller cards like Promise Fastrak 100 pro and Abit Hot Rod
100 Pro.
As far as I know there are some vendor beta drivers around but I would
prefer a kernel patch. So I had a look at
http://www.linux-ide.org/chipsets.html.
According to this list seems to be no support for hardware raid with the
above controllers.
Is this correct ???
Does anyone have experience with linux ide raid ?
Thanks, Philipp.
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From: "Scott D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ZIP Drive time-out
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:05:18 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't help with the problem but I am seeing the same behavior without
a Zip drive attached to the same aic7xxx chipset. Mine is on my motherboard
though. I had a 400 meg HP disk drive on the bus but removed it due to the
timeouts killing me. If you find out what to do please let me know.
Scott
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Geir Bjune wrote:
>
> My SCSI ZIP (100 MB) keeps timing out when I am accessing it from Linux. I
> have tried with both 2.2.* and 2.4.0-test10, but the same problem always
> comes up.
>
> The device timeouts, the SCSI (aic7xxx, AHA-2940U) bus resets and this keeps
> on happening for a longtime.
>
> In Windows (95/98/NT/2000), the device works all the time, with no
> timeouts occuring.
>
> Is this related to failure of the hardware or is there some configuration of
> the device that needs to change ? Other devices connected to the same
> controller work nicely...
>
> Geir
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From: "William Fong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE hardware Raid 5 & Linux?
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:41:21 GMT
I believe Adaptec is the only manufacturer of hardware RAID controllers.
Sorry, only know SCSI RAIDs (and those seem to work with Linux great).
-will
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"Jean-Sebastien Morisset" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I've heard there are some IDE cards available with *hardware* Raid 5.
> Anyone know anything about these (recommendations?), and if they're
> compatible with Linux?
>
> I have an MP3 player that's almost out of disk space (60GB). I'm planning
> on buying 4x 80GB drives and setting them up in Raid 5. With a hardware
> Raid 5 controller, I *should* be able to boot off the disk array, right?
>
> Thanks,
> js.
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> Personal Homepage <http://www.jsmoriss.dyndns.org/>
> UNIX, Internet, Homebrewing, Cigars, PCS, CP2020 and other Fun Stuff...
> This is Linux Country. On a quiet night you can hear Windows NT reboot!
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ide patch for 2.2.14 linux kernel?
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:52:09 -0700
Serguei Vassiliev wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> which one is ide patch for linux kernel 2.2.14?
>
> Thanks,
> Sergei.
2.2.17 or 2.2.18
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From: Sinner from the Prairy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat 6.0 on amd k5 166
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:02:24 -0400
Jeff Moore wrote:
> Yes, I did recompile the monolithic kernel for i386 and no go.
> BTW when you say update module dependencies, do you mean depmod -a,
> yes, I did that and I get segmentation fault.
> The gcc compiler on the amd also gets segmentation faults, I think this
> thing is junk.
> Any more suggestions?
Do you have faulty memory?
Some segfaults appear with faulty memory, overclocked cpu's...
Check your memory.
Have you tried getting a different version of the gcc? Have you visited
theur webpage? Maybe there's some not-that-clear option while dealing with
the K5's.
> Jeff Moore
Cheers,
Sinner
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From: Sinner from the Prairy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What device is LS120 drive???
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:09:42 -0400
James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> In general, since I do not have an LS120 drive. But I do have a ZIP.
I do have an LS-120.
> You should use a Kernel with IDE/ATAPI FLOPPY support.
Exactly.
> The LS120 drive is treated just like a CD-ROM drive on IDE. Its identity
> depends on where you have it connected. It is most likely that it is
> "/dev/hdd". That would be if you connected it to the cable with your
> CD-ROM drive and it was the "slave" drive.
Correct again. Although they recomend to set it up as "/dev/hdc" . I mount
it on /mnt/ls120, but you can use any point that you like.
> The IDE drives start with "/dev/hda" and go through the alphabet.
> Unless it has some idiosyncratic behavior, it should mount as "/dev/hdd"
> just like your CD-ROM mounts as "/dev/hdc".
Well, this depends on whether you have the CDROM as the master unit in the
secondary channel and the LS120 as the slave unit in the secondary channel.
You know,
master, primary channel: /dev/hda
slave, primary channel: /dev/hdb
master, secondary channel: /dev/hdc
slave, secondary channel: /dev/hdd
> JRT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian "Beej" Cyr)
Subject: Can't Print
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:13:40 GMT
I am running Redhat 6.1. This workstation when it was a windows
machine printed just fine. Even now when I boot it from a DOS
diskette I can print. However the printer does not seem to respond in
Linux. I have the hardware set (in BIOS) to IRQ 7 Port: 3BCH and I
have tried Port 278H as well.
The printer does reset when I restart the computer. And I am sure the
hardware is working alright. When I go to do something simple like:
ls > /dev/lp0
I get no such device. I have repeated this startement with lp1, and
lp2 On my other linux box (also 6.1 but different hardware) it
works fine.
Can someone give me a suggestion on places to look to fix this?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Faster Linux on 486
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:15:54 -0000
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David N. Haney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am installing Linux on an old 486 (actually AMDs 486/Pentium 133).
>I have tried both Caldera and Red Hat. The problem that I run into
>is that they seem VERY slow, not only in graphics mode but just in
>text server mode. I was wondering if there is a streamlined version
>of Linux that runs better on the older 486s.
Newer kernels often have everything compiled with at least P5 optimizations
enabled. They run well on newer machines, but not so well on older ones.
One option would be to grab a Linux distro from a few years back. It might
not have the latest and greatest on it, but it'll run faster.
The other option would be to roll your own system (with LFS or a similar
guide) and compile everything with the appropriate optimization for your
system. I recently did this for my firewall system, which uses a Cyrix
5x86-120. Changing from SuSE 6.4 to a 486-optimized LFS speeded things up
considerably. (It freed up some disk space, too, and with only 120 megs to
play with, going from almost full (and no swap) to something around 30 megs
free (with some swap) makes a difference.
I'd give LFS a shot. It'll take longer to get up and running, but you'll
learn a lot in the process.
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From: "Nathaniel Hekman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: recompiling the kernel: how to find drivers
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:16:35 -0600
I recently acquired an old HP Vectra XU 5/90C. I did a basic RH 7 install
with only minor problems (at least I hope they're minor; I've described them
in a separate post). Now I'd like to recompile the kernel, but I don't know
exactly which drivers to use for various components. Can someone clue me in
on how to figure that out? Is their some log file or command to find out
which drivers Linux picked, or some other way to see exactly what my
hardware is?
Here's the configuration as far as I can see from the boot sequence:
HP Vectra XU
dual Pentium 90 CPUs
80 M RAM
SCSI controller (AMD PCscsi BIOS v2.0x11 it says at bootup)
sda is a 1G SCSI on id 0
sdb is a 2G SCSI on id 1
sr0 is a SCSI Sony Model CD-ROM CDU-76S on id 3
Video card: Matrox MGA Impression+
Ethernet is on the motherboard, "PCI Integrated Ethernet"
I guess there are three drivers I need to figure out.
1) the video card--I can probably find that one pretty easily
2) the SCSI controller--couldn't find something that looked like a
match, but obviously it's working so there must be one.
3) an ethernet driver--again it is working, so it must have found a
driver, but I don't know how to tell which it's using.
Thanks for your help.
Nate
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From: "Nathaniel Hekman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem during clean RH7 install
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:37:18 -0600
I'm installing RH7 on an old HP Vectra XU with dual Pentium 90 CPUs. The
install was fairly painless, but it hangs up when booting unless I boot in
uniprocessor mode ("linux up"). The default boot procedure hangs with this
message:
[...]
Trying to unmount old root ... okay
Freeing unused kernel memory: 76k freed
[here it waits for a while, then:]
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 37, scsi0, channel 0, id1, lun
0 Read (10) 00 00 1d b3 d7 00 00 80 00
SCSI host 0 abort (pid 37) timed out - resetting
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
AM53C974_reset called
AM53C974 register dump:
IO base: 0xff00; CTCREG: 0x0000; CMDREG: 0x90; STATREG: 0x11; ISREG: 0xc4
CFIREG: 0x80; CNTLREG1-4: 0x57; 0x40; 0x18; 0x44
DMACMD: 0xc3; DMASTC: 0x1000; DMASPA: 0x4a57000
DMAWBC: 0x0000; DMAWAC: 0x4a58000; DMASTATUS: 0x08
============================================================
At this point it is completely hung, and one drive light remains on.
A couple of questions/thoughts:
Since the problem only happens during a dual-cpu boot, does that indicate a
bug in the kernel? Or is it a SCSI problem? Maybe a hardware problem--the
hard drive? the SCSI controller? What steps can I take to narrow down the
problem? If I boot using the boot disk created during installation, then
this problem doesn't occur--but I think the disk boots in uniprocessor mode
by default (how can I tell?).
FYI, here's my hardware configuration:
HP Vectra XU
dual Pentium 90 CPUs
80 M RAM
AMD PCscsi BIOS v2.0x11
sda is a 1G SCSI on id 0
/boot on sda1 (16M)
swap on sda5 (983M) (yes, I know I don't need all that swap space, I'm
just playing around still)
sdb is a 2G SCSI on id 1
swap on sdb1 (176M)
/ on sdb2 (1870M)
Thanks for any comments, tips, advice.
Nate Hekman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IDE Device Driver - EXT2
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:25:01 GMT
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From: "Joseph S. Cendrowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on IBM RS/6000....p-Series eServer
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:46:25 -0400
Anyone aware if any of the major vendors are releasing installs allowing
for the installation of Linux on IBM RS/6000?
I'm just curious if Linux has expanded its bounds beyond x86, Alpha and
Apple Power PC. I have checked the IBM site but can't get clear answer.
Thanks.
Joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Linux on IBM RS/6000....p-Series eServer
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:04:51 GMT
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:46:25 -0400, Joseph S. Cendrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Anyone aware if any of the major vendors are releasing installs allowing
>for the installation of Linux on IBM RS/6000?
>
>I'm just curious if Linux has expanded its bounds beyond x86, Alpha and
>Apple Power PC. I have checked the IBM site but can't get clear answer.
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=linux+ibm+rs%2F6000
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Linux on IBM RS/6000....p-Series eServer
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:07:47 GMT
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:04:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:46:25 -0400, Joseph S. Cendrowski
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Anyone aware if any of the major vendors are releasing installs allowing
>>for the installation of Linux on IBM RS/6000?
>>
>>I'm just curious if Linux has expanded its bounds beyond x86, Alpha and
>>Apple Power PC. I have checked the IBM site but can't get clear answer.
>
>
>http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=linux+ibm+rs%2F6000
>http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
Also, if you click on the "show web pages" link, there's:
http://www.suse.de/en/news/PressReleases/RS_6000.html
http://www-4.ibm.com/software/is/mp/linux/newofferings.html
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