Linux-Hardware Digest #859, Volume #13 Tue, 7 Nov 00 23:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: Creator3D + SuSE Linux(SPARC) ("Jonas")
Re: strange sound....... ("Highlander")
Re: strange sound....... ("Highlander")
Re: strange sound....... ("Highlander")
DBRI problem on SPAR RH6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
80GB Maxtor and RH6.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cant install Red Hat 7 on my A7V, UltraATA100 problems... (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: 3c509 battle continues: ("Default User")
Re: Modem help (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: 80GB Maxtor and RH6.1 ("Default User")
Re: Linksys still won't work Please help (You)
Re: how to configure display card (bullwinkle)
Re: Where to place IDE tape drive? (bullwinkle)
Re: Video Driver (bullwinkle)
Re: how to configure display card (James Richard Tyrer)
Xcdroast...plain old files to copy (Chris Nelson)
printer setup problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Voodoo2 boards not working with Redhat 7.0 (Doug)
Linux v2.2.17: IDE disk error on Compact Flash device ("Steve Snyder")
Re: Xcdroast...plain old files to copy (Dances With Crows)
Re: 3c509 battle continues: (Dances With Crows)
Re: 80GB Maxtor and RH6.1 (Dances With Crows)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: "Jonas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Creator3D + SuSE Linux(SPARC)
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 05:15:08 +0100
Hello Dennis,
Thanks for your answer
>I had similar problems with my SS2. Allthough I checked X-Window
>for installation, the x-server was not installed. I tried to
>install it again with yast, but it failed. You may try to install
>the vga16 server, so you can start sax. Then you may be able to
>configure X to use the correct server for the Creator card.
Well, check this out:
linux:/cdrom/suse/xsrv3 # sax
SaX: searching card...done
SaX: MACH64 SUN24 server not installed
SaX: switching to VGA16 server
SaX: VGA16 server not installed abort
linux:/cdrom/suse/xsrv3 # rpm --install xsun.rpm xmach64.rpm --force
<they were already installed!>
linux:/cdrom/suse/xsrv3 # rpm --install xsun.rpm --force
linux:/cdrom/suse/xsrv3 # sax
SaX: searching card...done
SaX: MACH64 SUN24 server not installed
SaX: switching to VGA16 server
SaX: VGA16 server not installed abort
ARGH!! And where is the VGA16 server to be found on the CD? Does installing
it actually help? Why cant SaX find the installed server?!
>But IMHO SuSE SPARC is not worth using on SPARC, if you need
>a reliable, working machine. SuSE x86 works much better.
>It is always visible that SuSE have just released their first
>SPARC/Linux.
Well, at first it looked cool. But, hmm... perhaps you are right! Is Debian
or RedHat better?
Kind regards,
Jonas
------------------------------
From: "Highlander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: strange sound.......
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 00:31:41 GMT
if i send it to /dev/dsp
i get the same squealing / static......
(really loud..)
Kenneth Mair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 23:18:18 GMT, Highlander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <snip>
> >if i send a .wav file to /dev/audio all i get is some very loud static
>
> What happens if you send it to /dev/dsp ?
> --
> Kenneth Mair | "There is no spoon."
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
> ICQ 21702236 |
>
------------------------------
From: "Highlander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: strange sound.......
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 00:37:21 GMT
ah sorry when i try to cat a .au file it works.........
but it still doesn't work with mp3's
Kenneth Mair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 23:18:18 GMT, Highlander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <snip>
> >if i send a .wav file to /dev/audio all i get is some very loud static
>
> What happens if you send it to /dev/dsp ?
> --
> Kenneth Mair | "There is no spoon."
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
> ICQ 21702236 |
>
------------------------------
From: "Highlander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: strange sound.......
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 00:45:17 GMT
thanks for the help..... i got it working while mucking about last night....
turns out redhat has a handy dandy sndconfig utility.... ah well lessons
learned i will remeber that next time...
thanks again
-Robin Murray
Kenneth Mair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 23:18:18 GMT, Highlander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <snip>
> >if i send a .wav file to /dev/audio all i get is some very loud static
>
> What happens if you send it to /dev/dsp ?
> --
> Kenneth Mair | "There is no spoon."
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
> ICQ 21702236 |
>
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DBRI problem on SPAR RH6.2
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 01:10:56 GMT
I have just installed RH6.2 on an SS10 and an SS20. Both fail to load
the sound module getting the following error;
kernel: DBRI: Multiple Error Ack on SBus
Any ideas ?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 80GB Maxtor and RH6.1
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 01:13:16 GMT
was wondering if anyone has tried installing those new Maxtor 80GB
drives into their i386/linux box. Ive got one, but it's only
registering 4111 cylinders, so the most i can get out of it is about
33021576 blocks, which is about 33.8GB. hmm... whats wrong with this
picture? am i missing something? what happened to the other
40something GB?
-using fdisk, i create a primary (or extended) partition and fill it up
to 4111 cylinders (one big fat slice).
anyway.. if anyone has any insight to this situation, that would be
great!!!!
thanks in advance for any info...
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cant install Red Hat 7 on my A7V, UltraATA100 problems...
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 02:13:33 GMT
Teemu wrote:
> I tried to install Red Hat 7 to my computer, but the installation program cannot
>find my ultra100 maxtor hard drive. I have ASUS A7V MB where Promise Ultra100
>controller is integrated. Promise and ASUS dont provide any driver disks (i need a
>driver disk for the installation program). What could I do for it?
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
Specific instructions are available here:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA-5.html#ss5.1
You will still have to install a patched Kernel to use DMA-100. Without it, DMA-33
will work OK.
JRT
------------------------------
From: "Default User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c509 battle continues:
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 21:23:05 -0500
"insmod 3c509" fails during bootup (RH 7.0) /mod/lib/... /insmod 3c509
.....[failed]
"insmod 3c509" ONLY works for me when logged in as root.
after "insmod 3c509" I go to the "Network Config" GUI utility and
"activate" the eth0
I set my Abit BH6 bios to treat IRQ5 as "legacy ISA"
I stared to get "unusual" activity in my 5.1 Gig W-D HDD and soon strange
shit started. After a while when logging in/out the video was gone. A
reinstalled 7.0 RH with "checking for bad sectors", so far so good. Perhaps
a bad software install caused this crapp?
I have not found a "Defrag" or "Scandisk" in Linux.
My NIC works ok, but this bothers me. My Aureal MX-300 card I have not been
able to get going despite valiant efforts ( drivers from
aureal.sourceforge.net) .
My USB mouse got squirrelly, USB-host problem. In my new install ( my 3rd) I
use it as a P/S2. The Epson 610 scanner in not responding.
The "filemanager" in Linux does not report directory sizes, only file sizes.
Windoze has more file utilities, making short-cuts et cetera.
This is not a happy experience....
My DSL modem (and NIC) starts blinking and I'm in business
"bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:92JN5.592$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> DaE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Well I have been working for 2 weeks now on my 3c509 card. I have read
> > all the how-tos, ran all the insmod and other commands. Even went into
> > the conf.modules and added an alias and options. Disabled the PnP,
> > adjusted my IO and IRQ. Here is my problem.
> >
> > When I try to insert the module 3c509.o it doesn't work. It tells me
that
> >
> > "Device or resource is busy"
> >
> > However there is no eth0 loaded and the network card isn't found in any
> > other area. all lsmod shows me is lo. I can't down the module since it
> > isn't loaded. What could be wrong? I appreciate any advice.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> You have to boot in DOS and use the 3com util program 3c5x9cfg.exe
> to turn off PNP and set a fixed address and IRQ on the card first.
> You can also test the card for IO/IRQ conflicts with it.
>
> 3Com's DOS utility disk for the 3C509 can be found here:
> http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c509/3c5096.1.htm
> I think you need disk #2 (DOS utility disk).
>
> Then add the settings you chose to the /etc/conf.modules file,
> Mine looks like this:
>
> <snip>
> alias eth0 3c509
> options 3c509 io=0x380 irq=10
> <snip>
>
> You may not need the "options" line as the driver tries to
> autodetect hardware settings.
>
> Then just re-activate the eth0 interface with the ifup command:
>
> [root]# ifdown eth0 ; ifup eth0
>
> If this does not work post some more error messages :)
>
> Hope this helps
> Bluster
>
>
>
------------------------------
From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem help
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 02:25:13 GMT
Gary Chan wrote:
> I am new to linux so my questions may seem a bit stupid. Please forgive
> me.
>
> Is there any way to hook up a PCI modem? I know there is a tool called
> "isapnp", does it help? My kernel version is 2.2.12 and the modem is a
> USR PCI PNP hardware modem.
>
> Also I'm experiencing problem getting my good old SB-AWE64 work. I tried
> to re-assign the IRQ and so on, but it still doesn't work. Any
> suggestion?
>
> Regards,
>
> Gary
To find the I/O address and interupt for your PCI modem, run (as root):
lspci -v
Find the section which refers to your modem.
Then use the "setserial" command to set up a serial diver for your modem.
JRT
------------------------------
From: "Default User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 80GB Maxtor and RH6.1
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 21:26:36 -0500
my 5.1 gig works fine, why don't we switch?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8ua9b8$ggr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> was wondering if anyone has tried installing those new Maxtor 80GB
> drives into their i386/linux box. Ive got one, but it's only
> registering 4111 cylinders, so the most i can get out of it is about
> 33021576 blocks, which is about 33.8GB. hmm... whats wrong with this
> picture? am i missing something? what happened to the other
> 40something GB?
>
> -using fdisk, i create a primary (or extended) partition and fill it up
> to 4111 cylinders (one big fat slice).
>
> anyway.. if anyone has any insight to this situation, that would be
> great!!!!
>
>
> thanks in advance for any info...
>
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (You)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linksys still won't work Please help
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 02:17:25 GMT
=====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE=====
Hash: SHA1
On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 03:36:36 GMT, Hisham Douba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm having similar problems. The card is not recognized. Even when i boot
>with ether=0,0,eth0, it's not visible.
There currently is a war of personality going on between Donald Becker(writer
of most of the network drivers including the tulip driver) and the core kernel
team. Do not expect this to get any better till 2.4 series, where the tulip
driver will be broken up a bit more.
joe
[A copy of the headers and the PGP signature follow.]
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 22:07:53 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
References: <6b7H5.12751$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<Kx7H5.3249$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<8HpN5.23936$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linksys still won't work Please help
X-newsgroup: comp.os.linux.admin
X-realname: Hisham Douba
=====BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE=====
Version: PGP 6.5.2
Comment: AnySign 1.4 - A Python tool for PGP signing e-mail and news.
iQA/AwUBOgjDkH9ZJVJ+B1gJEQKMOwCeORUJd1bkbMiKLA3PNRVYTCetDKYAoK5e
QPwL7AgWxUmL87D0muSH/Hos
=WMx3
=====END PGP SIGNATURE=====
--
#!/bin/sh
echo $'This is a unix virus. It works on the honor system.
Please 1)randomly delete some of your files
2)attach this to the ends of your shell scripts(cat virus>>*.sh)
3)mail it out to everyone you know begging them to run it;)'
------------------------------
From: bullwinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to configure display card
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 02:30:06 -0000
manjunatha wrote:
>
> i have installed redhat linux 6.2 on my system.
> but after loging in(non graphicall mode),desktop will not display
properly.
> it display some balck & white lines.
> The display card i am using is SIS 6326 8Mb Ram.
>
> how to configure display card ?
> (i.e setting Resolution, Screen size)
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
I have a Diamond Speedstar A50 (8meg, AGP, SiS 6326) on a machine
running rh6.1 with XFree 3.3.6. Had problems with X until I modified the
/etc/X11/XF86Config file.In the "Device Section" I added option "no_accel"
and "no_bitblt". Depending on what video card you have this may work for
you. See http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/SiS.html for more info.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
------------------------------
From: bullwinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Where to place IDE tape drive?
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 02:30:09 -0000
Paul Steckler wrote:
>
>
> I have two PC's connected via Ethernet,
> a Win98 box and a RedHat 6.2 box. I'd like
> to back up both of them with an IDE tape drive.
>
> Of course, I don't want to have to get two tape
> drives. Using Samba, I think I can mount the volumes
> from one machine on the other, and backup both
> machines with a single drive.
>
> Samba will let me do the mounting in either direction.
> I can Linux drives visible on the Win98 box, or
> vice-versa (at least this is what I'm told).
>
> So is there any reason to prefer having the tape drive
> on one machine vs. the other?
>
> A conjecture: The backup software for Windows may
> be easier to use, hence it might be nicer to have the
> drive there. Also, installation on Windows may be
> more straightforward.
>
> Any help on this appreciated.
>
> -- Paul
>
>
>
>
>
I don't have any experience with tape drives on a windows system, but
you can do backups with the "dump" and "restore" commands or the "tar"
command under linux. Under the "Thats nice, but is it worth the money?"
catagory, there is BRU. It is the easy to install, easy to use GUI for
backups. See http://www.bru.com/ for more info on BRU. Use the "man"
command for more on dump, restore, and tar.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
------------------------------
From: bullwinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Video Driver
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 02:30:13 -0000
K wrote:
>
>
> Has anyone got a clue on how to make a generic AGP video card with an
> SIS6326 chip. It's not a new card. The closest I can get is getting
xwindows
> up to what is a blank screen, usually blue or green, and sometimes with a
> vertical line from top to bottom for the mouse.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
I have a Diamond Speedstar A50 (SiS 6326, 8 meg, AGP) working with Red Hat
6.1. I added options "no_accel" and "no_bitblt" to /etc/X11/XFConfig.
You may need different options with other cards and SiS 6326 chipsets.
See http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/SiS.html for more options.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
------------------------------
From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to configure display card
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 02:31:28 GMT
manjunatha wrote:
> i have installed redhat linux 6.2 on my system.
> but after loging in(non graphicall mode),desktop will not display properly.
> it display some balck & white lines.
> The display card i am using is SIS 6326 8Mb Ram.
>
> how to configure display card ?
> (i.e setting Resolution, Screen size)
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
The XFree86 web site says that there is support for your card in XFree86
4.0.1.:
http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.1/Status28.html#28
JRT
------------------------------
From: Chris Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config
Subject: Xcdroast...plain old files to copy
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 02:28:20 GMT
Hello:
I'm new to using CD-R's in the linux world. All I want to do is copy a
directory of files onto a CD-R. My CD-R is supported under the Xcdroast
program. Do I have to make an image file? I have viewed their FAQ but
can not find instructions on how to make this image. (Is it possible to
"drag & drop" files for copying? )
please advise and thanks,
chris
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: printer setup problem
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 03:20:05 GMT
I am running mandrak 7.0 on an HP 8760c I need help getting my printer
running. The printer is a Brother hl 1240 laser printer. Any and all
help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
From: Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Voodoo2 boards not working with Redhat 7.0
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 21:44:55 -0600
Has anyone had success with the Voodoo2 Reference Drivers and the Glide
Source Kits working with Redhat70 and a Voodoo2 board?
Will they work with XFree86 4.0.1 and the 2.2.16 kernel in Redhat7.0?
I downloaded Device3Dfx-2.3-5.src.rpm, Glide_V2-2.53-6.i386.rpm , and
Glide_SDK-2.2-14.i386.rpm from
http://linux.3dfx.com/open_source/download/voodoo2.htm and as root, did
exactly what the instructions said.
But when I did step 5,
rpm -Uvh RPM_PATH/RPMS/i386/Device3Dfx-2.3-4.i386.rpm
some strange things happened. I got a warning from rpm about modutils,
modules.conf, and conf.modules. I looked at the two files and found the
line, 'alias char-major-107 3dfx' in conf.modules, but no such entry in
modules.conf. I found the file 3dfx.o in '/lib/modules/2.4.0-26/misc/'
with a size of 7760 bytes. But I have a 2.2.16-22 kernel, and there was
no 3dfx.o in /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/ where I expected it. I checked
/dev and found a /dev/3dfx. 'ls -la /dev/3dfx' gives me:
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 107, 0
Then I went on to step 6. and entered,
rpm -Uvh Glide_V2-2.53-6.i386.rpm,
which installed Glide_V2. I then ran /usr/local/glide/bin/test3Dfx,
testGlide2x and testGlide3x. They all printed to the console, and I got
a lot of CPU activity, but there was no blue screen. I ran lsmod and
there was no 3dfx module loaded. So then I copied 3dfx.o from
/lib/modules/2.4.0-26/misc/ to /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/ and 'alias
char-major-107 3dfx' from conf.modules to the end of modules.conf, and
ran the test programs again. Same results, no blue screen. Then I looked
in /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/modules.dep. There was no entry for 3dfx.o, so
I added one just after the entry for tdfx.o. I tried the tests again, no
results, no loaded module. Then I used insmod 3dfx to get the module
loaded. It gave me a warning about modutils reading from modules.conf
and ignoring conf.modules. I ran the test programs again and they didn't
work. lsmod gave me:
Module Size Used by
3dfx 4984 0
Not sure if I need to install Glide_SDK-2.2-14.i386.rpm
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Any suggestions?
Is something missing in modules.dep?
Will this device driver only work with a 2.4 kernel?
Was I suppose to install the Glide_V2-2.53-6.src.rpm found at
linux.3dfx.com/open_source/glide_kit.htm ?
________________________________________________________________________________________
My Linux system.
Celeron 533A @ 533MHz
Abit BE6-II mobo
128 Meg RAM
11 GB on two hard drives split into 6 partitions
Matrox Mystique 220 with 4 Meg RAM
Two Voodoo2 boards in SLI mode, works in Win95
Linksys Fast Ethernet, uses tulip driver
Sound Blaster PCI128, es1371 driver
Red Hat release 7.0 (Guinness)
XFree86 4.0.1, 1600x1200 16bit
Gnome
Enlightenment .16
------------------------------
From: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux v2.2.17: IDE disk error on Compact Flash device
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 03:53:04 GMT
Hello.
When attempting to boot Linux kernel v2.2.17 from a Compact Flash (CF) device I
am getting the errors shown below. This CF device is in a PCMCIA form factor
and is the Master device on the secondary IDE controller
Before we get to the errors, though, a little background. I can reproduce this
boot error on 2 different systems, and have seen the same error messages
(non-booting) on a 3rd system. For both boot systems the CF device is the only
IDE device and is the Master on the secondary IDE controller (/dev/hdc). For
the non-booting system the device is in a PCMCIA slot (/dev/hde).
This is what I see at boot time:
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hdc: SanDisk SDCFB-128, 122MB /w1kB Cache, CHS=980/8/32
Partition check:
hdc: hdc1 hdc2
hdc: hdc1 hdc2
hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hdc: hdc1 hdc2
hdc: hdc1 hdc2
[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12 FAT 16 check=n,conv=b,uid=0,umask=022,bmap]
[me=0x1,cs=0x1240,#f=191,fs=34616,fl=1699280,ds=327153000,de=1536,data=327153120,se=185,ts=1015022771,ls=20487,rc=0,fc=4294967295]
Transaction block size = 512
UMSDOS: msdos_read_super failed mount aborted
hdc: hdc1 hdc2
[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12 FAT 16 check=n,conv=b,uid=0,umask=022,bmap]
[me=0x1,cs=0x1240,#f=191,fs=34616,fl=1699280,ds=327153000,de=1536,data=327153120,se=185,ts=1015022771,ls=20487,rc=0,fc=4294967295]
Transaction block size = 512
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 16:00
That's it. I've listed the (U)MSDOS complaints for completeness, but as I get
the same drive_cmd messages when simply inserting the device in a PCMCIA slot
(that is, before attempting to mount any filesystem), I don't think that it is a
factor.
This is definately an OS issue. I've booted many OSes (DOS, Win95, VxWorks,
LynxOS) from this same configuration (CF = IDE1/Master as the sole IDE device)
and have seen no complaints like the ones shown above.
So... what can I do to work around this problem? Thank you.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: redhat.config
Subject: Re: Xcdroast...plain old files to copy
Date: 8 Nov 2000 04:09:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 02:28:20 GMT, Chris Nelson wrote:
>I'm new to using CD-R's in the linux world. All I want to do is copy a
>directory of files onto a CD-R. My CD-R is supported under the Xcdroast
>program. Do I have to make an image file? I have viewed their FAQ but
>can not find instructions on how to make this image. (Is it possible to
>"drag & drop" files for copying? )
XCDroast used to be the only option for making CDs in a graphical
environment. This is no longer the case--get something a little more
recent would be my advice, or just say the hell with the GUI. The
command line is more flexible for this sort of thing anyway....
To make an image, do
mkisofs -r -J -o image.iso /path/to/directory/tree/I/wanna/back/up
To burn that image onto a CD-R(W), do
cdrecord -v dev=X,Y,Z speed=W image.iso
You can also combine these commands with a pipe, to avoid having a
bloody huge temporary image file hanging around:
mkisofs -r -J /path/to/tree/ | cdrecord -v dev=X,Y,Z speed=W -
mkisofs accepts multiple paths, too, so you can back up two different
directory trees to a single ISO image like so:
mkisofs -r -J /path/my/home/ /path/elsewhere/
All that XCDroast, GNOME-Toaster, KreateCD, and the other GUI things do
is provide a front-end to mkisofs and cdrecord.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: 3c509 battle continues:
Date: 8 Nov 2000 04:09:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000 21:23:05 -0500, Default User wrote:
>"insmod 3c509" fails during bootup (RH 7.0) /mod/lib/... /insmod 3c509
>.....[failed]
>"insmod 3c509" ONLY works for me when logged in as root.
insmod only works for root, period! You don't want normal users being
able to load kernel modules. That's a security risk of the highest
order, since a kernel module can do whatever it darn well pleases with
the hardware.
Put the insmod command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local ? There are other ways of
accomplishing this, but that's sure to work automatically at bootup.
Manually configuring the card every boot with ifconfig should not be
needed; look in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ for the things you need
to edit.
>I stared to get "unusual" activity in my 5.1 Gig W-D HDD and soon strange
>shit started. After a while when logging in/out the video was gone. A
>reinstalled 7.0 RH with "checking for bad sectors", so far so good. Perhaps
>a bad software install caused this crapp?
RedHat's X.0 releases have not been known for their stability.
>I have not found a "Defrag" or "Scandisk" in Linux.
Search comp.os.linux.misc on http://deja.com/home_ps.shtml and find out
*WHY* there is no "defrag" for Linux. Or look in the FAQ--if it's not
in the FAQ, it should be, as that question erupts every 6 weeks or so
and causes lots of shouting back and forth. SCANDISK.EXE is
approximately equal to "fsck" and/or "badblocks". The man pages will
tell you more.
>The "filemanager" in Linux does not report directory sizes, only file sizes.
>Windoze has more file utilities, making short-cuts et cetera.
So change your filemanager. There are only about 20 of them available!
wrt "shortcuts" (Unix people call them "symbolic links"--Unix had
this capability long before DOS did), kfm, Konqueror, and gmc allow you
to right-click on an icon, drag it to somewhere else, and select "link"
from the menu that appears. Directory sizes are generally reported by
"du" via the command-line, but Konqueror allows you to right-click on a
directory and see a "Properties" dialog that's hideously similar to the
one in WinXX.
>This is not a happy experience....
Cheer up; at least you haven't zorched everything in /lib yet! (Do not
do that. It's not fun to clean up.) Or you could be watching a suite
of "Enterprise-Level" NT apps dribble and spew all over themselves
because file X can't be found, even though it exists and is perfectly
fine and has been copied to every directory where the suite could
possibly be looking for it, necessitating 1.5 hours with the install
media, wishing for some equivalent of strace so you could see what the
installer is puking on *this* time.
Just remember that All Software Sucks, and you should be fine. HTH,
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: 80GB Maxtor and RH6.1
Date: 8 Nov 2000 04:09:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 01:13:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>was wondering if anyone has tried installing those new Maxtor 80GB
>drives into their i386/linux box. Ive got one, but it's only
>registering 4111 cylinders, so the most i can get out of it is about
>33021576 blocks, which is about 33.8GB. hmm... whats wrong with this
Kernel versions < 2.2.14 could only handle IDE drives up to about 32G.
RedHat 6.1 shipped with 2.2.12-something. Upgrade your kernel; the
latest ones can theoretically handle IDE drives up to the maximum
defined IDE spec of 137.5G. (We should see those within 8 months; bets
on whether they'll hurriedly extend the IDE spec, or invent something
new/improved/brain-damaged?)
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.hardware) via:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Hardware Digest
******************************
