Linux-Hardware Digest #994, Volume #13 Wed, 6 Dec 00 21:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: TV-OUTput from video card under Linux? (B'ichela)
anyone running RedHat 6.2 or 7.0 on a Dell Dimension L600cx? (jtnews)
Advansys 3940U2W won't work with RHL6.1? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: GeForce 2 MX ("MrYo")
Kernels + libretto 50ct != happy (Alex Deucher)
Re: Hardware RAID Options? (Eric Frey)
Re: PCMCIA modem / Tecra 8000 / SuSe 7.0 ("John D. Peedle")
Re: GeForce 2 MX (Otto J. Makela)
Re: Plustek U12 USB Scanner (Paul Pygeon)
Re: Driver for Compaq 5100 XL Deskpro SCSI adapter ("John D. Peedle")
Re: Mandrake 7.1 with Nvidia GeForce2 MX (Otto J. Makela)
AWE32 problem with kernel 2.4.0-11 ("Al Mal")
Re: Philips CDRW (Dances With Crows)
Re: Audio System of Dell Inspirion 3200 (Dances With Crows)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: TV-OUTput from video card under Linux?
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 16:52:57 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 26 Nov 2000 18:33:48 GMT, Michal Szymanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have Linux RH6.2 on a PC equipped with Riva Ultra TNT2 Vanta card.
>The card has TV-OUT sockets (one for SVHS and one for ordinary video
>signal). Under Windoze98 the card driver allows to switch the output
>device between monitor and TV, but not both at the same time.
>
>Under Linux, it works strange. Without any special action, the TV screen
>shows something which is surely the copy of monitor screen (I can
>recognize the colors of my xterm windows etc), but screwed up as if it
>had no sync.
Sounds like your can try setting your card to CGA sync rates.
You can also try setting your card for 640x480 mode.
What you are getting is the SVGA rates coming out of your
composite output. a U.S or European Television is NOT going to support
these rates.
Somewhere in my pile of archaic hardware I have those specs
for CGA and U.S NTSC. I do not have the info for PAL however.
--
B'ichela
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Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 18:06:28 -0500
From: jtnews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: anyone running RedHat 6.2 or 7.0 on a Dell Dimension L600cx?
I was thinking of buying a Dell Dimension L600cx.
I'm wondering if the following on the Dell Dimension L600cx work in
RedHat linux 6.2 and 7.0.
Soundblaster Create 64V PCI chipset
Intel 3d AGP graphics
CD-RW drive
Please let me know if you've got RedHat 6.2 and 7.0 working
on the L600cx with sound, graphics, and CD-RW drive.
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Advansys 3940U2W won't work with RHL6.1?
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 23:12:30 GMT
I'd like to set up another server, and am trying to install Red Hat 6.1
on an old Pentium box using an Advansys ASB3940U2W SCSI controller and a
Quantum Atlas V drive. I'm not that familiar with Linux yet, so I try
to install using the text option on the boot disk. I see the message
"scsi : 0 hosts" while the install routine is first running, then after
asking about the language, keyboard, and type of installation (I choose
custom), I get a dialog titled "No drives found".
The strange thing about this is that I actually had this box working
with a Quantum Atlas IV drive that had had RHL 6.1 previously installed
on it. I just did a new install on that drive, and it found the
Advansys SCSI controller with no problem. Unfortunately, the drive
itself failed soon therafter. The new drive is recognized by the
controller, and while trying to figure out why RHL 6.1 won't see it, I
fdisked in DOS and was able to format & boot DOS OK. So I don't think
there's a hardware problem...if I understand the Advansys web site,
versions of Red Hat above 6 should have the 3940U2W driver support built
in. Any ideas on how to get Red Hat 6.1 to see this controller? Thanks
in advance for your help!
-Kevin
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "MrYo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GeForce 2 MX
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 23:49:06 GMT
I have the same problem too, 3d prophet mx on rad hat 7.0 final
Bye Maurizio
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Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 12:48:35 -0500
From: Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Kernels + libretto 50ct != happy
I just installed redhat 7 on my libretto 50ct. I've been using redhat
(inculing redhat7) for years now have had no problems with it. but the
last few weeks have been hell trying to configure a new kernel for the
libretto. I would like to install a thinner kernel, and add support for
lirc and the toshiba SMM driver.
Redhat 7 "issues"
- the "chips" Xfree 4.0.1 driver included has a bug which casues it to
dump core when you start X. this seems to still be in the recent
rawhide builds as well.
- the kernel headers included are based on 2.4.x while the kernel is
2.2.x. When you try and compile add on modules for the kernel, they
build against these headers and thus have unresolved symbols and kernel
number mismatches.
- the 2.2.16-22? kernel source included with rh7 won't build, period. I
have tested it on several machines, both in the standard config as
shipped and with custom configs. The only way to get it to build is to
compile in SMP support, which of course disables APM.
- the pcmcia source included with rh7 does not build against any other
kernel sources, and the pcmcia source from the official site does not
seem to be compatible with the card services installed with rh7.
Installing that over the rh7 install seems to break pcmcia
functionality, and for the life of me I haven't been able to get it to
function.
So here's the deal:
I downloaded the official 2.2.17 kernel, but it seems to have errors in
Checksum.S and won't compile. the official 2.2.16 compiles ok, but I
can't get card services to function properly with it. the redhat 2.2
kernel source just plain won't compile.
2.4.0test11 compiles, but right after it starts to boot (somewhere after
the IDE controller is detected), I believe it attempts to load some
modules, the console fills with error messages about /sbin/modprobe
failing to execute and then something about binfmt=646c, I can't
remember the exact message.
I figured it may be an issue with modutils, so I updated to 2.3.21, that
didn't help.
I've checked all the version numbers in the Documentation/Changes, and
all my stuff it up to date.
Does anyone have any suggestions or information? They would be much
appreciated.
Thanks,
Alex
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From: Eric Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware RAID Options?
Date: 6 Dec 2000 23:32:08 GMT
Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: The folks at my place of employment are looking to build a Linux box
: with a reasonably large (~290G) SCSI RAID-5, and would like to have a
: hardware RAID controller. I did some grubbing around on Deja, but
: didn't find as much as I'd thought.
I have recently been testing out 3ware escalade IDE raid controllers. These
don't handle raid-5, but they sure are cheap and seem to give pretty good
performance. I have been using both maxtor 5400 RPM 80 GB drives and
IBM 7200 RPM, 60 GB drives. I only have one IBM drive so haven't really
done RAID with it. With the maxtor drives I have done raid-0 and raid-1.
The controller supports raid-10 (mirrored/striped) but I haven't tried it yet.
I have been benchmarking using Bonnie++ 1.0e. I have also compared things
to a Seagate Chetah 10k RPM, 75 GB SCSI drive connected to Adapted U160 SCSI
controller.
The 3ware controller has a separte Ultra66 port for each IDE drive. It
looks to linux like a scsi controller. It is set up via bios and can
be monitored by a daemon via the web. It can automatically use spares
to rebuild a mirrored array and send email when various email events
happen. I have been using it on a RH6.2 system w/kernel 2.2.17. The
system has dual 700 MHz PIII processors on a Tyan 1834 dual motherboard
(Via Pro133 chipset) and 256MB memory. The SCSI drive is in a similar
but has dual 800 MHz cpus and 512 MB memory. Since the SCSI system has
larger memory, Bonnie used larger files to do the benchmark (I used -r 256
for the ide system and -r 512 on the SCSI system to tell Bonnie the
size of the systems ram.
It would be nice if they had RAID 5, but given the relative cost of SCSI
and IDE disks, using RAID-1 is really not all that prohibitive. BTW,
the 8 port version of the Escalade (the 6800) costs ~$460. Given
the price of the controller and IDE disks, I think this is a pretty
cost effective way to get a large amount of storage.
Attached are the Bonnie++ benchmarks through an ext2 filesystem:
======
using IBM 75GXP 60GB 7200 RPM w/dma on motherboard ide controller
======
Version 1.00e ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
otter.bme.unc. 512M 10573 96 27224 35 11763 29 10941 94 32032 16 188.4 0
------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP
16 429 99 1345 100 16716 99 415 99 10356 99 2727 100
======
using IBM 75GXP 60GB 7200 RPM on escalade 6400
======
Version 1.00e ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
otter.bme.unc. 512M 10477 94 40698 46 14785 36 11205 96 36546 21 199.1 0
------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP
16 423 99 1301 99 16826 100 409 99 11178 100 2578 100
======
maxtor diamondmax 80 in jbod mode on escalade 6400
======
Version 1.00e ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
otter.bme.unc. 512M 9464 87 14188 12 7110 16 10594 91 29070 21 153.2 0
------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP
16 381 99 1281 99 17173 99 366 99 10287 99 2441 93
========
using Maxtor diamondmax 80 in mirrored mode on escalade 6400
=========
Version 1.00e ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
otter.bme.unc. 512M 10799 98 13788 13 6813 16 10554 91 28894 17 215.7 1
------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec
%CP /sec %CP
16 444 99 1402 99 16520 99 426 98
10703 99 2609 98
----
using 2 striped diamondmax 80 on escalade 6400
=====
Version 1.00e ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
otter.bme.unc.ed 1G 10657 97 25596 28 12167 32 11294 98 51616 42 167.2 1
------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP
16 436 99 1324 99 17667 100 422 99 10713 100 2666 99
=========
using Seagate 75 GB 10k on Adaptec U160 SCSI
========
Version 1.00e ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
mirlbcc.bme.unc. 1G 9890 97 38515 36 10499 22 10122 95 34696 17 322.8 2
------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP
16 402 98 1253 99 14515 100 400 99 7835 99 2414 99
=======================================================================
Eric C. Frey
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Radiology
The University of North Carolina
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From: "John D. Peedle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCMCIA modem / Tecra 8000 / SuSe 7.0
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 00:05:14 -0000
"Olaf Selchow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm running SuSe 7.0 on a Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop. Now I'm
> looking for a PCMCIA 56K modem card that is supported by / works
> well under my configuration. I am tempted to try the
> " 3Com® Megahertz® 56K* Global GSM and Cellular Modem PC Card"
> from US Robotics/3Com. Anybody who has experience with tha card
> or can recommend another card?
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Olaf
>
> --
> Olaf Selchow
> European Molecular Biology Laboratory
> Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Xircom RealPort is good...
--
John D. Peedle
RHCE - so I'm Biased!
Registered Linux User 167460
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Subject: Re: GeForce 2 MX
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto J. Makela)
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 00:13:51 GMT
"Tino Langer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just tried to install Redhat Linux 7.0, but the X-Server couldn't
> be startet. Is there anyone with the same problem?
I got the install working in basic VGA mode, but only after finding
that the card was not properly seated in the AGP socket. Take care,
AGP cards are somewhat mechanically tricky because the card connector
is so far away from the machine rear with the locking screw...
--
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From: Paul Pygeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Plustek U12 USB Scanner
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 19:18:51 -0500
Jan-Erik Bullett wrote:
>
does USB work with Linux?
Sure USB works. So if company don't release information
for building driver, it's a shame to make it.
Plustek don't want to release his specs. It a industrial
secret. So, no support in Linux.
I've a U12 also
Bye
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From: "John D. Peedle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Driver for Compaq 5100 XL Deskpro SCSI adapter
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 00:22:52 -0000
"Clifford Kite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Posted on behalf of a usenet impaired friend and Linux user:
>
> I bought a Compaq "Deskpro 5100 XL". It has a 1 gig scsi hard
> drive and no IDE drive. The scsi adapter is on the motherboard.
> Tomsrtbt does not automatically recognize it. My question is: what
> Linux drivers might work with these Compaq devices?
>
> --
> Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
> /* 97.3% of all statistics are made up. */
AFAIK Specs for this box are:
Adaptec 3940 SCSI Adapter
Integrated NetFlex-2 ENET/PCI Controller (AMD)
Compaq QVision Video Card
You may have problems with the video card as I don't think it is supported
under X. Other than that it should be fine
--
John D. Peedle
RHCE - so I'm Biased!
Registered Linux User 167460
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Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1 with Nvidia GeForce2 MX
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto J. Makela)
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 00:19:56 GMT
jfurness schrieb:
> I have successfully installed Madrake Linux 7.1 on my new PC and
> have had one major problem relating to the Nvidia GeForce2 MX
> graphics card.
>
> The X config file states that it has auto-detected a generic Nvidia
> Geforce 256 card but when I "startx" the whole display just ends up
> garbled. The machine doesn't crash and when I break out of X back to
> the character prompt the display is STILL in a mess, and I have to
> guess that I've typed "halt"!!
>
> If anybody knows what the problem is (is this card as yet
> unsupported??) or where I can get the right driver(s) etc. I'd be
> most grateful,
Get the appropriate drivers from
http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html
and follow the instructions carefully. Worked for me & RH7.
--
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From: "Al Mal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AWE32 problem with kernel 2.4.0-11
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 01:04:27 GMT
What exactly changed in sound support in those new 2.4.0 kernels? My AWE32
no longer can play MIDI (awe_midi not loaded) but digital playback is OK.
Alex
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Philips CDRW
Date: 7 Dec 2000 01:57:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 23:48:20 -0600, Corey Frank
staggered into the Black Sun and said:
>Does anyone know if there are drives or modules for the Philips 804 CDRW? I
>could find nothing on the Philips web site but a review of the 404 indicated
>that it was not supported under Linux.
How old is this drive, and is it IDE or SCSI? There are a lot of drives
that aren't on the list at the cdrecord home page that are supported and
work fine. I had a Philips 460 that wasn't listed, but it worked very
well until it developed mechanical problems (gah.) Basically, most IDE
drive made after 1998 is mmc-3 compliant and should work. Most SCSI
drives that were made after about 1997 should work. The best thing to
do would be to try out the directions at
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html
and see if you can't get it to work there. It's not as hard as they
make it out to be.
--
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....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Audio System of Dell Inspirion 3200
Date: 7 Dec 2000 01:58:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 14:33:47 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>According to Dell the sound chip is a crystal 4237B. I have tried Alsa
>(that should support the chip, according to the documentation), I've
>tried OSS (should support it as well) and the kernel sound modules, but
>without sucess. I have played around with different IRQs (should be 5,
>according to Windows), DMAs (should be 1) and I/Os (530) - not even a
>single "blip" from my trusty old Dell.
Try this:
modprobe sound dmabuf=1
modprobe cs4232 irq=5 io=0x534 dma=1 dma2=0 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=9
modprobe opl3 io=0x388
The I/O may be 0x530; try that if 0x534 barfs. The DMA numbers given
above are almost always the right ones for Crystal 42xx chips; I've
gotten a number of Dells and Thinkpads working with the command lines
above.
>So after I've been working on this for several days, searched through
>the SuSE support DB and the internet, I start wondering: Is there
>*anybody* out there who has actually got this thing playing audio
>files? And if so, how???
Checked
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
? There's a bloody huge amount of info there about almost every laptop
under the sun. Try that place if the above fails--I know there are a
few pages on the Inspiron 3200. 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....
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