Linux-Hardware Digest #52, Volume #14 Mon, 18 Dec 00 16:13:12 EST
Contents:
Recovering from a power failure ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Logitech doesn't see the difference between a computer and an operating system.
(Keep it to Usenet please)
Diva ISDN Card ("Ian Ellis")
Slow SCSI CD audio read problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: AT LAAAAAAAST !!! YIPPEEEEEEE! (Kenneth R�rvik)
How to set DMA for CDRW unde IDE-SCSI? (Oleg Krivosheev)
Re: open gl + Nvidia 9-5 + Tnt under Redhat 7 (A transfinite number of monkeys)
vxa-1, rh7 freeze up (Anthony Ewell)
Re: dying courier modem? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thinkpad 700 ("Paul Jacobs")
Re: Iomega 250 USB Zip? ("Kevin White")
Programming X device ??? (Cyril ZEKSER)
Re: Alpha: 21064 (Michael Champigny)
Re: AT LAAAAAAAST !!! YIPPEEEEEEE! (Andreas Mohr)
Re: AT LAAAAAAAST !!! YIPPEEEEEEE! (Bit Twister)
Re: IDE-Raid-Controller (jwk)
Re: AT LAAAAAAAST !!! YIPPEEEEEEE! (Jerra)
Re: linux + adaptec 29160 (BAZtheLinuxGuy)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Recovering from a power failure
Date: 18 Dec 2000 17:06:01 GMT
We just had a power outage and since our backup power system has not
arrived yet, the system went down. It appears that some files have
been corrupted. How can I do some damage control now? The system
seems to be running fine, but certain files look weird. Any pointers
would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Saunak
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From: Keep it to Usenet please <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,es.comp.os.linux,openbsd.misc,linux.debian.user,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.m68k,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.ms-windows
Subject: Re: Logitech doesn't see the difference between a computer and an operating
system.
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:20:46 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This's as real as they provide support for MacOS
> and claim to be providing support for Macintosh.
I got a really snotty reply when I asked if they supported
InputSprockets. Basically, it was a "We don't and don't plan too.
That's just for games. Go away little boy." reply.
--
Help! I'm being held in a .sig factory.
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From: "Ian Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diva ISDN Card
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:45:23 -0000
Hi,
I've got a Diva ISDN PCI card - it works fine under Linux, but I'm trying to
use it from within a VMware virtual PC - and that doesn't work.
I've configured the virtual machine with a serial port of /dev/ttyI0 (the
working port under Linux), under virtual copies of Windows 98 and Windows
2000 Professional. I can query the ISDN card, and I get back all the
parameters from the card, but when I dial it fails to detect a carrier. I've
tried passing AT&E1 to the modem (this was the trick to get the card working
under Linux), but I haven't had any luck.
Has anybody got any good ideas?
Cheers
Ian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Slow SCSI CD audio read problem
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:39:03 GMT
My specs:
Red Hat 7.0
My own compile of kernel 2.2.18
Dual Pentium Pro/200MHz
AIC-7880U on PCI
CDRM00203 - IBM SCSI CDROM
When ripping audio tracks from CD using either cdparanoia or cdda2wav
the BEST performance I get is about 0.4X. It takes about 3 hours to rip
a full length CD. It seems to me that I should be getting at least
twice this performance. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing
it to work so slow? Is this CD-ROM drive actually that slow? Surely,
it can read at least at 1X.
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Subject: Re: AT LAAAAAAAST !!! YIPPEEEEEEE!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:52:17 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (root) wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>I still have some problems. First is that I have temporarily moved the
>disk to the ATA33 controllers, want it on HTP66 ATA/66. I have been
>adviced to patch the kernel but on kernel.org I could not find any info
>on the later version regarding support for these fast controllers. So if
>you have some tips please let me know! I'd appreciate that A LOT.
Get the latest 2.4.0-test12 kernel, which doesn't require patching. Enable
hpt366 support and "boot offboard chipsets first", compile the kernel,
update your bootloader, and move the disk to the first channel on the
HPT366 card. (Oh, and say yes to all DMA related config questions (that are
not experimental)).
Reboot... :)
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
Nordbergv. 60 A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to set DMA for CDRW unde IDE-SCSI?
Date: 18 Dec 2000 11:59:25 -0600
Hi, All
i put ATAPI CDRW in my box and all things
are ok for now except one:
I cannot set DMA and other parameters for CDRW.
i have toshiba CDROM as hdc and CDRW as hdd
hdparm is used to set DMA for hdc but
i cannot do that with hdd, because
i set "ignore=hdd" for ide-cd module.
So if i try to use hdparm on hdd, it
reports "device is not configured" and exits.
Are there other utilities/method for
low level CDRW (i.e. ide-scsi and such) device configuration ?
any ideas/info are greatly appreciated
OK
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Subject: Re: open gl + Nvidia 9-5 + Tnt under Redhat 7
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:59:29 GMT
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 16:27:52 GMT,
Harri Haataja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Save your sanity and get another maker's card. I did.
: nVidia and their drivers work very rarely and even politically this
: is a good answer to that. Vote with your feet.
Surely you jest. If you take the time and follow Nvidia's directions,
which are clearly posted, it just works. It's so easy it only takes
*maybe* 2 minutes to set it up.
: I had an ASUS TNT board and the best I got was a messed up console
: after trying all the tricks. Apparently only the newest boards work
: on those drivers. No new versions are in sight and I hear nVidia
: doesn't even answer any support mails either.
Those drivers work fine with TNT, TNT2, GeForce and GeForce2 boards, it
must be an operator condition.
--
Jason Costomiris <>< | Technologist, geek, human.
jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:11:30 -0800
From: Anthony Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: vxa-1, rh7 freeze up
Hi,
Help!
I have a Red Hat, Samba server that freezes
when running a dump (0.4b19 & 0.4b20). This happens
approximately three dumps out of four. (When I say
freeze, I really mean freeze: no keyboard, no telnet,
no ping, screen saver frozen in place ...)
My dump commands:
/sbin/dump -0a -b 64 -f /dev/nst0 /
/sbin/dump -0a -b 64 -f /dev/nst0 /export
note: / = /dev/sda2 & /export = /dev/sda4
It will usually crash on the second partition (it's the
larger of the two), but will occasionally crash on the first
as well. Sometimes, it even works, but not very often.
I am suspicious that the problem is my VXA-1
tape drive, but can't prove it. This is my configuration:
OS: red hat 7.0 smp kernel
motherboard: msi ms-6114
processors: dual Intel PII-233
memory: 64 Meg, pc-66 ECC SDRAM
hard drive controller: AMI Mega Express 500
hard drive: raid1 dual seagate 6 GB scsi-2
tape controller: adaptec aha-1522 (active terminator at end
of cable)
tape drive: ecrix vxa-1
The problems seemed to have started after replacing
a Sony sdt-7000 dds2 tape drive.
Does anyone have any experience or opinions on this
that might help. My customer is about ready to kill me!
Many thanks,
--Tony
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
p. s. please reply to aoth my eMail and the newsgroup. My ISP
is going through some nntp growing pains
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: dying courier modem?
Date: 18 Dec 2000 18:01:43 GMT
In comp.dcom.modems Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have an external USRobotics Courier "Dual Standard" analog modem that's
> about five or six years old (obviously it's a serial modem). It's been
> flash upgraded to the latest ROM available from
> http://consumer.3com.com/couriera/upgrades/index.html.
> I am experiencing two rather strange behaviors with this modem. This
> first is it emitting a very high-pitched frequency when it connects to
> another modem.
This is typical on bad lines when the two modems can't sync.
It happens with me a lot after rain.
> The other problem is that it always drops carrier in the middle of file
> transfers. I could dial up to my ISP and leave the connection on all day,
> and it wouldn't drop the connection. However, if I try to download any
> large file (mp3s for example), it will always lose the connection about
> five minutes into the transfer.
Do a postmortem with ATI6 and ATI11 -- that should tell you
what happened and probably why.
> My dad uses an external USRobotics
> Sportster 56k serial modem on his computer without any trouble (in fact
> his seems to perform better in general).
Unfortunately, the Courier firmware haven't been upgraded for a
long time.
> This is using the same phone
> line, but different computers. His computer is a Pentium 133 with 32 mb
> of RAM running Windows NT 4.0. I have a Pentium II 266 with 96 mb RAM
> running Linux (kernel 2.2.15, Debian 2.2).
Make sure there's no setting that would hang up a modem after 5 minutes
if no key is pressed.
> Anyone have any ideas as to what the cause of these problems are? Could
> they be related?
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From: "Paul Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Thinkpad 700
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:26:42 GMT
Hi,
I'm a newbie and I'm trying to install Linux on an old ThinkPad 700C.
I get an 'NMI generated from unknown source' while booting
wiht the rescue diskette.
There is also a 'Whaa. Error occurred' up above this last error.
A little perusal of the source indicates that the first error is in
a file 'ps2esdi.c' which is, I think, code related to the hard drive
on this machine.
In any case, it ain't working. Anybody got any ideas?
Paul
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From: "Kevin White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Iomega 250 USB Zip?
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 13:17:04 +0600
USB zip250 works fine on my 2.2.16-22 (rh7 custom install)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "LNyT"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris Rankin wrote:
>
>> mpierce wrote:
>> > RH7.0, kernel 2.2.16-22
>> >
>> > Can someone tell me where to go to get information to install this
>> > drive? Or, how I do it if simple? Will I need to upgrade my kernel?
>>
>> The 2.2.18 kernel has USB support, but don't expect the USB ZIP drive
>> to work because this device really needs the Linux 2.4 SCSI layer as
>> well. This layer has *not* been backported.
>>
>> However, the 2.4 development kernels are very stable as of late. You
>> could try that.
>>
>> Chris
>
> Actually, I got mine to work with the 2.2.18 kernel :) The modules that
> need to be compiled specifically for the Zip250 USB are SCSI support,
> SCSI emulation and USB Mass Storage. With the new kernel, just load
> these modules, then mount /dev/sda4 to the mount point you want.
>
> -LNyT
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From: Cyril ZEKSER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Programming X device ???
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:23:19 +0100
Hi all,
I need to use a Magellan Spacemouse with my App (based on OpenInventor).
After long search, I found the best convenient way to use it is to use a
X Extension Input device driver. But I don't know how to find (or
develop) one on linux. (I've got samples on SGI and AIX, but it's not
straightforward to port).
Do you know how-to :
1. find one X driver for this spaceball
2. find ressources on how-to develop X-device drivers.
Thanks in advance...
Cyril ZEKSER
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From: Michael Champigny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Alpha: 21064
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:22:47 -0500
> Thanks for the help everyone! I had looked at SUSE Linux for Alpha and it
> only mentioned the 21164 processor so either (1) this would not be
> backwards compatible or (2) it would run but they had not tested it.
I am running SuSE 6.4 for Alpha on a Multia (21066) and an AlphaStation 200
(21064). So I guess the website/manual is wrong. I think I saw that
mentioned on the box but luckily it is incorrect. :-)
Michael
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From: Andreas Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AT LAAAAAAAST !!! YIPPEEEEEEE!
Date: 18 Dec 2000 20:05:11 GMT
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am happy to tell you that this mail comes from my Linux Red Hat 7.0
> Installation.
> Second thing is firewalls? I know little about it and at the moment
> there could be 200 hackers in my system. Only thing I notice would be
> the hdd lamp blinking little more than usual..... (.;
> So, anyone of you know of a good FW with simple installation and setup?
Read comp.os.linux.security for one day and you'll know enough.
Possibly even more than you ever wanted to know...
Andreas Mohr
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: AT LAAAAAAAST !!! YIPPEEEEEEE!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:11:38 GMT
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:44:31 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Second thing is firewalls?
>So, anyone of you know of a good FW with simple installation and setup?
This built me a tight ipchain/iptable firewall rule set
http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html
I used DENY, hardcoded external addresses, logged everything.
As part of the instruction and if you read the script, it will
give several suggestions as to where you install the firewall
and turn on IP Masquerading if you need it.
You might want to read Armoring Linux
http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/linux.html
and http://www.securityportal.com/lasg/
and http://www.securityportal.com/lskb/articles/
and http://www.cert.org/advisories/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jwk)
Subject: Re: IDE-Raid-Controller
Date: 18 Dec 2000 20:20:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:19:44 +0100, Joerg Stumpe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello ...
>
>We are looking for a IDE-Raid solution for linux ...
>does anyone know which controllers are supported
>(and which are recommended)
>
The only ones with true hardware support are from 3ware.
Good luck,
Jurriaan
--
That which walks the corridors of power is a virus that mutates;
immune to all resistance, and every turn of history...
New Model Army - Killing
GNU/Linux 2.2.18 SMP 2x1117 bogomips load av: 0.00 0.04 0.06
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From: Jerra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AT LAAAAAAAST !!! YIPPEEEEEEE!
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:57:11 +0200
> Thanks for all replies!!
I'm gonna read more on FW:s now and regarding the HTP366;
I made the decision to move everything to ATA/33.
Primarily after reading the abit newsgroup. When I first moved the hdd:s to
ATA/66 I experienced several times that everything hanged and apparently
I'm not alone(win98). There's some serious flaws in High Point's bios and
drivers. Did not help to flash the mobo with the latest.... ++got some
linux updated though
Hope Oracle is as easy to setup as on Solaris..... That will be very
interesting to see.
Regards
Jerra
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From: BAZtheLinuxGuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux + adaptec 29160
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:53:05 GMT
Hello,
I have encoountered the very same subject in the past few days. I bought
the 29160 Adaptec card to drive my tape drive...a Seagate "Scorpion 40".
Anyway, I decided to install it on an older machine, in case problems
arose; my main machine serves several users and has an internet
presence, etc., and it can not afford much in the way of hardware
experimentation.
I haven't installed or custom-compiled a kernel for it. It was supposed
to work ""out-of the box." That particular machine is now using Linux
RedHat 6.2, kernel 2.2.14-5.0. (It's a PII / 350MHz box). When I try to
install the aic7xxx module, the adapter tries to initiate, but the
module issues tons of error messages that appear on all virtual
consoles, and won't stop until the achine is powered off. "Kill -9",
even on the ppid, didn't do it.
I understand the module needs some parameters, and I am trying to
determine what those are. So far, nothing I've found
documentatiobn-wise, has been very helpful. Of course, this is RedHat, I
haven't used any other distributions for years.
Anyway, I am working on trying to get the borad to initialize under
linux, so I will be following this thread closely.
Backups have become a somewhat urgent issue: one of my PC's was
clobbered totally by Norton Disk Doctor..that machine is a Win98 machine
part of the time. The user did not realize that Norton would consider
non-Windows partitions to be errors, so when he optimized the disk,
instead of "fixing" just the logical C: drive, the entire system got
irretrivably destroyed, software-ly speaking. The entire system must be
rebuilt. If only the apadter and tape drive had arrived a week earler...
I am looking for the parameters for aic7xxx.o, specifically for the
Adaptec 29160. If anyone knows them, please clue me in!
BAZ
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Darren Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Laurent
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a linux box with a kernel 2.2.17-21mdksmp #1smp (mandrake
7.2). I put
> > an
> > ultra 160 scsi 29160 adaptec card inside. The problem is that the
card isn't
> > seen by Linux. It's a PCI 64 card and there nothing in /proc/pci.
> > Has someone an idea how to solve that problem ?
> >
> > Thanks - Laurent
>
> Hi Laurent,
>
> I'm using 2.2.18 in Slackware and have no trouble with that same card.
> The kernel you are using shouldn't have any problem with the 29160 if
> you compile in: Adaptec AIC7xxx support (under SCSI low-level drivers)
>
> here is what I see at boot...
>
> (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI
> 0/19/0
> (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
> (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 392 instructions downloaded
> scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.31/3.2.4
> <Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter>
> scsi : 1 host.
>
> it's not exactly recognized as a 29160 but I'm not really concerned,
> it's there and it's quite fast.
>
> I hope this helps. Cheers...
>
> Darren
>
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