Linux-Hardware Digest #55, Volume #14 Tue, 19 Dec 00 01:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: dying courier modem? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Trouble with slocate (Matthew Palmer)
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RFI - loading modules at boot-time (glitch)
Re: RedHat on RS6000 ("Brian Walton")
Re: How to set DMA for CDRW unde IDE-SCSI? (Dances With Crows)
Re: vxa-1, rh7 freeze up (freedman)
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! (Kaz Kylheku)
issuing commands to a modem (Wade C Blackwell)
Re: issuing commands to a modem (Andreas Mohr)
Re: bootable raid 1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing a PCtel HSP56 MicroModem ("Jason Byrne")
Re: Setting up modem in Linux ("Cronos")
Lost Interrupt ("Mr.Ong Eng Huat")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: dying courier modem?
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:59:35 GMT
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.
[snip]
: 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.
It is likely that your problem is due to V90.
I have the same problem with *one* ISP. Not with others.
The problem exists since said ISP has "upgraded" their firmware at
their dial in devices!
I have talked with their technical department several times, but can't
get them to back to the old version, since their upgrade seems to have
improved things with other brands of modems.
It looks, like some of their dial in devices can't deal with some
V90 modems properly.
The disconnect is caused by too many errors and retransmissions.
If the ARQ led will be going on and off frequently this is an
indication.
Try disabeling V90!!! The connection will become a little slower,
but more reliable!
Also find out if you ISP supports the X2 protocol. If so, use
that. It's a lot better than V90.
Regards,
Friedhelm
--
Microsoft is NOT the answer. Microsoft is the Question.
The answer is: "NO!"
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Friedhelm Mehnert, Berliner Allee 42, 22850 Norderstedt, Germany
phone + fax: +49-40-5236562 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Palmer)
Crossposted-To:
uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,at.linux,aus.computers.linux,be.comp.os.linux,ch.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,free.comp.linux.misc,utah.linux
Subject: Re: Trouble with slocate
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 19 Dec 2000 11:57:13 +1100
It is not required that you crosspost to every single newsgroup with the
word "linux" in it's name - a few select groups would have been less
unpleasant. I've kept all of the ones on the local news spool because I
don't know which ou actually read.
Michel Dubois is of the opinion:
>When I type updatedb Ihave an error message like this one:
>
>Segmentation fault
>
>so my locate fonction can't be updated......
>I read all the man page, reinstall the package and I think everything
>else, but it doesn't work... Why???
It doesn't work because it's performing an illegal memory access. It is
caused by a bug is the program.
Upgrade, hassle the program's author or maintainer, or fix it yourself.
--
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#include <disclaimer.h>
Matthew Palmer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.system,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 03:39:42 GMT
Welcome to the "Joy of Linux".
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:19:32 -0500, jtnews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>The Intel Easy PC camera is not supported in Linux!
>You can't even write a driver for it!
>
>I got it as a "free" add-on with my new Dell Dimension
>L600cx, but now it seems I made the wrong choice!
>
>Why does a $40 cheapo camera have to be proprietary for
>Intel? I thought Intel made all their money because they make
>huge volumes of flash memory chips over their competitors.
>
>I better choose the Lexmark color printer as a free add on next
>time!
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Intel does not provide a Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for the Intel� PC Camera
>product family. The information regarding the drivers and software is considered
>proprietary, and we are unable to release that information to the public. If you
>wish to write your own drivers or software, Intel cannot help you with this process.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> XXXXX (name deleted to protect the innocent)
>> Intel(R) Internet Support
>>
>> *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
>>
>> ->subject: Intel� PC Camera Products Basic Support
>> ->reqfields: name,email,sku,model,os,vpver,isp,prob_info
>> ->
>> ->resulturl: http://support.intel.com/alldone.htm
>> ->fieldorder: inorder
>> ->name: JT News
>> ->email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> ->sku: Intel� Easy PC Camera
>> ->model: CS110
>> ->os: Other (please specify below)
>> ->vpver: N/A - Problem is not related to Video Phone
>> ->isp: DSL
>> ->prob_info: how can I write a driver for Linux?
>
>
>->subject: Intel� PC Camera Products Basic Support
>->reqfields: name,email,sku,model,os,vpver,isp,prob_info
>->
>->resulturl: http://support.intel.com/alldone.htm
>->fieldorder: inorder
>->name: JT News
>->email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>->sku: Intel� Easy PC Camera
>->model: CS110
>->os: Other (please specify below)
>->vpver: N/A - Problem is not related to Video Phone
>->isp: DSL
>->prob_info: how can I write a driver for Linux?
Flatfish
Why do they call it a flatfish?
Remove the ++++ to reply.
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:46:20 -0500
From: glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RFI - loading modules at boot-time
put the command in your startup script for your distro. for Suse its in
boot.local i believe
LNyT wrote:
>
> I've finally got my USB Zip250 working (thanks to kernel 2.2.18), but I
> have to manually load the module before mounting the drive, ie. :
> $ insmod usb-storage
> $ mnt /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip/
>
> I know I can put the mount part in fstab, but I still need to load the
> module first, so is there a way to do this? Thanks.
>
> -LNyT
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From: "Brian Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Re: RedHat on RS6000
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:46:52 -0500
The 7012's use the power architecture CPU and does not work with linux.
There is a group working on the Power Arch. but not for the MCA bus which
the 7012 uses. The only OS I know of that runs on it is AIX.
Sorry about that,
Brian
"Jeff Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am interested in compiling RedHat Linux 7.0 for my RS6000.
>
> I do not know yet how to compile the kernel and boot disks for the
> RS6000.
> Has anyone tried this before?
>
> My RS6000 is the following:
>
> IBM Powerserver 320 type 7012
>
> Thank You
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: How to set DMA for CDRW unde IDE-SCSI?
Date: 19 Dec 2000 03:57:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 18 Dec 2000 20:00:14 -0600, Oleg Krivosheev staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows) writes:
>
>> On 18 Dec 2000 11:59:25 -0600, Oleg Krivosheev staggered into the Black
>> Sun and said:
>> >I cannot set DMA and other parameters for CDRW.
>> [snip]
>> You don't need to, nor do you *want* to in most cases.
>huh ?!? of course i want, otherwise why bother to write...
Your CD-RW does not support DMA. Those that claim to support DMA are
most often lying, as I said. Your CD-RW does not support DMA, so
attempting to turn it on results in nothing.
>> Think for a second: The maximum sustained transfer rate that a
>> CD-ROM can attain is about 24x[0], which translates to (150K * 24)
>> 3600K/sec, or 3.5M/sec. This is well within the capabilities of any
>> modern IDE chipset even with all the bells and whistles turned off.
>it is not the chipset i care about, it is unnecessary cpu load...
You will always have unnecessary CPU load when running IDE things.
There's a reason why the pros use SCSI for their stuff.
>> Some CD-ROMs claim to support DMA when they don't, and if you try to
>> turn DMA on, they will lock up, producing hideous effects on your
>> system.
>well, this is what i'm looking for - turn it on and if there is any
>bugs turn it off. But i cannot even try it ! And hdparm has
>several other options i wanted to play with, like -u1 and such...
>any advices?
Don't bother. Really, try burning something without optimizing anything
and see how it goes. My older system (K6-2 400, VIA MVP3 chipset, 4x
IDE CD-RW, 96M) allowed me to burn data CDs at 4x *while using Netscape*
without any buffer underruns or problems, and I never did any
optimization at all. Of course, I couldn't use the ZIP drive on
/dev/hdd while burning, but that's a minor point. System load from the
cdrecord process was about 0.1. It's mkisofs that takes the CPU time,
if you run a pipe from mkisofs to cdrecord, but you'll figure that out.
--
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] (freedman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: vxa-1, rh7 freeze up
Date: 19 Dec 2000 04:02:16 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:11:30 -0800, Anthony Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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
>
>
>
Why not test the vxa-1 by creating and reading back a a few large
files using tar? Eg., tar cvf /dev/nst0 bigfile. At least this will
tell you if it is dump or the drive. Also, the -b 64 is setting the
block size rather small isn't it? Isn't 512 bytes the smallest reasonable
size?
--
Dick Freedman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kaz Kylheku)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 03:58:10 GMT
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 03:39:42 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
[ idiotic top post rearranged into conventional Usenet reply order]
>On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:19:32 -0500, jtnews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>The Intel Easy PC camera is not supported in Linux!
>>You can't even write a driver for it!
>
>Welcome to the "Joy of Linux".
Don't be a retard. The unavailability of specs for proprietary hardware is not
a Linux problem. It's a problem that affects users of free software, which
includes Linux. It's not a problem *caused* by that software.
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From: Wade C Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: issuing commands to a modem
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 04:28:24 GMT
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Good evening,
I have been trying to use the "cu" command to enter the following
into my modem but have not been able to figure out the syntax. If
anyone could give me an example of how to add atz, at&d0 & at&w into
the modem I would be stoked. Thanks!!
Wade B
--
Wade Blackwell
Network Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax 206.266.2701
Desk 206.266.1103
Cell 206.321.4156
Pager 206.645.9969
Instant message csewadeb
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Good evening,
<br> I have been trying to use the "cu" command to enter
the following into my modem but have not been able to figure out the syntax.
If anyone could give me an example of how to add atz, at&d0 &
at&w into the modem I would be stoked. Thanks!!
<p> Wade B
<pre>--
Wade Blackwell
Network Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax 206.266.2701
Desk 206.266.1103
Cell 206.321.4156
Pager 206.645.9969
Instant message csewadeb</pre>
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From: Andreas Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: issuing commands to a modem
Date: 19 Dec 2000 04:53:04 GMT
Wade C Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good evening,
> I have been trying to use the "cu" command to enter the following
> into my modem but have not been able to figure out the syntax. If
> anyone could give me an example of how to add atz, at&d0 & at&w into
> the modem I would be stoked. Thanks!!
Install minicom ?
Or should that be entered in a script ?
Andreas Mohr
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.dev.kernel
Subject: Re: bootable raid 1
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 05:05:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
t doesn't matter which drive i pull out, i get the same results
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:55:19 -0500, Chas2K
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> I am currently doing bootable raid 1 with all of the latest patches
>> for
>> 2.2.18 and then some.
>> When I try to boot the system with either drive removed, I get a bunch
>> of
>> 010101010's in an endless loop.
>> Yet, when both drives are in, the system comes up fine. What am I
>> doing
>> wrong?
>>
>> Using lilo 21.5
>>
>> lilo.conf.hda
>>
>> disk=/dev/md0
>> bios=0x80
>> sectors=63
>> heads=15
>> cylinders=13328
>> partition=/dev/md1
>> start=63
>> boot=/dev/hda
>> map=/boot/map
>> install=/boot/boot.b
>> vga=normal
>> default=vmlinux
>> keytable=/boot/us.klt
>> prompt
>> timeout=50
>> message=/boot/message
>> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
>> image=/boot/vmlinuz
>> label=vmlinuz
>> root=/dev/md0
>> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
>> read-only
>> image=/boot/vmlinux
>> label=vmlinux
>> root=/dev/md0
>> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
>> read-only
>>
>> lilo.conf.hdc
>>
>> disk=/dev/md0
>> bios=0x81
>> sectors=63
>> heads=16
>> cylinders=16278
>> partition=/dev/md1
>> start=63
>> boot=/dev/hdc
>> map=/boot/map
>> install=/boot/boot.b
>> vga=normal
>> default=vmlinux
>> keytable=/boot/us.klt
>> prompt
>> timeout=50
>> message=/boot/message
>> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
>> image=/boot/vmlinuz
>> label=vmlinuz
>> root=/dev/md0
>> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
>> read-only
>> image=/boot/vmlinux
>> label=vmlinux
>> root=/dev/md0
>> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
>> read-only
>
>Looks like you're pulling out the drive with the boot sector on it. Is
>your configuration mirroring all of the drives together, or just the
>partitions with data?
>
>Chas2K
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing a PCtel HSP56 MicroModem
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:18:56 -0800
"Frank Siedler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I want to install a PCtel HSP56 MicroModem and i have a driver found under
> http://www.grapevine.net/~gromitkc/pctel/hsp56-linux-1.tar.gz
> I installed it how it is described in the Readme and the driver is telling
me
> at the boot-process that he found my modem at IRQ 5 and Port 0xec00.
> And the device-file is /dev/ttyS15.
> But what is coming next? With SuSE Linux 7 (Yast2) the modem can't be
> installt, and a direct call isn't working.
> Can someone help me with a tip?
I'm not sure what you are trying to do with Yast2... but if you run
something like 'wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf' - it should run through your
serial ports and hopefully figure out /dev/ttyS15 is a modem - since you
appear to already have the driver loaded (pctel.o)... given the comment
about /dev/ttyS15 on boot.
(I'm running Slackware... but I've been hooked on 'wvdial' since I first saw
it in SuSE)
it's likely (but not certain) that I have the same modem (AMR variety PCTel
HSP56)
I tried a few of the drivers mentioned on the site you mentioned... and I've
always had luck with the 'modem.zip' on my systems.
- Jason
>
> Ciao,
>
> Frank
>
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From: "Cronos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setting up modem in Linux
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:21:23 -0500
Sorry. I'm kinda new to this sort of thing!
The model is 5687, ISA.
"Paul Pygeon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3Xz%5.1235$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Cronos wrote:
>
> > Greetings!
> > I'm using Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete Edition. I want to configure my
> > modem so I can connect to the net in Linux. I have a 3COM US Robotics
56K
> > Internal PnP Faxmodem. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> Do you have the 5610 model ? Be more specific about your modem (PCI or
ISA)?
>
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From: "Mr.Ong Eng Huat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lost Interrupt
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:04:04 +0800
Hi,
I using Redhat6.2. Installation go smooth. After i reboot. i get the
following message.
hdd: lost interrupt
hdd: cdrom_pc_intr: the drive appears confused (ireason = 0x 1)
the message keep on repeating and cannot bootup.
pls advice.
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