Linux-Hardware Digest #67, Volume #14 Wed, 20 Dec 00 20:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: LCD display for Linux/Matrox G200 (Steve Meyer)
Re: PR 440 FX Pentium Pro Mainboard ("Dan White")
Re: Linux Raid 0+1 ? (SCSI) ("Dan White")
Re: SCSI errors... ("Dan White")
Re: Problems with promise u 66 ("Dan White")
Re: hda: lost interrupt and eth0: Transmit ("Dan White")
Re: is it possible to net install with scsi drivers? ("Dan White")
Re: Help with internet connection ("Dan White")
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! (Russ Lyttle)
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! (Russ Lyttle)
Linux and system incompatibility problems (stephanie)
Northgate Omnikey Ultra ("D. Tabor")
Support AMD K6-2 / 500-2 (Ekkard Gerlach)
Re: Bizarre Graphics Card Activity ("Dan White")
Re: soyo sy-7IWM/L motherboard and kernel panic when using append="mem=128M" ("Dan
White")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Meyer)
Subject: Re: LCD display for Linux/Matrox G200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 20 Dec 2000 23:42:23 GMT
I just purchased a 15 inch LCD (brand Nec/Misubishi 1525) and it
is better than the large 19 inch monitor it replaced - clearer pixels
and brighter colors plus does not take lage space and weight 40 lbs)
Connector is same as for CRT monitor and everything seems to be plug and
play otherwise. 15 inch LCD screen area is really 15 inches.
/Steve
On 20 Dec 2000 16:42:00 GMT, Ian Pilcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My 17" CRT seems to be on its last legs. If it does die, I'd like to
>go the LCD route. I'd like to hear any recommendations/experiences
>that people have had in this area.
>
>I'll probably stick with a 1024x768 LCD for cost reasons. I'm
>particularly interested in the experiences people have had getting clear
>pictures with standard SVGA connections.
>
>Thanks!
>--
>========================================================================
>Ian Pilcher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>========================================================================
--
Steve Meyer Phone: (415) 296-7017
Pragmatic C Software Corp. Fax: (415) 296-0946
220 Montgomery St., Suite 925 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
San Francisco, CA 94104
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PR 440 FX Pentium Pro Mainboard
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:39:30 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I got an older PC with a INTEL PR440FX mainboard with a Pentium Pro
> processor. I Installed SUSE Linux on it. It seems to work but I can't
> make the the integrated network card work. Is there someone how knows to
> get this done? The command: 'cat /proc/net/dev' only shows a header and
> on the next line all zero's. According to the manual of SUSE there
> should be a line starting with eth0. This line is not showing.
>
> Marc
I believe that card is supported by the eepro100 driver. Try adding
alias eth0 eepro100
to your conf.modules file, or
modprobe eepro100
to test it.
- Dan White
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Raid 0+1 ? (SCSI)
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:46:20 GMT
In article <91r5gt$2ah$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jonathon Caywood"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Raid-6!??! The file space when a 'df' is performed shows up properly as
> the space I should get with 0+1, which is about 283 Gigs but something
> isn't adding up here, any information, ideas or help would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Jon Caywood
>
>
>
In Mylex terminology, RAID 0+1 = RAID 6.
- Dan White
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI errors...
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:50:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Colin Alie"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- snip ---
> aliecol> cdrecord -v -dummy speed=8 fs=4m -useinfo dev=0,2,0 -audio -pad
> ~/wav/*wav
> scsi: aborting command due to timeout: pid 37, scsi 0, channel 0, id 1,
> lun 0 Start/Stop Unit 00 00 00 01 00 scsi0: Aborting CCB #116 to Target
> 2
> --- snip ---
>
> I've had similar experiences accessing SCSI devices on Windows 95 and
> DOS. There are no apparent IRAQ, I/O, or DMA conflicts reported by the
> operating system. The internal SCSI chain is properly terminated and
> there are no external devices. The resistors on the SCSI host adapter
> appear to be installed correctly. Do you have any idea what the problem
> could be?
>
> Until next time, Colin.
Two common SCSI problems are a bad driver, in which case you should try a
newer kernel, or possibly a flakey SCSI cable.
- Dan White
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with promise u 66
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:52:30 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have problems installing a Promise u66 controller in my system
> (ASUS P2B-S with 2 IDE-Disks, 1 SCSI-CDROM, 1 IDE-CDROM)
> On the Promise U66 Card installed 2 HD's in order to use software raid.
>
> Linux Kernel 2.2.16
>
> No problems with a "normal IDE-Kernel". But when I enable DMA using
> hdparm, after the entire system hangs after some disk accesses.
>
> Same effect when using Linux-Kernel with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX=y:
> System hangs already during boot phase.
>
> Please, help me
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> Wolfgang Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ----------------------------------------------
Try a newer kernel and/or applying the patch from
http://www.linux-ide.org
- Dan White
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hda: lost interrupt and eth0: Transmit
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:55:41 GMT
In article <91prbq$ht3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I bought a brand new Intel Celeron 566 on a Amptron 133MHz MB. I
> successfully installed Redhat 7.0. I tested out FTP into the system and
> began to see errors occur. hda: lost interrupt and eth0: Transmit timed
> out: Status 7048... then the system would hang. I could also do it with
> Telnet. I never did anything but look.
>
> I thought I could be the hard drive cable, so I switched it. I thought
> it could be bad sectors, so I reinstalled checking for them. I thought
> it was the IDE hard drive, so I got a new one. I thought, perhaps 7.0
> doesn't like the Celeron, so I installed 6.2 and ... each time I got the
> same problem. I'm at the end of my rope.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
The eth0 error is usually a kernel driver bug. When in doubt, try a newer
kernel. Since 7.0 didn't come with a 2.2.18 final, I'd get a copy from
ftp.kernel.org.
- Dan White
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: is it possible to net install with scsi drivers?
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 00:01:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Wade C Blackwell"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good evening all,
> I have an old tired pentium that is all scsi. When I use the net boot
> disk and try to install from an ftp server I can get to the server fine
> but the system doen't have anywhere to install because there was never a
> time when the aic7xxx driver had a chance to install. Anyone have any
> ideas? TIA, ciao!!
>
> Wade B
Which distro are you using? Some compile aic7xxx into the installation
kernel.
- Dan White
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with internet connection
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 00:04:18 GMT
In article <91pbv9$66u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I just installed Mandrake 7.2. I'm kind of new to this. I have SDSL
> with 5 reserved static IP's.
>
> First I choose DSL, then I select NE2000 PCI for the NIC card. It tells
> me it finds the card, but then tells me it cannot find an ethernet
> adapter. Why???
>
> If I use the driver disk from Linksys, when I try to run a 'make' on the
> code, I get some error about 'target not found' or something.
>
> Can someone help me to get this set up??
>
> Please cc a copy to my e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arthur [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
All linksys cards that I know of are supported under the 'tulip' driver.
When you run the make command, make sure you are in the right directory,
if that still doesn't work, try dropping in the tulip.c or ne2000.c file
you got from linksys into a kernel source try under drivers/net
- Dan White
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Date: 21 Dec 2000 00:24:30 +1100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>On 20 Dec 2000 09:26:53 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>Hmm, that sounds strangely familiar. Only the roles were reversed.
>>The ultra-cheap package of CMOS video camera and BT848-based capture card
>>I bought earlier this year never worked under Windows. Just wouldn't.
>>No go.
>What brand and model camera would that be? Sounds like something is
>conflicting on your system, because if the camera didn't work under
>Windows they would never be able to sell one.
This was the sort of ultra-cheap crap where the manufacturer will usually
not admit to having manufactured it, and you have to search the "manual"
long and hard until you find a company name, in 3pt font, on the second-to-last
page.
I have no idea what company or brand. I never cared. Heck, I didn't even
try to get the silly thing to work under Windows --- my office mates did,
for some reason. This is an office full of people with graduate CS students,
all with more than enough experience with Windows. No go. Who cares?
>>If I ever have a Windows installation that goes that smoothly, I shall
>>mark the day in my calendar with a big red circle. But don't hold your
>>breath.
>Haven't had a problem since Windows 98. I agree earlier versions
>presented problems for some configurations.
At least Win98 falls over itself quite happily, too, when it encounters
hardware that is just a tad out of the ordinary.
>>Does that mean Windows is inferior to Mandrake 7.2? I don't think so.
>>It just isn't very good at dealing with changing hardware. It isn't
>>very good at a whole lot of things, just like Linux. And it's quite
>>good at some others, just like Linux. And all the anecdotal evidence
>>in the world won't change that.
>Sounds like the default gateway problem with Mandrake that screws up
>ppp. See the setup groups for information.
Uhm --- how would a "default gateway problem with Madrake" explain why
my Windows installation puked all over its routing tables, and then refused
my attempts to clean them up?
As for Mandrake --- it correctly found both my network cards, asked for the
TCP/IP configuration, including the gateway, set it all up, and has been
running perfectly ever since. I am not quite sure what "default gateway
problem" you are talking about, but whatever it is, it seems not to manifest
itself on my system.
>>P.S.: Welcome back, heather69. I suspect you will regale us with stories
>> about your retail experience in "major chainstores", and how
>> Linux is the "numero uno" returned item, right? What will your
>> relation to the manager be this time? Will she be your aunt? Your
>> daughter? Your brother's wife?
>Huh????
Cute. Do you really want to claim you are not heather69/wazzoo/hafizi/
PoppaCherry/Susan Wong? Funny... Here, spot the odd one out:
X-Trace: bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net 946429348 15711 12.78.186.44
X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 977281423 12.79.168.192
X-Trace: bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 953503538 12.79.5.249
X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 937858847 206.114.75.150
X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 954969526 12.78.224.175
X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 960422480 12.79.50.167
X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 962929551 12.79.50.225
One of them is from your "flatfish" persona. The others are from the above
mentioned personae, all from articles where you relayed so-called
"experiences" in selling Linux in "major chainstores" --- which, according
to you, mainly consisted in having it returned often enough to make it the
"numbero uno" return item.
Should I repost the article providing the details and quotes? It's not
even half a year old; Heck, Deja will still have it.
Bernie
--
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired
by looking up something and finding something else on the way
Franklin P. Adams
American newspaper columnist, 1881-1960
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From: Russ Lyttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 00:20:41 GMT
Kyle Jacobs wrote:
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> > The Linux users need a reality check to see how much they are missing
> > since they last used Windows circa 3.0
> >
>
> This is very true, I see people bashing Windows for problems it's had dating
> back to Windows for Workgroups 3.11 now THAT'S sad;
But I'm still having the same problems that I had with Windows for
Workgroups. Thats sad. 6 years and still can't fix the bugs.
Unfortunately, IT types are still buying Windows.
>being so angry at a
> computing platform for nearly six years now. Although it's more often that
> I find Linux zealot's complaining that "Windows is the platform of satan"
> because it "crashes so much".
>
> Of course they are refering to Windows 95 and 98's hideous stability
> problems, not Windows NT (after SP3) Windows 2000 or Windows Me. They don't
> realize that OS's change.
>
> Which is the only reason I still use Linux, too see if SOMETHING has
> changed. 5 Years and counting, the result? No.
--
Russ Lyttle, PE
<http://www.flash.net/~lyttlec>
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From: Russ Lyttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 00:23:23 GMT
"Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
>
> jtnews wrote:
> >
> > If I reverse engineer the camera protocol through the USB interface,
> > develop a Linux driver, distribute the driver under the GPL
> > over the Internet, can I be sued by Intel for violating their
> > intellectual property?
> >
>
> NOPE!
>
Unfortunately, the correct answer is YEP. You might win, Intel might
loose, but in the meantime, who has money to pay for lawyers? I would
suggest contacting Intel and clearing it with them first. Otherwise post
the code as "anonymous coward" somewhere from a cybercafe.
> > Kasper Dupont wrote:
> > >
> > > jtnews 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!
> > > >
> > >
> > > Of course it is posible to write a driver for that
> > > camera, but you would have to reverse engineer the
> > > protocols.
> > >
> > > Depending on how it is connected you could hook in
> > > a piece of hardware or software to watch the
> > > communication.
> > >
> > > I don't understand Intel's policy, a Linux driver
> > > would allow more people to use the camera and then
> > > they could expect to sell more cameras. But
> > > perhaps they have some secret agreement with MS.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kasper Dupont
>
> --
> Aaron R. Kulkis
> Unix Systems Engineer
> DNRC Minister of all I survey
> ICQ # 3056642
>
> H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
> premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
> you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
> you are lazy, stupid people"
>
> I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
> challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
> between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
> Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
>
> J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
> The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
> also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
>
> A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
>
> B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
> method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
> direction that she doesn't like.
>
> C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
>
> D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
> ...despite (C) above.
>
> E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
> her behavior improves.
>
> F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
> adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
>
> G: Knackos...you're a retard.
--
Russ Lyttle, PE
<http://www.flash.net/~lyttlec>
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From: stephanie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and system incompatibility problems
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 00:30:03 -0000
I downloaded the winlinux2000 demo version to try it out before I
purchased anything. It would not detect my video card so I had to "force"
set it under standard vga. (My video card is a standard xf86_SVGA intel
chipset driver. The picture was absolutly lousy and broken up. I searched
for a different card/driver that would be compatible but was informed that
my card was probably intregrated into my mother board. ( I have a HP
XE743) Now this machine is a cheaper product I know, however it is fairly
new and I would like to run Linux without going off and buying another
system. Is it possible? Are there any Linux programs that will run on my
computor? I only found 1 intel video card on the acceptables list for auto
configuration in linux 2000. Does this apply to all linux or just
winlinux2000?
Any answers will be greatly appreciated
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "D. Tabor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Northgate Omnikey Ultra
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 14:39:37 +1000
Greetings...
I'm trying to get my trusty Northgate Omnikey/Ultra to work with Red Hat
6.2. Everything works great except the number pad.
Any ideas how to go about this? I looked at xmodmap and my eyes started
to glaze over.
Thanks!
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From: Ekkard Gerlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Support AMD K6-2 / 500-2
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 01:32:41 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
my socket-7 Mainboard Acer Ali IV+ could drive
a AMD K6-2 that can handle 128MB Ram directly,
I've heared of. The K6-2 coud be able to 500Mhz
after tuning.
Has somebody experiences?
thx
Ekkard
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bizarre Graphics Card Activity
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 00:49:43 GMT
In article <91p30d$vcb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> So my question is, what could make the identical graphics card run
> slower on a system where theoretically every other thing is faster (I
> used the same HDD in both boxes so that the system settings would be
> identical)?
I can't explain the difference, but applying some the performance tips
at:
http://www.linux.com/tuneup/database.phtml/X11/
might help.
- Dan White
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: soyo sy-7IWM/L motherboard and kernel panic when using append="mem=128M"
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 00:54:17 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Bill Shupp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Motherboard: soyo sy-7IWM/L 1.0 Processor: Celeron 600Mhz
>
> Without an append boot statement, linux is only seeing 64M of my 256 mb
> of ram. When I use append="mem=256M" in lilo.conf (or manually at the
> lilo prompt), I then get a kernel panic just after the memory is
> calculated:
I'm not familiar with your motherboard, but some motherboards with
onboard video will reserve a few megabytes at the end of RAM for video
memory. Try specifying 255, 248 etc.
- Dan White
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