Linux-Hardware Digest #97, Volume #14 Fri, 29 Dec 00 08:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: 30 Gig or 40 Gig hd. Quantum, Maxtor or Western Digital?
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Re: "COM 5"? (Glitch)
Re: USB Logitech Quickcam (Praetorius)
Re: CD Burner (Paul Oliver)
Re: cd burner problems (Paul Carbone)
Re: 30 Gig or 40 Gig hd. Quantum, Maxtor or Western Digital? (Hal Burgiss)
Re: silencing my modem (Paul Carbone)
Creating driver diskette / How to compile modules? (Jeff Johnson)
Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI (Anthony Hung)
Re: choosing a hard drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
why hasn't hardware howto been updated? (3151523-Richard_T_Myers(00))
Disco Duro ATA100 ("Diego Fern�ndez Santos")
Re: 3Com 3c905 cards: here's how (Harri Haataja)
Re: Creative Labs PCI 128 (Harri Haataja)
HP ScanJet 4200C (Schlurchi)
Re: Building new system (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Shifted print page on LaserJet 1100 (James Stafford)
Re: A good place to buy components? (FMRCYouth)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 30 Gig or 40 Gig hd. Quantum, Maxtor or Western Digital?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 04:11:25 GMT
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 12:40:55 -0700, "Steve Wolfe"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Fujitsu drives
It is a matter of corporate policy. Fujitsu refuses to support their
products is not used with M$.
Besides, of the three Fujitsu hard drives I have, one is a paperweight
with a lot of irreplaceable data on it (the lost data is my fault, of
course). I have had a couple of WD go bad. Lately, I have been using
mostly Maxtor drives and have not had any trouble. . . . yet.
--
I think, therefore, ken_i_m
Chief Gadgeteer, Elegant Innovations
http://shadowfax.linuxfromscratch.org/
build Linux from the ground up
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 23:46:49 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "COM 5"?
"D. Stimits" wrote:
>
> Glitch wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Maybe I've missed something but how was it that the original poster of
> > this thread got his modem to work off of COM 5? That's what my modem is
>
> Under windows.
>
> > on and considering there are only 4 available in Linux I don't see how
> > I'm supposed to get it to work. It has worked before (it's the actiontec
>
> Create a /dev/ node for it, and set it to the right irq/address. If
> there is actually a serial port device there, it will work, no matter
> what you label it. There are however, published "standard" values for a
> given com number (or ttySx).
>
> > modem) but it was on another IRQ back then and I got the cards in my
> > motherboard situated about the only way they will work so I don't think
> > I can switch PCI slots to get another IRQ.
>
> If the bios is set to "o/s not plug-n-play aware" it will assign irq and
> address of slots based on its own algorithm. It is also possible on most
> bioses to tell it to assign them in reverse order. Think of PCI as ISA
> pnp with a built in conf program in the bios, that is able to ask the
> PCI card what it is. "setpci" and "lspci" for setting and listing pci
> device settings. You should be able to pick any valid irq or address of
> a given slot, provided it isn't in conflict with some other hardware.
>
> >
> > Can u point me to any URLs or give any personal advice on how to get the
> > modem working on COM5?
>
> He didn't get his working yet as far as I know, but somewhere is a list
> of official major/minor numbers for /dev/ special files. In it the
> serial ports (such as those of modems) will be character special files,
> they will have a given major number, and the particular ttySx will have
> its own unique minor number. Use mknod to create /dev/ttyS4 (or
> /dev/ttyS9 if you really wanted that many), then use some combination of
> setserial on the ttyS4 and/or setpci on the pci card to make them match
> irq and base address. Simpler is to reassign an existing ttySx to the
> modem with setserial, or to set the modem to the ttySx via setpci (as
> opposed to creating a new node with mknod).
>
well i was able to get my modem to switch to COM3 in Windows however it
doesn't work in linux yet. I posted a message in col.misc if you want to
take a look at it. Basically i'm giving setserial the same parameters i
gave it a year ago when I first had Linux on this machine but for some
reason now Linux doesn't wwant to communicate with my modem. Any and all
com ports I use setserial on tell me there is no modem attached. So what
gives?
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From: Praetorius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
uk.comp.os.linux,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.devel,at.linux,aus.computers.linux,be.comp.os.linux,ch.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,free.comp.linux.misc,utah.linux,linux.sources.kernel
Subject: Re: USB Logitech Quickcam
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 22:07:02 -0700
Michel Dubois wrote:
> Sorry for my wrong E-mail address.... You can reply me to this one :
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks to your comprehension.
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a Logitech quickcam USB, and I downloaded the sources of modules,
> following :
>
> quickcam.c
> quickcam.h
> makefile
>
> I put all them in a new directory and I typed make. I had an error
> message like this :
> /Makefile : any file or diretory present
> '; needed by 'all'. Stop.target 'quickcam.o'
>
> I have the last compilateur like automake 1.4, autoconf 2.13,
> gcc-2.95.2, and qt 2.2.1, I thought that I needn't the last one.
>
> I compiled these threes and insert them in my kernel 2.2.16. I all ready
> compiled the USB modules, like usb-uhci.o, usbcore.o, etc... but it was
> easy I did it with "make xconfig", etc.....
>
> My question will be simple, how I could do for have quickam.o???
>
> Thanks in Advance.
> Thanks in Advance.
>
>
WOW! I didn't even know there was USB cam support!
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From: Paul Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: CD Burner
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 05:15:43 GMT
Jimmy Gagnon wrote:
> > >I would like to know how I could install and use a CD Burner as a CD ROM
> > >like on Windaub?
Basically you will follow these steps:
1. Get SCSI working if you don't already (yes, even if you don't have a
SCSI card)
This is done by recompiling your kernel--not hard. This creates the
ide-scsi module
2. Set up your symbolic links appropriately:
ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdburner
3. Set up lilo to make the kernel use ide-scsi:
append=" mem=256M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-floppy"
(hdb is my cdburner, this causes it to be /dev/scd0)
(hdc is a zip drive so I use the ide-floppy kernel module)
4. Get cdrecord:
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html
5. Get xcdroast:
http://www.xcdroast.org/
You should be good to go!
For more information (this helped me a great bit) see the CD-Writing
howto at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO-1.html
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From: Paul Carbone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cd burner problems
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 00:27:04 -0500
Robin Kirkman wrote:
> I just got a new cd burner for christmas, and it's misbehaving :(
>
> My model is a Sony CRX140E/CH2
> It's not listed as compatable by cdrecord, but neither is it listed
> incompatable. The CRX140S is listed compatable, though.
I've got a CRX140E and it works great
> I think my error might have something to do with cdrecord running out of
> data to write with. Here's what I'm doing:
>
> root@robin:/home/robin$ nice mkisofs -R ~robin | cdrecord -v fs=16m
> speed=8 dev=0,1,0 -
Have you tried a slower speed?
> I tried adjusting the fifo size from 6 to 8 to 16 megabytes; all that
> did was make it fail at a later time during burn. Here's the error
> message:
>
> Track 01: 321 MB written (fifo 0%).cdrecord: Input/output error.
> write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
> CDB: 2A 00 00 02 82 67 00 00 1F 00
> status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 0C 09 00 00
> Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
> Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x09 (write error - loss of streaming) Fru 0x0
> Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
>
> write track data: error after 336803840 bytes
> 56.11% done, estimate finish Mon Dec 25 09:42:25 2000
> Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> Writing time: 274.988s
> Fixating...
> 57.81% done, estimate finish Mon Dec 25 09:42:24 2000
> Fixating time: 32.007s
> cdrecord: fifo had 5560 puts and 5306 gets.
> cdrecord: fifo was 52 times empty and 2753 times full, min fill was 0%.
> Broken pipe
>
> I figured out that the Broken pipe was from cdrecord crapping out with
> mkisofs still sending data, but this doesn't help me much. It looks like
> maybe cdrecord dies when its fifo runs out of data (It hit 0% and died),
> but i'm not sure. If this is the case, I suppose I should stop nice'ing
> mkisofs.
Yup, sounds like you're just running out of data. Try recording at single
speed first and work you're way up from there. As for nicing, you
shouldn't have to. How fast is your system? were you doing anything else
on the system while you were burning? I've got a 700Mhz Athlon and I can
still work and burn at 4X with no problem...8X has given me troubles
> However, i'm still not sure...
>
> Would it work to nice cdrecord instead?
>
> Bleck... I'm running out of blank CD-R's.
>
> Anyways, any help would be appreciated, as I couldn't find any on the
> cdrecord web site.
> --robin
Just read the CD Writing HOWTO cover to cover sevral times ; ) theres some
good pointers in there.
hope this helps,
Paul Carbone
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: 30 Gig or 40 Gig hd. Quantum, Maxtor or Western Digital?
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Dec 2000 00:30:39 -0500
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 04:11:25 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Besides, of the three Fujitsu hard drives I have, one is a paperweight
>with a lot of irreplaceable data on it (the lost data is my fault, of
>course). I have had a couple of WD go bad. Lately, I have been using
>mostly Maxtor drives and have not had any trouble. . . . yet.
Ditto. I had a couple of WDs go bad well within the warranty period.
I've since gotten 2 IBMs and a Maxtor with no problems at all. It's
worth looking at linux-ide.org and see what mfgs are supporting Linux
IMO.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Paul Carbone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: silencing my modem
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 00:36:12 -0500
4 minutes, damn you're good *L* worked great, and thanks for the link.
Paul Carbone
never drink kool-aid from a big vat
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From: Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Creating driver diskette / How to compile modules?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 06:23:41 GMT
Hello,
Running into a sticky situation where kernel support for a SCSI
chipset (SYMC1010/33 U160) is not available on distribution (RH6.2).
There is patched source to add support in the sym53c8xx module. I loaded
a machine non-scsi and have been trying to compile modules that could be
added to a driver diskette. I have the disk format figured out (modules
and mod directories ina gzip'd cpio archive) and have gotten the
diskette to run properly when booting from dist CD 'linux dd'. The boot
sequence asks for and reads the diskette, finds the driver modules. When
they are loaded however I get errors. When I manually try and add them
I get a screen full of "unresolved symbols" errors.
How do you compile kernel modules so that they can be loaded by any
kernel of that version and not just the one they were compiled in
conjunction with? Compiled so the 2.2.14-5.0BOOT kernel can read and
load the new/patched sym53c8xx.o module (compiled in 2.2.14-5.0 as
i386-up)??
As a side note I recompiled the kernel/module for each i386, i586
and i686 as up and smp and had all those modules available and correctly
named on the driver diskette. None of them work.
Hints? Help??
Thanks...
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From: Anthony Hung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 08:31:08 GMT
es1370 and es1371 don't work for me I get the following message when I do
modprobe es1370 or es1371
/lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/es1371.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
soundcore: Device or resource busy
please help...anyone
Markku Kolkka wrote:
> Anthony Hung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I just got a soundlbaster 16 PCI and my system doesn't seem to be able to
> > recognize it. I am using redhat linux... linux 2.2.
>
> I have a SB16PCI, and RedHat 6.2 and 7.0 detected and configured it
> automatically. No need to recompile or install anything extra.
>
> --
> Markku Kolkka
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Anthony
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware
Subject: Re: choosing a hard drive
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 09:11:30 GMT
I work at Best Buy in Michigan, here are current sells for hard drives.
Current as if 12/29/00 4:13 am eastern time.
Western digital
20gb 7200rpm $120
30gb 7200rpm $140
40gb 7200rpm $170 w/ instant $25 gift card (best value)
Maxtor
20gb 5400rpm $120
30gb 7200rpm $150
40gb 7200rpm $200
40gb (external) $280 USB/Firewire
80gb (external) $380 USB/Firewire
Good Luck..... -Josh-
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (3151523-Richard_T_Myers(0)0)
Subject: why hasn't hardware howto been updated?
Date: 29 Dec 2000 09:21:57 GMT
Fifteen months seems like a very long time. I've been
hoping for drivers for my hardware, but last update
was September 28, 1999. If my hardware was/is supported,
I would install Linux today.
But the issue goes beyond my particular hardware;
isn't the hardware compatibility howto really very
important to Linux's general acceptance?
best wishes,
--
richard myers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Diego Fern�ndez Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Disco Duro ATA100
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 10:04:34 GMT
Algui�n sabr�a decirme como puedo instalar linux en un disco duro ATA100, el
problema que tengo es que no me lo reconoce. Quisiera instalarme Red Hat 7.0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harri Haataja)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 3Com 3c905 cards: here's how
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 10:14:29 GMT
Phil Edwards wrote:
>Basically, when booting the RH7 kernel, 2.2.16-22, the card worked.
>After grabbing the 2.2.18 release and building, it didn't. The 905 series
>(in my case, a "Tornado") shows up in menuconfig as the same choice as
>the 59x. Unfortunately, no 3c90x.o file was ever being built, hence,
>no module support nor builtin support.
...
$ /sbin/lspci | grep 3C
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink]
(rev 74)
$ dmesg | grep eth
eth0: 3Com PCI 3c905C Tornado at 0xe000, 00:01:02:04:c5:4c, IRQ 10
eth0: using NWAY autonegotiation
$ /sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
3c59x 22976 1 (autoclean)
$ uname -r
2.4.0-0.37
$
905 apparently stopped having its own module and works on the 59x module.
I happened to notice the 3c here was in a 2.4 machine, but still, that's
the way it is AFAIK.
I'm sure that should be documented somewhere.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harri Haataja)
Subject: Re: Creative Labs PCI 128
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 10:16:02 GMT
Dances With Crows wrote:
>Creative PCIxx cards are usually repackaged Ensoniq cards under the
>hood. It's very likely that the card is an ES1371 or ES1370, both of
>which work under Linux just fine. It might be an emu10k, but it's
I have 1371 and it works fine. Bad mixer and no synth, but still.
As for emu10k, AFAIK that's in SBLive! and it would make little sense
to sell it as an older model =)
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From: Schlurchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP ScanJet 4200C
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 11:34:47 +0100
Hi,
how can I install the usb scanner device under linux? Everytime I start
xsane linux doesn't do anything or tells me that no device was chosen.
But how can I choose a scanner? And does Linux support my scanner?
Thanks anyway.
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Building new system
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 22:39:10 +1100
mike wrote:
Hi Mike!
Given the single user situation and "no games" I would look at the system from
this point:
a) Get the best monitor that your budget allows, this is THE part that you use
most.
b) M/B which supports 100MHz bus, avoid those that include all plus kitchen
sink.
c) RAM, RAM, RAM.
d) CPU which utilises the 100MHz bus speed (anything from 500 up)
e) Video card to drive your monitor, not going into gaming enviroment anything
with 4M-up memory is good.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Mike
> --
HTH
Stanislaw.
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From: James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Shifted print page on LaserJet 1100
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 12:28:57 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I've set up my LaserJet 1100 as a PostScript printer on Redhat 6.1.
> > When I print, pages appear "shifted" upwards about an inch towards the
> > top of the paper. This cuts off the top part of the text on the
> > document. My printcap file is listed below. Anyone have any
> > suggestions? Thanks in advance.
>
> I've had similiar problem with a Panasonic KX-P4410 using the ljet2p
> driver with both RedHat 6.2 and 7.0. This printer is shared with 2
> Windows machines as a Samba printer and those machines print on it with
> no problem. Only print job generated on the Linux box are shifted.
> Does anyone know what causes this?
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
I have a LJ 1100. I use the LaserJet 4 printer driver. Printer works
very good on my system. Use Slackware, though.
jamess
--
"On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section,
it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
-Anonymous
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (FMRCYouth)
Date: 29 Dec 2000 12:50:21 GMT
Subject: Re: A good place to buy components?
I don't know if they will have the exact components you are looking for, but I
have put together complete systems at Aberdeen, Inc. Their website is
http://www.aberdeeninc.com
God bless,
Randy Bennett
Registered user #198235 at http://counter.li.org
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