Linux-Hardware Digest #106, Volume #14 Sat, 30 Dec 00 21:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: trying to get my mandrake box on a network - new to linux
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Dynalink 1428VQH-T modem ("Willem Oldeman")
Re: Strange harddrive sound ("D. Stimits")
Re: Monitoring temperature inside an old P-150 (Michael Heiming)
Re: Strange harddrive sound ("Willem Oldeman")
Re: Nvidia driver w/ 2.4 (JH)
The new reference for overclocking ("Webmaster")
ultra dma ("Liu Wu")
Re: Adaptec AVA-2904 support (Carlo Scarfoglio)
Re: CD Burner (Bill Unruh)
Re: FlashRam pcmcia cards? (Bill Lee)
Re: Strange harddrive sound ("Goran Jakupovic")
Re: Network don't work, help needed! ("Dan White")
Re: SB AWE64 ("Dan White")
Re: Printer problems ("Dan White")
problem reading windows-created CD-RW ("Phil O. Nous, Ph.D.")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: trying to get my mandrake box on a network - new to linux
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 22:02:22 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm running mandrake 7, I put a Linksys Etherfast 10/100 lan card in the
> box, but I'm having trouble getting the drivers to work.
>
> I'm very new to linux, and I'm stuck. Many of the commands described in
> the faqs didn't work on my machine.
> (http://linksys.com/support/support.asp?spid=25#wmodules) .
Jim, I would expect that card is supported by Linux out-of-the-box, and so no
compiling would be needed.
What happened after you put in the card (I guess it is PCI) and you started
Linux? Wasn't it detected by Kudzu / Linux? If it was detected you should be
able to configure it using 'linuxconf'.
Lamzak
>
> The readme for the card mentioned compiling some modules, I know where
> the are, but I'm unsure of what to do with them.
>
> Below is an extract from the linux readme file that came with the card:
>
> Step 1: Mount the Linksys driver diskette with the following command;
>
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> Change directories into the Linux directory on the diskette;
>
> cd /mnt/floppy/Linux
>
> Step 2: Create a temp directory called netdrivers in /root;
>
> mkdir netdrivers
>
> Step 3: Copy netdrivers.tgz on the floppy diskette to the new directory
> you have just created;
>
> cp /mnt/floppy/netdrivers.tgz /root/netdrivers
>
> Step 4: Decompress netdrivers.tgz to extract the source files;
>
> tar xzvf netdrivers.tgz
>
> The extracted files should now be located within the netdrivers
> directory
>
> Step 5: Compile the modules;
>
> make
>
> You now have compiled the modules successfully
>
> Step 6: Install the modules;
>
> insmod pci-scan.o
> insmod tulip.o
>
> Step 7: Issue the depmod command;
>
> depmod -a
>
> Step 8: Initialize the eth0 adapter
>
> ifup eth0
>
> Step 9: Run ifconfig to make sure that the eth0 interface is loaded;
>
> ifconfig
>
> You should see the loopback adapter (lo), and the Ethernet adapter
> (eth0)
>
> Step 10: To have the eth0 load everytime you boot into Linux you must
> copy tulip.o, and pci-scan.o into the following directories;
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-3/net
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-3BOOT/net
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.14smp/net
>
> If you are prompted to replace the current files, say YES
>
> Step 11: You will have to add two lines of code to the following file;
>
> /etc/rc.modules
>
> Add the following;
>
> pci-scan.o
> tulip.o
>
> To write the changes to the file type the following;
>
> Shift+: wq (this is only true if they use vi, you not telling them to
> use vi).
>
> Step 12: Edit etc/modules.conf (if needed).
>
> vi etc/modules.conf
>
> Add the following to the begining of the file;
>
> alias eth0 tulip
>
> To write the changes to the file type the following;
>
> Shift+: wq
>
> I got as far as step 5, but 'make' isn't doing anything, what should I
> do?
>
>
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From: "Willem Oldeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dynalink 1428VQH-T modem
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 22:26:24 GMT
Hi everyone,
I need documentation for a Dynalink modem, the model is 1428VQH-T.
It uses an AT&T HSM288xCF/CL2 chip. (Really, I've been looking
everywhere but can't find anything about it)
My special interest is the fax class 2 command set, because I want
to run the Hylafax software with it.
Any help will be very welcome.
Willem
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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 15:32:28 -0700
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Strange harddrive sound
John I Williams wrote:
>
> Ok this is my question a few day ago I turned off my computers, because I
> was going away for the weekend. When I came back I turned my computer
> back on and it sounded like a car engine being revved you know like when
> a car is cold. I thought well that sucks harddrive is going. It's a
> Western digital I hate it. Well a couple of days go by then I decided to
> start my wifes comp. same thing. Now here is the kicker as it ran the
> sound slowly died away weird. I geuss my question is anybody ever have
> this happen to them, if so what did you do about it?
Either the drives are failing, or a fan has a problem. Fans tend to
collect dust, so one of the things you might want to do is remove the
cover, and clean out any dust/debris from the fans. If there is a fan
near the hard drives, they tend to blow dust into the hard drive area as
well. Clean them out, then see if it is really the drive or a fan that
is dying.
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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 23:26:13 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Monitoring temperature inside an old P-150
Hello,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a 5 year old P-150. Which I am now using as a 24/7 linux
> server. It has 2 CDROMs, Floppy drive, 1 SCSI harddrive, 1 IDE
> harddrive, 1 AIWA Travan tape drive. Basically I have not empty drive
> bays.
>
> I am concerned about heating as I am running this machine 24/7. Is
> there some hardware/software combination I can use to measure the
> average temperature inside my PC and preferebly even email me when the
> temperature rise is near dangerous levels.
>
> I assume having an old motherboard, I wont be able to lm_sensors??
>
> I probably need something that would fit in a slot that could alert me
> about the average temperature inside my linux box.
>
> Thanks all in advance.
>
> zulfiqar
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
Hello,
I had kind of the same problem, to measure the temperature in a bunch of
19" cabinets...
It should be done with linux of course, I found this solution, which
works like a charm:
http://www.nexuscomputing.com/template.php3?insert=digitemp.html
I use the 2.0 version, I had a bit trouble finding the parts from Dallas
I needed. I wrote them a nice mail
asking where I could get the parts here in germany and mentioned, that I
would like to use the sw
from http://www.nexuscomputing.com/ . I got a nice answer from Dallas and
a few days later all the parts I needed
as gift...:-)
You can add up hundrets of sensors on one serial port if you want, each
has a unique ID which is read out by
the digitemp sw...:-)
I read it out with perl and write it to a mysql db, had no time yet to do
more with the data...:-(
Could be a way for you to go, if you are able to get those parts.
Good luck
Michael Heiming
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From: "Willem Oldeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Strange harddrive sound
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 22:38:06 GMT
This happened to me as well, but the noise was caused by some gunk in the
fan of the power supply.
"John I Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3a4e4508$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ok this is my question a few day ago I turned off my computers, because I
> was going away for the weekend. When I came back I turned my computer
> back on and it sounded like a car engine being revved you know like when
> a car is cold. I thought well that sucks harddrive is going. It's a
> Western digital I hate it. Well a couple of days go by then I decided to
> start my wifes comp. same thing. Now here is the kicker as it ran the
> sound slowly died away weird. I geuss my question is anybody ever have
> this happen to them, if so what did you do about it?
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From: JH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Nvidia driver w/ 2.4
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 15:17:05 -0800
I got it compiled! Thanks for your help!
-Josh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Liu Wu")
Subject: ultra dma
Date: 31 Dec 2000 00:39:20 +0100
I have a UDMA hard disk. I do the steps according to linux howto.
but I input the command line when installation
"linux ide2=0xd800,0xdc02"
it alawys give me the messages
"Unknown option 'ide2=0xd800, 0sdc02'"
it seems that it does not know this option yet. I don't know what's wrong. I
just did what I am told by the linux howto. it doesn't work. the result is
the installation cannot find my hard disk at all.
Thanks a lot!
Regards,
Liu
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From: Carlo Scarfoglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: Adaptec AVA-2904 support
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 00:37:43 +0100
Gotzon Berrojalbiz wrote:
>
> I'm trying to setup this scsi pci card and I hope somebody correct me if
> I'm going wrong somewhere.
> These are the Kernel Options:
> - SCSI SUPPORT
> - SCSI GENERIC SUPPORT
> - SCSI LOW LEVEL -> ADAPTEC AIC7XXX
> Is this OK ? Do I have to add any parameter to lilo.conf ?
You have to add support for cdrom, disk, etc. in the kernel options. If
you build support in the kernel (preferred) there is no need for startup
settings. It is a PCI device and it is configured by the BIOS.
Cheers
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: CD Burner
Date: 30 Dec 2000 23:54:52 GMT
In alt.os.linux you write:
]>
]> ]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
]>
]> aaaargh. No. almost nothing requires recompiling the kernel. ide-scsi is
]> included in all distros I know of. Telling him to recompile his kernel
]> is BAD advice. He is much more liable to mess something up than to fix
]> anything (especially something which is not broken in the first place)
]>
]Humm, well i don't know. My distro (RH 6.2) didn't come with it
](and i re-compiled my kernal and got it---and it's now working great
]on stuff that i couldn't copy on my Win Me machine)
OK, I have not checked it, but it would really surprise me. Anyway,
first you have to search to see if it exists befor recompiling your
kernel.
find /lib/modules -name ide-scsi.o -ls
if this finds nothing, then perhaps you need to recompile. Although it
would still surprise me. Are you sure it is not on some rpm which is not
the kernel rpm?
It certainly is on Mandrake distros from 6.1 on. What about for others?
If Redhat does not include it, they sure should! Enough people use
cdrecord for it to made a standard.
]> ]5. Get xcdroast:
]> ] http://www.xcdroast.org/
]Only works if your X sees an 800X600 graphics device.
Not sure what you mean. works fine on an 1024x768 screen here. Now, it
may be that the default size is greater than 640x400.
You can also use cdrecord from the command line
cdrecord -speed=4 -dev=1,0,0 name_of_the.iso
(speed less than or equal to the writing speed of your CDR, and dev is
teh number listed whenyou run
cdrecord -scanbus
as root.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Lee)
Subject: Re: FlashRam pcmcia cards?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 00:24:26 GMT
On Sat, 30 Dec 2000 21:11:29 GMT, Andreas Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Is there a device I can add to my system that will allow me to insert
> >the CF cards ala a floppy or a CD or a ZIP disk?
> >
> Hi,
> your PC is a desktop without a PC-Card slot. I am using a laptop.
>
> So you have 2 options:
>
> 1) a) buy and install a PC-Card slot into your desktop and
> b) buy a PC-Card CF card adapter.
>
> 2) buy a USB CF card reader
>
>
> The USB support in Linux kernel < 2.4.x is most likely not usable.
>
> Take a look at
> http://www.sandisk.com/support/driverfaq/temp/setup2.html
>
> which states Linux support for one device.
>
>
> >Would the IBM MicroDisk (340mb) be accessable this way?
> >
> It should be possible if the reader size is CF type II.
>
Thanks for the info. Does anyone have any recommendations on brands?
Thanks,
Bill Lee
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From: "Goran Jakupovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Strange harddrive sound
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 01:47:18 +0100
Probably it's nothing alarming. Fan will produce strange noises after you
turn on your computer after it spent some time in cold place. Noise will go
off after few minutes...
"John I Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3a4e4508$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ok this is my question a few day ago I turned off my computers, because I
> was going away for the weekend. When I came back I turned my computer
> back on and it sounded like a car engine being revved you know like when
> a car is cold. I thought well that sucks harddrive is going. It's a
> Western digital I hate it. Well a couple of days go by then I decided to
> start my wifes comp. same thing. Now here is the kicker as it ran the
> sound slowly died away weird. I geuss my question is anybody ever have
> this happen to them, if so what did you do about it?
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Network don't work, help needed!
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 01:12:21 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Super-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using Redhat 7 for several months, everything was fine till
> yesterday. I guessed I messed up with network configuration when I play
> ip aliased. The networking was down. Whatever I do, it refuse to work
> again. when system boots, eth0 initiallized successsfully.
> "ifconfig" shows that everything is right.
> But when I ping myself, no response.
If you can't ping yourself from your own system, you probably have a
routing problem. Try 'route -n' and your route table should basically
look like:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
and perhaps a couple of other lines like
192.168.2.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 . . . . .
eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 . . . . . .
lo
If you see anything but eth0 or lo in the device column, that could
explain it. Otherwise look for a typo in:
/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo
A common mistake is to make a file like 'ifcfg-eth0.bak' in the
network-scripts directory. That confuses redhat, so if you have any other
files in network-scripts that start with 'ifcfg', delete them or move them
to another directory.
When testing your own network, be sure to always include a -n to the ping
command.
- Dan White
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB AWE64
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 01:18:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Okay.. I think I have tried everything to get this sound card working in
> Mandrake 7.0. I have edited my isapnp.conf file, rebuilt the kernel
> with support for the right components (according to the AWE32/64 HOWTO),
> physically moved the sound card to another location and probably a bunch
> of other stuff that I already forgot that I did.
>
> When I type "isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf" I get an error that says the
> device is busy. It says I can't use IRQ 5 because that is already used.
> But every where I look, IRQ 5 is assigned to "soundblaster"
>
> I did try changing the IRQ to 9, but then I got the error "/dev/dsp
> device does not exist." Why am I getting this error, and how do I fix
> it?
By default, if you have a /etc/isapnp.conf file, it gets read on bootup
automatically. So if you're running isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf again, you
will see some errors. Try this:
rm /etc/isapnp.conf
rm /etc/isapnp.gone
Reboot
pnpdump -c > /etc/isapnp.conf
isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf (you won't need to run it again (if it
works))
Plug the values you get into modprobe sb.
If the IRQ you get still seems to conflict, try setting it to 'Legacy
ISA' in the BIOS.
- Dan White
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer problems
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 01:24:34 GMT
In article <LMf36.24719$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ben Hearsum"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My HP Deskjet 712c doesn't seem to work correctly. I have tried
> different installing it as all of the HP drivers, a text-only printer,
> and a postscript printer. Still nothing. It detects my printer when i
> try to install it but still nothing. I'm not sure what the problem is
> at all. Help....?
I recently had a run in with a Deskjet on a Bebian system. After looking
through the logs in /var/log/lp* I discovered that you have to install a
djtools package. Perhaps that's your problem. If not, look through your
logs files for more specific errors.
- Dan White
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From: "Phil O. Nous, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem reading windows-created CD-RW
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 01:57:22 GMT
Help!
I made a CD-RW full of my favorite mp3s using a friend's internet
connection (and windows machine). Adaptec Easy CD creator 4.5, I
think. Problem is, I can't read it on my linux laptop. I'm running
SuSE 7.0 on a Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop, got both GNOME and KDE2, and
I've tried every mount / umount trick in the how-tos but I still can't
get any files off the CD.
Computers running windows can read the CD fine, though. I figure it's
got to be a vfat filesystem, but I'm out of ideas. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
Hylas
(got a shot of my desktop on bb.themes.org)
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