Linux-Hardware Digest #310, Volume #14 Wed, 7 Feb 01 10:13:04 EST
Contents:
Geforce 256 DDR + Linux + driver ("A. Meijster")
Re: Geforce 256 DDR + Linux + driver (Chris)
Re: Filesystem transfer to new disk ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: English: Lucent Winmodem ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Help needed for Linux X configuration with ATI Rage Mobility-M (Luca Fini)
Re: No Dialtone, Please help ("Tor Harald Thorland")
Re: Help needed for Linux X configuration with ATI Rage Mobility-M (Chris)
Re: ati or matrox ("Thomas Thorsen")
Problem with big disks (Peter Bruelemans)
Help: ISA internal modem (=?utf-8?B?44Ki44GN44KJ?=)
AVM Fitz PCI (V2.0) and SUSE 7.0 (Max)
getting tv to work with mandrake 7.2 ("Rishabh Gupta")
Re: No Dialtone, Please help (Harold Stevens ** PLEASE SEE SIG **)
Help: Promise ATA100: Possible? (Dave Gough)
Re: Filesystem transfer to new disk (Chris Elvidge)
Re: ati or matrox ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Filesystem transfer to new disk (Juergen Sauer)
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From: "A. Meijster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Geforce 256 DDR + Linux + driver
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 11:19:42 +0100
Hi all,
I downloaded the Nvidia driver (0.96) and GLX libs for kernels >=2.2.12 and
Xfree >= 4.0.1.
I have an SMP box (2 cpu's) and a Geforce 256 DDR. I compiled the
driver and get a module 'NVdriver' without problems. However, if I
load it in the kernel (insmod) and try to start X the system
says it cannot open /dev/nvidia0 (although it exists major=195/minor=0),
and if I try to do this again my system freezes completely: not even a blue
screen ;-)
I tried many combinations of kernels and X:
kernels : 2.2.12 2.2.17 2.2.18 (SMP and no SMP)
2.4.0 however, in this case I could not compile the driver!
X: 4.0.1 4.0.2
I also tried older nvidia drivers (0.95), but also that doesn't work.
Anyone got this video card to work?
I really need hardware accelerated openGL, so don't tell me
to use the "nv" driver that comes with XFree, since that works
but is very slow.
Cheers,
Arnold ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Geforce 256 DDR + Linux + driver
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 10:45:49 +0000
A. Meijster wrote:
> I have an SMP box (2 cpu's) and a Geforce 256 DDR. I compiled the
> driver and get a module 'NVdriver' without problems. However, if I
> load it in the kernel (insmod) and try to start X the system
> says it cannot open /dev/nvidia0 (although it exists major=195/minor=0),
> and if I try to do this again my system freezes completely: not even a blue
> screen ;-)
Have you installed the GLX stuff as well? Have you tried fiddling with
the AGP settings (have a look at the FAQ on nvidia's site). And you are
compiling it from the tarballs aren't you, not the rpms?
Chris
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Filesystem transfer to new disk
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:49:34 +0100
In comp.os.linux.hardware Juergen Sauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pavan Burbure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
>> $ tar cf - /bin | tar xf - -C /mnt/newsys
> No, not as good. Tar Handles File Acess|Modify times not good,
Try the "p" option to tar.
> Tar has got problems with special Files (dev, proc, pipes, fifo, etc)
It does not. I promise you .. I do all my machine copies this way.
> Better is to use find & cpio like this:
> find / -not -ipath '/mnt/newsys' | cpio -pdmv /mnt/newsys
To be frank, this maybe will work but it is a bit of overkill, and the
cpio options as always are incomprehensible. Don't you need to take
them into, and the out of, cpio format somewhere in taht pipe!
> "-not -ipath '/mnt/newsys'" makes sure not to copy it's destination.
> mfG
Why would one? Oh, I see.
Anyway, the canonical incantation for tar is
tar cpvlfC - / . | tar xpvlfC - /mnt
but there was noting wrong with "cp" or "rsync" either!
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: English: Lucent Winmodem
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 11:06:12 GMT
Andreas Nauerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've got a Lucent Winmodem in an IBM Thinkpad 570.
> Normally winmodem don't work under Linux, but especially for this modem from
> Lucent there exists an driver.
Yes, the ltmodem.o.
> Can anybody help me, I can't get it working.
Show us what you have done, and what error messages you get.
Peter
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From: Luca Fini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Help needed for Linux X configuration with ATI Rage Mobility-M
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:30:03 +0100
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Jeroen de Vries wrote:
> I have a NEC Versa Note VXi laptop with an ATI Rage Mobility-M PCI 4MB
> graphics card.
>
> I have 2 distributions Mandrake 7.0 and Red Hat 6.0, with both distri's
> Linux works fine except for X. I can't get X configured for my video card.
> NEC is not supporting Linux and ATI is not supporting their cards in
> laptops.
I have a Compaq Armada which happens to have an ATI Rage Mobility P/M and
X works perfectly with RedHat 7.0.
I don't know Mandrake 7.0, but RedHat 6.0 is definitely too old to support
that board. I think I remember you need at least XFree86 3.6.6
You have two options:
1. upgrade to RedHat 7.0 (which has Xfree 4.0.1a)
2. get XFree86 3.3.6 at http://www.xfree86.org (note: you should only need
the server XF86_Mach64) and put it in place of the previous X server.
It is in: /usr/X11R6/bin/.
Good luck
l.f.
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From: "Tor Harald Thorland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: No Dialtone, Please help
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 11:47:46 GMT
Dan Kulpa wrote in message ...
>From what I've heard, ISA cards can sometimes cause problems under Linux.
>Try a PCI card.
But, my card was up and running under mandrake 6......
But I have installed linux again, and now i can't make it work.
All the drivers are installed, and linux find's my card.
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From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Help needed for Linux X configuration with ATI Rage Mobility-M
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 11:58:04 +0000
Or get Mandrake 7.2, that comes with 4.0.1
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From: "Thomas Thorsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ati or matrox
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:44:46 +0100
Hello
I recently installet Storm Linux, but i can only get the x server running,
with the xf86_vga16 driver, which only supports 640x480 4 bit color. Ati's
website states that my Ati Rage Pro 128 is supported by www.xfree86.org but
i can't find the correct driver there. I have also tried xf86_svga and
xf86_r128 , no luck whatso ever. Can anybody help me unleash the true power
of my graphics adaptor?
-Thomas
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i en meddelelse
news:95ptun$9e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I am getting a new graphic card but I cannot decide on ati or matrox for
> my linux/win9x box
>
> Questions:
> 1. which card gets better linux support, 2d/3d support?
> 2. does card w/ dvd acceleration combo offer better dvd performance over
> separate graphic + decoder cards?
>
> TIA
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
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From: Peter Bruelemans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with big disks
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 15:25:47 +0100
I run debian linux, kernel 2.2.14.
I use a promise ultra66 controller.
I installed 2 new disks (maxtor 60GB), but df says there is only 26GB of
free diskspace.
How can I resolve this?
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From: =?utf-8?B?44Ki44GN44KJ?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Help: ISA internal modem
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:34:55 +0900
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I recently installed Redhat Linux 7 on my computer but I was unable to set
up my ISA PnP internal modem(Wearnes MediaSurf 56K DSP, ESS chip).
I tried pnpdump, isapnp, setserial and modemconf but none seemed to work.
pnpdump -c>/etc/isapnp.cof; isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf generated a check error
but I was able to let it pass if I delete the "(CHECK)"'s. Nevertheless I
could not see that the designated irq and ports are utilized and setserial
failed.
I think my modem is not a winmodem so there should be a way to correctly set
it up. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks a lot.
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From: Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AVM Fitz PCI (V2.0) and SUSE 7.0
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 14:52:00 +0100
Hello,
i have Problems with my ISDN-Card (AVM Fritz PCI (V2.0)) and SUSE 7.0
(HiSax can not initializied the Card).
With the AVM Fritz PCI (V1.0) i have no Problems.
Can anybody help me ??
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From: "Rishabh Gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: getting tv to work with mandrake 7.2
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 14:40:57 -0000
Hi All,
I just installed linux mandrake 7.2 on my computer and trying to get it
to work with my hauppauge wintv card. I've tried both kwintv and xawtv. In
both cases as soon as I start the software, my computer freezes. I can't
even use ctrl-alt-del. Could anyone tell me what is wrong with the system. I
use only the drivers that come default with mandrake. The problem is that I
have a lot of hardware in my computer (scsi, dvd, cdrw, modem, network ,
graphics, sound card), I don't know if that makes any difference.
Could somebody tell me what is wrong with my setup, any help would be
greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks
Rishabh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harold Stevens ** PLEASE SEE SIG **)
Subject: Re: No Dialtone, Please help
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 14:45:37 GMT
In <CBag6.3460$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tor Harald Thorland:
[Snip...]
|> But, my card was up and running under mandrake 6......
I think you mentioned it work{s,ed} with 'Doze, too. You might not think so
at this time, but that's great news, actually. It cuts your work in half if
not more.
|> But I have installed linux again, and now i can't make it work.
Not too much to work with, but here's my shot in the dark.
When you say install, I take it you wipe your disk, and start over. In such
situations, your entire /dev tree is remade along with everything else.
If this card has not been moved or abused, then the most logical cause is a
recent install clobbered the logical device link (/dev/modem). Now, I'm not
at all familiar with the prepacked dialup utilities (kppp, etc.) since it's
easier for me to know what the remote system wants and work from there. But
I bet many of them ask you if you want a /dev/modem linked to your the real
modem device (/dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, ...). If not, then you've got to tell
*any* dialup utility where the real modem is, directly (no logical link).
Any prepackaged dialup utility should do this; maybe not in this case. That
means you need to rerun that part of thia install if possible, or define it
yourself if not.
|> All the drivers are installed, and linux find's my card.
Not sure what "find's my card" means; what matters is the modem device.
Get the ttyS part, or reboot and grep through a dmesg session for it.
It is essentially the fix. Find out what *device* it needs (ttyS0, ...) and
make sure your dialup package knows that. If the dialup package insists you
use only the logical link (/dev/modem) then do so with something like
rm -f /dev/modem
ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem
or (instead of ttyS0) whatever "the drivers" imply.
HTH, YMMV, etc....
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Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 08:47:25 -0500
From: Dave Gough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help: Promise ATA100: Possible?
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Howdy. I'm slowly trying to sneak Linux into the workplace under the
ever vigilant eyes of my employer, and while he likes the price (free,
mostly) he has a few concerns about the differences between *nix and NT.
(He's just recently decided to go from '98 to NT; we can't really get
away from Bill's products as National Instruments' products Labview and
Teststand aren't ported over.) But, at least, I've convinced him that an
entry level file server option is Linux... he's going with it, but I've
got one slight problem.
I'm planning on building the box with a Promise Technologies UltraATA
100 card (not the Fasttrak100 or a heavier model; we don't need all the
extra features at this point). Promise has got RH6.2/7.0 drivers on
their support site, but only for the Fasttrak models, and I can tell you
that this doesn't play well with the install of Redhat 7.0. (The distro
I chose to go with, for a variety of different reasons.) Has anyone
gotten a Promise PCI Ultra100 controller to work, and if so, how is the
most efficient way of going about getting it there?
Somethings to keep in mind: I'm not a *nix expert; I've got some
knowledge, but I can't write a device driver and I'm only mildly skilled
with C and Perl; working inside the kernel is something I'll think about
in a year or two. The box I have to work with, outside of the controller
card and accompanying card, is as follows:
Gateway GP6 with:
Intel i810 integrated graphics & sound
Celeron (oi. I'm already trying to convince him to get a real processor)
at 566MHZ
256 MB DRAM
Token mouse and keyboard, and the attendant EV910b monitor.
I've noticed some posts referring to an IDE parameter trick, as well as
the 2.4 test kernels, but haven't seen anything fairly straight forward
in the linux doc pages I've seen. Also, I've yet to hear back from
Promise, which is something else I understand is fairly common.
In any case, if you could help or point me at some info that would
simplify things, please respond here or at my email. Viva la
penguinistas.
Someday, I hope to get the email and web server inhouse on linux
boxes... something to shoot for.
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System Administrator
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W. Melbourne, FL 32904
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From: Chris Elvidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Filesystem transfer to new disk
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 18:50:22 +0400
Jeff Moore wrote:
>
> I just bought a new hard disk and I am wondering how is the best way to
> copy my old system to it completely.
> I can install the new disk as a second disk and mount the partitions,
> but how do I copy the important files to it so they are intact, and in
> the right place.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Jeff Moore
Instal new disk as slave
Boot from a floppy (boot and root)
Partition and make file systems on new disk - make sure partition
numbers match old disk
Mount original disk on (e.g) /mnt
mkdir /newmnt
Mount new disk on /newmnt
cp -dpvR /mnt /newmnt
Run lilo -r /newmnt
Edit /newmnt/etc/fstab if neccessary
Halt
Switch disks (master for slave)
Reboot
If it works OK.
If something has gone wrong (doesn't it always), you can always go back
to the original config by reswitching master for slave.
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ati or matrox
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 14:52:02 GMT
Hi,
I have a integrated ATI rage pro turbo w/ Redhat 6.2. I recall I had to
get Xfree 4 and untar it to get the Xconfigurator to tune the config
file correctly to hi resolution.
In article <Oyag6.573$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Thomas Thorsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I recently installet Storm Linux, but i can only get the x server
running,
> with the xf86_vga16 driver, which only supports 640x480 4 bit color.
Ati's
> website states that my Ati Rage Pro 128 is supported by
www.xfree86.org but
> i can't find the correct driver there. I have also tried xf86_svga and
> xf86_r128 , no luck whatso ever. Can anybody help me unleash the true
power
> of my graphics adaptor?
>
> -Thomas
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:95ptun$9e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am getting a new graphic card but I cannot decide on ati or matrox
for
> > my linux/win9x box
> >
> > Questions:
> > 1. which card gets better linux support, 2d/3d support?
> > 2. does card w/ dvd acceleration combo offer better dvd performance
over
> > separate graphic + decoder cards?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
>
>
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: Juergen Sauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Filesystem transfer to new disk
Date: 7 Feb 2001 13:37:47 GMT
Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
am Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:49:34 +0100 in comp.os.linux.hardware:
>> Tar has got problems with special Files (dev, proc, pipes, fifo, etc)
> It does not. I promise you .. I do all my machine copies this way.
I do a try ... never stop learning ;->
Tried that last before years ...
>> Better is to use find & cpio like this:
>> find / -not -ipath '/mnt/newsys' | cpio -pdmv /mnt/newsys
> To be frank, this maybe will work but it is a bit of overkill, and the
> cpio options as always are incomprehensible. Don't you need to take
> them into, and the out of, cpio format somewhere in taht pipe!
As incompatibel options as with tar or cp ... each util has got much
development over the last 10 years ;->
I use the "find | cpio" construct since AIX 3.1.92 and SunOS 3 (10 years ago),
it does still work like a charm on the same way ...
[...]
> but there was noting wrong with "cp" or "rsync" either!
As you told the options are changing over the years ...
With a little "reading the fine manual" ist's no problem to uses each
util for the job.
But why change, if there ist a way to to since the last deccade ... ;->>
mfG
Jojo
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