Linux-Hardware Digest #326, Volume #14 Sun, 11 Feb 01 00:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: 0x3805 ("Peter T. Breuer")
external modem ("Dave")
Re: Linux running hotter than 98SE (William Daffer)
Re: external modem ("Dave")
Re: external modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: external modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: external modem ("Dave")
Re: Please Help: NIC & IDE2 (Tim Moore)
Re: hdparm -t "reference values" (Tim Moore)
Zip 100 Plus on Redhat 6.2 (Eric Holbrook)
Re: fdisk -> core dumped (Tim Moore)
Re: Linux with Abit KT7 & AMD Duron (Bill & Avis)
Re: Please Help: NIC & IDE2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help ! Problems with linux and hard drive controller ("Max A. Krasilnikov")
Re: Sound card DMA & Mem. Address? ("Max A. Krasilnikov")
Re: external modem ("Heath Doane")
Re: Vid card upgrade cuases loss of Linux ("Heath Doane")
Re: Vortex2 Soundcard under RedHat 6.2!! ("jujubeesRULE")
Re: Nvidia's TwinView and Xinerama? ("jujubeesRULE")
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: 0x3805
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 00:00:10 +0100
In comp.os.linux.hardware lunatic fringe <nospam@foryou!.com> wrote:
> My machine has 6 IDE controllers, and linux stops looking for drives after
That's virtually impossible .. you mean 6 disks and three controllers,
surely! Anyone with 6 ide conttollers is either a nutcase or an expert,
and possibly both.
> only 4. I want my root partition to be on the hard drive that is on the
Yes .. yawn. This is well known. See the BootPrompt-HOWTO for the
appropriate incantation.
> "fifth" controller (as linux sees them).
Third. Fifth disk.
But surely its a udma controller in that case? So do you have support
for it in your kernel? I strongly doubt it!
> However, DrakX is bent on placing lilo on the MBR of hde (what linux sees as
So don't use it. You do what you like. Run lilo yourself. Edit the
/etc/lilo.conf file to taste.
> I used vi to edit the lilo.conf that is on hdi5 and set root=/dev/hdi5
hdi? i? DOn't you mean e or g? Oh well, if you know what you are doing ...
> Then I type lilo -r /mnt/hdd (with hdd being where I mounted hdi5) and I get
> the message:
... and you do, more or less.
> "Fatal: Sorry! I don't know what to do with unknown device 0x3805"
hde is major 33 (i.e. 0x21??). hdg is major 34 (i.e. 0x22). hdi
is indeed major 56 (i.e. 0x38??).
> Julie was clever enough to note that 0x3805 converted to decimal is 56 5
> (the major and minor device node numbers that I specify to create hdi5).
Except that I would guess that you mean hde.
> When I run lilo again and add the -v switch, it doesn't report the error
> until it gets to the /mnt/hdd/boot/boot.b file (or /boot/boot.b, depending
> on your perspective). It is accessing the boot sector of hdi5 just fine.
Apparently the boot loader doesn't think it can boot from the sixth
(ha!) ide controller. I don't blame it. Shouldn't one be using a chain
loader by that time? Bioses can't normally boot such things. But I
would suspect that your kernel simply does not have any support for
that device.
> It is worth noting that hdi and hdk are connected to a controller card that
> is in a PCI slot in the machine. It is a Promise Ultra100 ATA100
> controller, which has known issues with linux, but I presumably have them
> kicked by following the advice given to me by some kind soul who works for
> MandrakeSoft.
> SO:
> How do I get past this 0x3805 device error?
> It shouldn't, but could it be related to my Ultra100 IDE controllers?
Of course. Add support for it to your kernel.
Peter
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From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: external modem
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 23:17:02 GMT
Ok. I broke down and bought an external modem. I made sure it could be
connected to a serial port before I bought it, unfortunately the cord that
came with the modem was to big for my serial port, so it is on the parrallel
port. The documentation that came with it only tells how to set it up in
windows. I am using Redhat 5.2 and the modem is: Compaq Microcom 510 56k
External Fax Modem. How do I set this up? Linux unleashed makes a brief
reference to the parallel port but it is talking about a printer. I was
messing around and thought it might be as simple as linking the /dev/modem
to /dev/par2. OOPS! I did the command backwards the first time and then
redid it the right way. What I now have is:
modem -> /dev/par2 and par2 -> dev/modem. How do I fix this?
Thanks,
Dave
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Subject: Re: Linux running hotter than 98SE
From: William Daffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 23:37:30 GMT
"Anthony Pioli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Under 'doze my system idles at around 30 C. Under linux, with no system
> > activity, idle is around 48 C. Load under both OS is around 54 C.
>
>
> Silly question - how did you get this info? I just got a KT7A board
> and would like to find out the CPU temp also....
>
These instructions are for Redhat 7.0. YMMV!
Install lm_sensors.
rpm -q --whatprovides lm_sensors
lm_sensors-2.5.2-3
The man pages aren't all that informative, but the documentation
(usr/share/doc/lm_sensors-2.5.2) will tell you what you need to do,
after a fashion.
In particular:
Run 'sensors-detect' which will try to detect the sensors on your MB
and tell you what you have to do to which files (i.e. which modules
you need to load and in which files: rc.local and /etc/modules.conf,
as I recall) in order to provide sensing of the various quantities
on your MB. Once you do what it tells you...
You run 'sensors' to determine the current status.
All that it provides at the moment is a single text output per
invocation. You'll have to run it in a loop or provide some other
backend capability to watch the situation develop in real-time.
Be advised, there are reports of problems re: stability, linux and
lm_sensors on the BP6 board. (the KT7 is another Abit board, right?)
I just installed it yesterday, so I haven't any significant
experience to report, as yet, except that the quantities it reports
are in line with the quantities reported in the bios setup page that
reports such things, so it's getting the DN to engineering units
conversion right.
whd
--
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read
-- Groucho Marx
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From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: external modem
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 23:46:00 GMT
<snip>
> I was
> messing around and thought it might be as simple as linking the /dev/modem
> to /dev/par2. OOPS! I did the command backwards the first time and then
> redid it the right way. What I now have is:
> modem -> /dev/par2 and par2 -> dev/modem. How do I fix this?
>
I found that rm will remove a link, so I issued the command:
rm par2
now I dont have that anymore and I think I need it. In /dev I have par1 and
par2 which look like this:
crw-r----- 1 root daemon 6, 0 may 5 1998 par0
crw-r----- 1 root daemon 6, 1 may 5 1998 par1
How do I get par2 back so it looks like it did before I screwed it up?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: external modem
Date: 10 Feb 2001 23:48:24 GMT
Dave wrote on Sat, 10 Feb 2001 23:17:02 GMT:
> Ok. I broke down and bought an external modem. I made sure it could be
> connected to a serial port before I bought it, unfortunately the cord that
> came with the modem was to big for my serial port, so it is on the parrallel
> port.
The cable is most likely an 'old style' serial cable, and it does not
work in the parallel port. There are adaptors that allow you to connect
it to the serial port.
--
Mr Risto A. Paju ::: http://iki.fi/teknohog/
He was startled by more than the shaft of the need to do both him a
single sun or rather dull Red faces clearest world it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: external modem
Date: 11 Feb 2001 00:57:58 GMT
> How do I get par2 back so it looks like it did before I screwed it up?
Use the mknod command, and look at Documentation/devices.txt in the
Linux source directory for more info. Specifically, the command here is
mknod /dev/par2 c 99 2
Here c refers to a charecter (unbuffered) device (as opposed to buffered
block devices like disks), 99 is for parallel ports and 2 for the par2.
--
Mr Risto A. Paju ::: http://iki.fi/teknohog/
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From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: external modem
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 01:03:11 GMT
> The cable is most likely an 'old style' serial cable, and it does not
> work in the parallel port. There are adaptors that allow you to connect
> it to the serial port.
>
> --
The modem has a parallel port, it is made so you can use it wiht either a
parallel or serial. Why would a brand new modem have an old style serial
cable? How do I set up an external modem?
Dave
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From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please Help: NIC & IDE2
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 01:27:28 GMT
DECchip Tulip (dc21x4x) PCI support
CONFIG_DEC_ELCP
> The @Home cable person gave me a Kingston NIC (DEC 21041 chipset).
> It seems as though one can use either tulip or de4x5 driver for this.
--
timothymoore
bigfoot
com
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From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hdparm -t "reference values"
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 01:34:46 GMT
IBM 7200 RPM, Abit KA7, 2.2.19pre8, 2.2.18.1221 ide patch.
Always use "tT". hdparm(8)
[tim@abit tim]# hdparm -tT /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.76 seconds =168.42 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.80 seconds = 35.56 MB/sec
[tim@abit tim]# hdparm -iv /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc:
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 1 (on)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 39870/16/63, sectors = 40188960, start = 0
Model=IBM-DTLA-307020, FwRev=TX3OA50C, SerialNo=YH0YHF45553
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=40188960
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4 udma5
[tim@abit tim]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0391 (rev
02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 8391
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super] (rev
22)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev
10)
00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
(rev 30)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX (rev
20)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Savage 4 (rev 02)
--
timothymoore
bigfoot
com
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From: Eric Holbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip 100 Plus on Redhat 6.2
Date: 10 Feb 2001 19:35:19 -0600
I'm used to using my ZipPlus w/a scsi card on Slackware. Now i have to
run it via parallel port on Redhat 6.2 as well. Is there a nice,
friendly Redhat/MS way to do this w/out re-compiling the kernel like
I'm used to on Slack? It would sure be nice.
TIA,
Eric
--
Eric Holbrook [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fdisk -> core dumped
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 01:37:23 GMT
> [root@mysystem]# fdisk /dev/hdb
> Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or
> OSF disklab
> el
> Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
> until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous
> content won't be recoverable.
>
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
try cfdisk or sfdisk
--
timothymoore
bigfoot
com
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From: Bill & Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux with Abit KT7 & AMD Duron
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 20:51:59 -0500
On my K-7 / 750 with 256m of ram, it rocks!
Joachim Backhaus wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to build a system with an AMD Duron processor
> & an Abit KT 7 motherboard running under linux.
>
> Does anyone has some experience wether the Abit KT 7 works under linux?
>
> thanx in advance
> joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Please Help: NIC & IDE2
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 02:19:13 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> DECchip Tulip (dc21x4x) PCI support
> CONFIG_DEC_ELCP
sorry?
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: "Max A. Krasilnikov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help ! Problems with linux and hard drive controller
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 05:43:15 +0200
Hi All!!
Mark Bratcher wrote:
> In article <fFIg6.1341$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Williams wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I sold a laptop to a guy and when he bought it, it had linux on it. He
> >attempted to do a windows FDISK without deleting the Linux partitions and
> >got a message that there was no hard drive and now the system doesn't see
> >any hard drive. A computer tech told him he needed a new motherboard
> >because the IDE controller was bad and that the controller was integrated in
> >the motherboard. The thing is that the machine was working fine with linux
> >and it didn't have this problem until he tried to FDISK with a windows disk.
> >Dpes anyone have any insight? Please email me direct.
> >I will post the same request in the Windows NG's
> >Thanks
> >Mike
> >
>
> If he munged the partition table so that it won't boot off the hard
> drive it might appear that it can't find anything.
>
> Has he tried booting off of a floppy? (you didn't mention...)
>
> --
> Mark Bratcher
> Director of Software and Electrical Engineering
> Torrey Pines Research
> To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
It is some posibilities:
1. Use PQMagic-very clever program, may be it will se HDD
2. Use another mashine with Linux installed & try to use cfdisk or fdisk or...
3. Use Installation Disk of Linux: boot from it for installation & delete
partitions by fdisk or DiskDruid. After deleting create new DOS partitions,
press OK button and reboot.
Regards, Max
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From: "Max A. Krasilnikov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound card DMA & Mem. Address?
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 05:51:53 +0200
Hi All!!
tim wrote:
> How does one determine the DMA channel and memory address of one's sound
> card? My card is a Crystal CS4281, if that helps. Also, I am using W2K/W98
> for the moment.
>
> Thank you bunches!
You can see it in windows: control panel/system/devices/audio-,video-,game
controllers/Crystal CS4281 and press prorepties/resources
Regards,Max
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From: "Heath Doane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: external modem
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 04:16:48 GMT
Hi There.
To get it up and working right away, the easiest thing to do would be
going to your local Radio Shack or computer store, and getting the correct
serial cable for your PC - most likely a DB9 female at the computer end, and
then whatever your modem requires.
The argument for using the Parallel port is that the serial port tops out
at 115.2 kbps; the parallel port can go much faster (at a minimum twice the
speek - 230k +) - since at best case, your modem can transmit a 33.6k and
recieve at 53k, the serial port isn't really a bottleneck.
To get the modem working on the serial port, simply link /dev/modem to
/dev/ttyS01 or /dev/ttyS02 or whatever your serial port is (think COM under
windows, and subtract 1 - COM2 = /dev/ttyS01, and so on) - Fire up Minicom,
and type in 'at' and hit enter - should answer back with 'OK' If not,
verify that minicom is setup with the right port (minicom -s, as root)
I'm sure that it's possible to get the modem working on the parallel port
under linux, but it would be much more complicated - the parallel port is
historically used as an output only device; the bi-directional use of the
port is fairly new....
My advice, get the serial cable that you need, and fire it up that way -
near instant gratification.
As Always, MYYV...
Heath
"Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:OZjh6.357$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ok. I broke down and bought an external modem. I made sure it could be
> connected to a serial port before I bought it, unfortunately the cord that
> came with the modem was to big for my serial port, so it is on the
parrallel
> port. The documentation that came with it only tells how to set it up in
> windows. I am using Redhat 5.2 and the modem is: Compaq Microcom 510 56k
> External Fax Modem. How do I set this up? Linux unleashed makes a brief
> reference to the parallel port but it is talking about a printer. I was
> messing around and thought it might be as simple as linking the /dev/modem
> to /dev/par2. OOPS! I did the command backwards the first time and then
> redid it the right way. What I now have is:
> modem -> /dev/par2 and par2 -> dev/modem. How do I fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
>
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From: "Heath Doane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Vid card upgrade cuases loss of Linux
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 04:27:03 GMT
Hi There....
Gonna answer both questions at one shot....
For the modem, most likely your computer already has two serial ports (on
the MoBo) - Com1 & Com2 - if you don't disable COM 2 on the main port or IO
controller, then it will conflict with the modem, and neither will work
right. I'd suggest turning off the port on the mainboard - check out the
BIOS; probably under 'integrated peripherials' - and disable port 2 / com2 /
serial 2 or something to that effect.
Once that's done, link your modem device (/dev/modem) to the serial device
(/dev/ttyS1) - Fire up 'ol Minicom, and you should have a modem - Enter 'at'
and hit enter, should get 'OK' back.
As for the video card, the ATI AiW 128 is supported under current versions
of XFree; I'm not sure when exactly is got included, but as of RedHat 7.0
and Mandrake 7.1 it was there. At startup, if X comes up garbled, hit
"Ctrl-Alt-F1" to switch to a console, login as root, and run Xconfigurator.
Follow the prompts to re-configure your X setup... If you're running an
older version of X, you may need to upgrade to get the card support.
TV turner is supported, through the GATOS project - Website escapes me,
but I can usually find it by going to www.linuxlinks.com, and searching on
GATOS. ATI is not supported by video4linux, so vidcaps aren't working
(that I know of - if there's an ATI vidcap program, I'd love to know!)
Good luck, I have that card in my desktop machine - I've used ATI for 10
years, and always been happy.
YMMV -
Heath
"adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I use to have a 4MB Cirrus Logic vid card (5446 I think). Now I've got an
> ATI All-In-Wonder 128 (32MB). I run a dual boot, and ,of coarse, set
> Linux up with my old card. Now with my new card, I only get a Grey
> screen when Linux boots. How do I re-configure Linux to use my new card
> without reinstalling? Also, Does anyone know about the Video capture/TV
> Tuner capabilities w/Linux? Does It work? Are there any Drivers?
> By the way, I boot into xwindow. I assume I'll need to use the command
> prompt to reconfigure(?). How do you stop X from starting if it's already
> set to start automatically?
> Thanks a Million
> Adam T.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> --
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From: "jujubeesRULE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Vortex2 Soundcard under RedHat 6.2!!
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 04:43:30 GMT
In article <2Tfh6.12461$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Anders Mikaelsson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!! Does anybody know any Linux drivers or currently running a Aureal
> Vortex2 card that can give me some HELP setting the card in 6.2. I have
> tried "Sndconfig --noprobe" and set the right IRQ etc, but can't get it
> to work.
>
> Thankful for any suggestions or help!!
>
> /Anders M
>
http://sourceforge.net/projects/aureal
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From: "jujubeesRULE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Nvidia's TwinView and Xinerama?
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 04:54:04 GMT
In article <vEYg6.2214$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"YNH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been lookin all over for any info on usin TwinView in linux with
> Xinerama. Can anybody helo me with my quest?
>
> - YNH
>
>
Have you read the FAQ on nvidia's site
(http://www.nvidia.com/Products/OpenLinuxDwn.nsf/096readmefaq) and the
READMEs (esp TWINVIEW_README) that come with the NVIDIA_GLX and
NVIDIA_kernel packages? They have some pretty good info, at least in the
newest 0.9-6 ones.
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