Linux-Hardware Digest #343, Volume #14 Wed, 14 Feb 01 03:13:03 EST
Contents:
Can I use my ATA/100 hard drive with my ATA/66 controller motherboard? ("Mordak")
PCI graphics card for linux and NT 4.0 (Ethan VonderWeid)
Re: Getting a faster IDE controller ("D. Stimits")
nvidia card and monitor despair ("E")
2.4.0 scsi warning message: resize_dma_pool (Bird Chen)
2.4.0: another scsi strange message. (Bird Chen)
Re: Can I use my ATA/100 hard drive with my ATA/66 controller motherboard? (Harsh
Strider)
Re: PCI graphics card for linux and NT 4.0 ("Mordak")
Kernel call traces and Kernel mem-info. (Walter Francis)
Re: XBox - a Linux port ? (John Wheeler)
hammerfall help! ("Greg Wilder")
Linux support for Intel Wireless Anypoint USB Transceiver? (Jorge)
ad1816a sound chip configuration (Michael V.Obodnikov)
Re: RH7/3Com and 3Com Mini PCI Ethernet adapter ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Can I use my ATA/100 hard drive with my ATA/66 controller (Federico Bravo)
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From: "Mordak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Can I use my ATA/100 hard drive with my ATA/66 controller motherboard?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 05:15:42 GMT
Hi all,
I just purchased a new 60GB Western Digital HD. It's an ATA/100 IDE drive
and
I want to run it on my motherboards (Tyan Trinity S2380 and a Athlon 650)
ATA/66 controller - is this possible? I know an older drive can run on a
newer controller but I'm unsure about it the other way.
Also, will SuSE 7.0/7.1 Pro have a problem with it? I plan on having it set
up to have SuSE, FreeBSD, and Peanut Linux running on it to start and then I
plan on adding Slackware and Debian in a couple of months.
I guess I will be surprised if the answer is no with the backward
compatibility issue. I do have a CMD ATA/100 PCI Card but I don't believe it
has any Linux drivers at this point. At least not that I have found.
Thanks,
Mordak
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From: Ethan VonderWeid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI graphics card for linux and NT 4.0
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:19:19 -0800
greetings,
I'm looking for recommendations for a PCI-based graphics card for a
couple of workstations. they both have identical hardware; one is
running NT 4.0 workstation and the other is running Red Hat 6.0.
ideally, I'd like to find a single card type that will work on either
machine. currently, both machines are using the woefully underpowered 4
MB graphics card that's built into the motherboard.
the primary use of the card will be for hi-res (1600x1200) 2D stuff -
compilers, web surfing, and that sort of thing. since I have to stare
at it all day, something with a good refresh rate is a must.
someone had suggested I look into 3dfx's Voodoo3 series, but I've been
having trouble locating docs that tell me what OSs are supported for the
various cards within that series. if it matters, I'm looking to spend
around $150 or less per card.
any suggestions?
e
(btw, to reply directly to me via email please use:
ethan(at)vonderweid(dot)com)
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 22:19:11 -0700
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Getting a faster IDE controller
"Eric P. McCoy" wrote:
>
> Dave McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Or remove the load from your system. Look into one of the IDE RAID cards
> > from 3ware. Just not sure of their stance on 2.4.
>
> That would frag the software-RAID setup I have currently. I have
> little or no desire to wipe out about 36GB of data.
>
> --
> Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
> absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
> spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
Software raid can actually beat hardware raid in some cases where the
cpu(s) is (are) fast enough. Software raid has a strong dependency on
cpu capacity, and it sounds like your cpu's might not be up to the job
for that portion. You might consider a newer dual cpu board if you want
to keep the raid...others have stated cpu might be a part of the problem
here already. Just don't get the i840 chipset; you can find some very
inexpensive and NICE BX chipset boards out there now for PIII's that
would probably have a significant impact on the software raid, and give
room for other things to improve as well.
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From: "E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: nvidia card and monitor despair
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 22:27:43 -0800
I have, I think, an NVidia Vanta card, and cannot get it configured properly
for RedHat. Since I don't see the card listed by name, I have made several
mostly randome choices when choosing a card. The closest match is "STB
nvidia ...". This did not work. Does anyone know what I should choose.
My monitor is not listed either. I have a Pixie with horizontal sync is TTL
Positive/Negative and Vert. Snyc is the same. My bandwidth is 85 Mhz (-3dB)
if that helps.
I cannot get my monitor/card configured. Originally, I could see nothing by
text that is white--all other colors were rendered black. Now my text seems
to have colors, but the font is literally at about 72 font in X. The
command line seems to be OK.
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From: Bird Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.4.0 scsi warning message: resize_dma_pool
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 13:13:00 +0800
Hi,
Recently I upgrade my kernel to 2.4.0. And I notice some message which
I haven't noticed before.
__alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed.
scsi::resize_dma_pool: WARNING, dma_sectors=736, wanted=49840, scaling
__alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed.
scsi::resize_dma_pool: WARNING, dma_sectors=736, wanted=37392, scaling
The message is just like the one above. And sometimes "not enough
memory" will also show up. Is there anything I can do? Tuning the kernel
parameter? I tried to look it up in the Howto and search internet page
but in vain.
Thanks for help.
Bird Chen
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From: Bird Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.4.0: another scsi strange message.
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 13:15:31 +0800
Hi,
Here is another message.
sym53c875E-0-<6,1>: sync msgout: 1-3-1-0-0.
sym53c875E-0-<6,1>: sync msg in: 1-3-1-19-0.
sym53c875E-0-<6,1>: sync: per=0 scntl3=0x0 scntl4=0x0 ofs=0 fak=7 chg=0.
sym53c875E-0-<6,1>: sync msgout: 1-3-1-0-0.
sym53c875E-0-<6,1>: sync msg in: 1-3-1-19-0.
sym53c875E-0-<6,1>: sync: per=0 scntl3=0x0 scntl4=0x0 ofs=0 fak=7 chg=0.
The kernel is 2.4.0 and the message comes from when I backup the
system with a DDS3 drive and the tape drive is connected on the
Sym53c8xx scsi card.
Any comments?
Bird Chen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harsh Strider)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can I use my ATA/100 hard drive with my ATA/66 controller motherboard?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 05:47:22 GMT
You should have no problem. The HDD will just run a ATA/66 speed. I
run a ATA/66 HDD on a ATA/33 controler and have no problem. Also an
interestng side note is that, according to Anandtech.com there is all
most no speed difference between and ATA/100 and ATA/66 drives and
ATA/66 and ATA/33 drives.
Peace,
Harsh Strider
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 05:15:42 GMT, "Mordak"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>I just purchased a new 60GB Western Digital HD. It's an ATA/100 IDE drive
>and
>I want to run it on my motherboards (Tyan Trinity S2380 and a Athlon 650)
>ATA/66 controller - is this possible? I know an older drive can run on a
>newer controller but I'm unsure about it the other way.
>
>Also, will SuSE 7.0/7.1 Pro have a problem with it? I plan on having it set
>up to have SuSE, FreeBSD, and Peanut Linux running on it to start and then I
>plan on adding Slackware and Debian in a couple of months.
>
>I guess I will be surprised if the answer is no with the backward
>compatibility issue. I do have a CMD ATA/100 PCI Card but I don't believe it
>has any Linux drivers at this point. At least not that I have found.
>Thanks,
>Mordak
>
>
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From: "Mordak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI graphics card for linux and NT 4.0
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 06:22:52 GMT
Here's some Linux 3dfx links.
http://linux.3dfx.com/
http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/xf3D/howto/3Dfx-HOWTO.html
For what it's worth, I have an nVidia 32MB AGP card and it was supported
fine under SuSE 7.0 with the 2.2.16 Kernel.
There's also a 3dfx news group for linux as well: 3dfx.glide.linux
I also have an expensive VooDoo 5500 AGP 64MB and it too has special
drivers. It was however, a pain to set up.
Good luck,
Mordak
P.S. The nVidia card was $129.95 at CompUSA 4 months ago probably nearer to
$100.00 now.
"Ethan VonderWeid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
| greetings,
|
| I'm looking for recommendations for a PCI-based graphics card for a
| couple of workstations. they both have identical hardware; one is
| running NT 4.0 workstation and the other is running Red Hat 6.0.
| ideally, I'd like to find a single card type that will work on either
| machine. currently, both machines are using the woefully underpowered 4
| MB graphics card that's built into the motherboard.
|
| the primary use of the card will be for hi-res (1600x1200) 2D stuff -
| compilers, web surfing, and that sort of thing. since I have to stare
| at it all day, something with a good refresh rate is a must.
|
| someone had suggested I look into 3dfx's Voodoo3 series, but I've been
| having trouble locating docs that tell me what OSs are supported for the
| various cards within that series. if it matters, I'm looking to spend
| around $150 or less per card.
|
| any suggestions?
|
| e
|
| (btw, to reply directly to me via email please use:
| ethan(at)vonderweid(dot)com)
|
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From: Walter Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Kernel call traces and Kernel mem-info.
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 06:25:38 GMT
I have recently begun seeing the following on my 2.4.2-pre kernel, I'd
like to know if it's a possible kernel bug or more? I'm inclined to
believe it's a kernel bug, as it also seems to Oops or Panic once a
week.
Under 2.2.18 the same exact configuration ran for three months without a
hitch. Below are the log entries.
Thanks for any comments!
Feb 13 20:27:55 cygnus kernel: Call Trace: [context_thread+265/428]
[empty_bad_page+0/4096]
[empty_bad_page+0/4096] [kernel_thread+35/48]
Feb 13 20:27:55 cygnus kernel: Call Trace: [schedule_timeout+115/148]
[process_timeout+0/72]
[interruptible_sleep_on_timeout+70/100] [kswapd+237/272]
[empty_bad_page+0/4096] [kernel_thread+35/48]
Feb 13 20:27:55 cygnus kernel: Call Trace: [ret_from_intr+0/32]
[interruptible_sleep_on+64/88] [kreclaimd+91/224]
[empty_bad_page+0/4096] [kernel_thread+35/48]
Feb 13 20:27:57 cygnus kernel: Call Trace: [context_thread+265/428]
[empty_bad_page+0/4096]
[empty_bad_page+0/4096] [kernel_thread+35/48]
Also, I've been seeing this in the logs occationally:
eb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: Mem-info:
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: Free pages: 13796kB ( 0kB
HighMem)
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: ( Active: 2183, inactive_dirty: 10674,
inactive_clean: 487, free: 3449 (383 766
1149) )
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: 166*4kB 84*8kB 58*16kB 7*32kB 2*64kB
0*128kB 2*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB =
3128kB)
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: 1087*4kB 608*8kB 27*16kB 2*32kB 1*64kB
1*128kB 1*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB =
10668kB)
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: = 0kB)
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: Swap cache: add 4591, delete 4091, find
171976/178608
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: Free swap: 129572kB
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: 49152 pages of RAM
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: 0 pages of HIGHMEM
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: 1384 reserved pages
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: 18967 pages shared
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: 500 pages swap cached
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: 0 pages in page table cache
Feb 13 20:18:45 cygnus kernel: Buffer memory: 11520kB
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: Mem-info:
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: Free pages: 13792kB ( 0kB
HighMem)
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: ( Active: 2185, inactive_dirty: 10673,
inactive_clean: 487, free: 3448 (383 766
1149) )
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: 166*4kB 84*8kB 58*16kB 7*32kB 2*64kB
0*128kB 2*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB =
3128kB)
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: 1086*4kB 608*8kB 27*16kB 2*32kB 1*64kB
1*128kB 1*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB =
10664kB)
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: = 0kB)
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: Swap cache: add 4591, delete 4091, find
171976/178608
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: Free swap: 129572kB
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: 49152 pages of RAM
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: 0 pages of HIGHMEM
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: 1384 reserved pages
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: 18967 pages shared
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: 500 pages swap cached
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: 0 pages in page table cache
Feb 13 20:18:48 cygnus kernel: Buffer memory: 11524kB
Sorry about the broken lines.
--
Walter Francis
http://theblackmoor.net Powered by Red Hat Linux 7.0
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From: John Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XBox - a Linux port ?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 06:31:47 GMT
John Silva wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> :> > After looking recently at the h/w specs on the Microsoft XBox gaming
> :> > station it seems like this would be a GREAT Linux box ... and if it
> :> > has a price tag like most game stations it would be a 'good buy'.
> :> >
> :> > So ... does this seem like a good target for a Linux port ?
>
> After posting this (and thinking about how great it would be to have
> MS h/w running non-MS OS ;-) I thought about this as a general case;
> has anyone ported Linux to ANY of the game console boxes ? In general
> these games boxes are 'cheap' (less then $250), have DVD's built in,
> and screaming graphics chipsets - imagine a PS-2 (if you can get one)
> running Linux ...
>
> JohnS
there was an article at www.linuxnewbie.org where someone imbedded linux on a
dreamcast. had pictures and everything. don't know if it is still there, but
it might be with a search
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From: "Greg Wilder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hammerfall help!
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 06:29:34 GMT
I wonder if anyone has any ideas that could help me out of a jam.
I'm running RH 7.0 on a 900Mhz Athalon with 512MB of ram and I'm trying to
get my new RME hammerfall sound card to run with the newest alsa driver --
0.5.10b. Everything compiles, the driver loads, and aplay appears to play
soundfiles, BUT there is no sound output. I know the card hardware works
because I have recently used it under windows NT.
In trying to diagnose the problem, I found that my SCSI controller card is
using the same IRQ as the hammerfall. This happens no matter how I set up
the IRQs assigned by BIOS. If the hammerfall gets IRQ 9, then so does the
SCSI card etc.
Any ideas as to why I'm getting no sound?
Any thoughts on the IRQ conflicts?
Many thanks in advance -
Greg Wilder
tel: 716.461.0921
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web: http://www.gregwilder.com
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From: Jorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Linux support for Intel Wireless Anypoint USB Transceiver?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 07:47:10 GMT
Hello,
Does anyone here know if Intel's Wireless Anypoint USB Network Transceiver
is supported in Linux? If it is, where can I find the information to set it up?
Thanks.
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From: Michael V.Obodnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ad1816a sound chip configuration
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 10:55:08 +0300
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi All
I have HP kayak XA with Mandrake 7.2 installed
HP have on-board soundcard with chip 1816a
I tried to use sndconf utility and specify ad1816 chipset
during reboot I had
Feb 12 10:10:45 ctspc7 kernel: ad1816: AD1816 sounddriver Copyright (C)
1998 by Thorsten Knabe
Feb 12 10:10:45 ctspc7 kernel: ad1816: $Header:
/home/tek/CVSROOT/sound22/ad1816.c,v 1.3 1999/04/18 16:41:41 tek Exp $
Feb 12 10:10:45 ctspc7 kernel: ad1816: io=0x220, irq=5, dma=1, dma2=0,
clockfreq=33000, options=0 isadmabug=0
Feb 12 10:10:45 ctspc7 kernel: ad1816: detect(220)
Feb 12 10:10:45 ctspc7 kernel: ad1816: Chip is not an AD1816 or chip is not
active (Test 0)
Feb 12 10:10:45 ctspc7 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/ad1816.o:
init_module: Device or resource busy
Feb 12 10:10:45 ctspc7 insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by
incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
Feb 12 10:10:45 ctspc7 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/ad1816.o:
insmod sound-slot-0 failed
Now I changed module to snd-ad1816a
but still have a problem
Feb 14 10:33:09 ctspc7 modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-ad1816a.o:
Feb 14 10:33:09 ctspc7 modprobe: invalid parameter parm_io
Feb 14 10:33:09 ctspc7 modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-ad1816a.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-ad1816a.o failed
Feb 14 10:33:09 ctspc7 modprobe:
/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/alsa/snd-ad1816a.o: insmod snd-card-ad1816a failed
Feb 14 10:33:09 ctspc7 sound: Loading sound module (snd-card-ad1816a)
failed
/etc/modules.conf:
alias eth0 pcnet32
alias usb-interface usb-uhci
alias sound snd-card-ad1816a
alias sound-slot-0 snd-ad1816a
alias midi opl3
options sound dmabuf=1
options opl3 io=0x388
options snd-ad1816a io=0x500 irq=5
Have somebody any idea how to configure this card
Thanks a lot
Mike
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,redhat.networking.general
Subject: Re: RH7/3Com and 3Com Mini PCI Ethernet adapter
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:44:03 +0100
In comp.os.linux.hardware [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:04:24 -0800, "Guillermo Auad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>>I have RHat 7.0 installed on my IBM thinkpad and when I type
>>
>>% ifconfig eth0 (or eth1)
>>
>>it does not find the card. The card, a 3Com 10/100 PCI Mini Ethernet
>>adapter works properly when I boot Windows 2000 on the same laptop.
What card? What are you talking about???? Laptops don't have "cards" in
the same way as desktops do. They have pcmcia sockets or cardbus
sockets. You need to install pcmcia drivers, and pcmcia tools, and so
on. Then you need to teach the system about your card if its not in the
database (it will be .. I have plenty of 3com pcmcia cards).
>>Any ideas? please, reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>thx.
> Yea.
> Run Windows instead of Linsux .
Doesn't work. Never "recognized" my 3c589. Was a thinkpad too! The
wizard was very helpful, but entirely wrong and most frustrating. After
three days of circles in windows, I finallyrealized that it was
speaking crap, ignored it, set irq and ioport the way I thought
it should be, having seen the linux data, and all worked. The wizard
was trying to set the card irq to the same irq that the pcmcia
controller was using.
> Or, do without your hardware like most Linux users.
Wrong way round.
Peter
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From: Federico Bravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can I use my ATA/100 hard drive with my ATA/66 controller
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:07:27 GMT
I currently use an ATA 100 HDD on ATA66 controller and RedHat 7.0. It works
fine.
About performance I can only say that I tried ATA66 and ATA100 running Windows
and I DID notice higher speed on ATA100. ( I think Windows sees ATA100 as SCSI,
by the way ).
Bye, Federico.
Mordak wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just purchased a new 60GB Western Digital HD. It's an ATA/100 IDE drive
> and
> I want to run it on my motherboards (Tyan Trinity S2380 and a Athlon 650)
> ATA/66 controller - is this possible? I know an older drive can run on a
> newer controller but I'm unsure about it the other way.
>
> Also, will SuSE 7.0/7.1 Pro have a problem with it? I plan on having it set
> up to have SuSE, FreeBSD, and Peanut Linux running on it to start and then I
> plan on adding Slackware and Debian in a couple of months.
>
> I guess I will be surprised if the answer is no with the backward
> compatibility issue. I do have a CMD ATA/100 PCI Card but I don't believe it
> has any Linux drivers at this point. At least not that I have found.
> Thanks,
> Mordak
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