Linux-Hardware Digest #359, Volume #14 Fri, 16 Feb 01 22:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: can't cat to /dev/lp0 (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Bass/Treble in Mixers Possible w/Soundblaster 16 PCI (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Fresh Newbie - Sound Card & Hardware Problems - Help! (Mark Bratcher)
harddrive setup question/controller warning message (Matt Garman)
Linux drivers for Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card (root)
Re: Should I abandon SCSI? (bgeer)
PCI Bridge Driver ("Ajit Sodhi")
Re: Speaker Recommendation: Good, Solid, Simple. (Marcelo Rodrigues)
Re: Linux support for USB mouse? ("dazer")
sbpcd configuration problem ("Hatem")
Re: Mandrake 7.2 and Trident 4DWave DX - no sound (Marcus Lauer)
Re: Should I abandon SCSI? (jtnews)
Re: Should I abandon SCSI? (jtnews)
Re: Fresh Newbie - Sound Card & Hardware Problems - Help! (Dances With Crows)
Re: Linux drivers for Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card (Dances With Crows)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: can't cat to /dev/lp0
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 01:07:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tom Law wrote:
>Mark Bratcher wrote:
>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tom Law wrote:
>> >Mark Bratcher wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tom Law wrote:
>> >> >I can't get my printer to print to my Canon BJC-2010 from either of my
>> >> >new RH6.2 installations: my router or my (dual-booting) laptop. The
>> >> >laptop WILL print to it when booted into Win98, and the router WILL
>> >> >print to it when I boot it from a Win98 hard drive. In both Win98s, the
>> >> >IRQ is automatically set to "7".
>> >> >The following info is also true for both machines:
>> >> >------------------
>> >> >- after booting up, there is nothing about parport or IRQ7 showing in
>> >> >the /proc directory.
>> >> >Is that normal?
>> >> >-------------------
>> >> >- But after I try a 'cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lp0' (which produces NO
>> >> >response from the printer), I _do_ find a /proc/parport directory, with
>> >> >an '0' directory, containing 4 entries. The 'hardware' entry shows
>> >> > base: 0x378
>> >> > irq: 7
>> >> > dma: none
>> >> > modes: SPP,PS2
>> >> >When I run 'dmesg', I see
>> >> > parport 0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [SPP,PS2]
>> >> > parport 0: Printer, Canon BJC-2000, and
>> >> > lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven)
>> >> >Does all that look reasonable? Or should there be a setting for the
>> >> >dma?
>> >> >--------------------
>> >> >My /etc/conf.modules file contains the lines
>> >> > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc and
>> >> > options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7,auto
>> >> >
>> >> >What should I now try? I've run out of ideas.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> In your "cat" test, try:
>> >>
>> >> echo -e "\f"
>> >>
>> >> Right after you execute your "cat" command.
>> >>
>> >> See if that works. If not, we'll have to think of something else :-/
>> >
>> >Thanks, but still no luck. I know I'm doing (or not doing) SOMETHING stupid,
>> >but I can't figure it out.
>> >I tried:
>> >echo -e "\f"
>> >echo -e "\f" > /dev/lp0
>> >echo -e \f > /dev/lp0
>> >echo -e '\f' > /dev/lp0
>> >(did a "cat testfile > /dev/lp0" before each one, too)
>> >
>>
>> Tom,
>> If anything would work, the echo -e "\f" should have done it.
>>
>> I'm not extremely familiar with the BJC-2010. I've read that the
>> BJC-2000 can be configured as if it were a BJC-600 under Linux.
>> That tells me that the BJC-2000 is not a Windows-only printer.
>> I'm assuming the BJC-2010 is basically the same thing but I
>> don't know 100% (perhaps a check of the Canon web site would
>> tell).
>
>I _used_ to be able to print to it, in a previous RH6.1 installation. But that
>was admittedly mostly printing from Windows, via Samba.
>
>> Anyway, does the printer accept a plain text file if you boot
>> into a DOS command prompt (assuming you're set up to do this)?
>
>I'll boot from a DOS floppy and try that.
>I'm no DOS-person, so I gotta ask: would I just type
>' type testfile > LPT: ' ?
>
You'd want "TYPE testfile > LPT1"
Or better: "PRINT testfile" if you have the full DOS loaded.
This will ensure that it ends in a form feed (without which there is
no guarantee the print will emerge unless testfile is more than
one page).
If you had it working with Samba before this thing should work for
you.
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: Bass/Treble in Mixers Possible w/Soundblaster 16 PCI
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 01:09:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Edward Westin wrote:
>I have an inexpensive Creative Soundblaster 16 PCI running w/Red Hat
>7.0 and Yamaha YSTM-50 (2 speakers woofer) but am unable to adjust
>treble at all). Is it possible at all to achieve this in linux???
>Would it become possible if I moved up to a Soundblaster live card?
>None of the 5 or so (including aumix) mixers in KDE or Gnome provide
>bass or treble controls.
>
>Any comments most welcome.
>
>Best,
>Ed Westin
Ed,
Does the SB16 PCI support tone control? I had an old 16-bit SB that
didn't. I moved "up" to a SoundBlaster PCI 512 which is very nice and
Linux gives it tone controls in the mixer.
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Mark Bratcher
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: Fresh Newbie - Sound Card & Hardware Problems - Help!
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 01:11:50 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Wyatt wrote:
>
[snip]
> I also cannot get any of my FAT32 drives to mount. This is probably
>the wrong command line but here's what I've tried.
>
>[root@linux root]# mount -t vfat /dev/hdc /mnt/win
>
>I've tried msdos and umsdos too. That will fire up the drive and give me
>a wrong file system error.
>(Does it have to mount to / ?)
[snip]
Your mount command looks correct. Are you sure you have VFAT file system
capability built into the kernel? What error messsage do you get when
you perform the mount command?
For the other items, I don't have any first hand help, but you might
check out www.linhardware.com.
--
Mark Bratcher
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Garman)
Subject: harddrive setup question/controller warning message
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 01:36:36 GMT
I just got the Quantum Atlas 10k II drive. I installed it today.
On boot, when my SCSI card is detecting scsi devices, I get a warning
message that goes something like this:
Warrning! 255 heads, 63 sectors parameter is expected. There will be
problem under OS other than DOS.
According to both fdisk and the SCSI bios, it thinks the drive has 17510
cylinders, 64 heads, and 32 sectors.
(For comparison, my old Seagate 4 gb drive is recognized as having 255
heads and 63 sectors).
The SCSI controller I have is a Tekram DC-390u2w. There is an option in
the card's setup to allow drives larger than 2 gb, and I obviously have
that enabled.
Is this a problem? Can I safely ignore it, or should I take some action
before I start putting data on this drive?
Thanks,
Matt
--
Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer."
from _Dune_ by Frank Herbert
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux drivers for Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 18:25:54 -0800
I'm looking for these drivers. I'm a Linux newbie, and I'm having
trouble getting my sound card configured (as in: I have no idea how to
do it.) I'm running Corel Linux 2 and I was hoping someone could help me
out.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bgeer)
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Should I abandon SCSI?
Date: 16 Feb 2001 18:48:13 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jean-Francois Landry) writes:
>Once upon a time, jtnews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I'm leaning towards dumping all my SCSI devices.
>>I've been looking at the tech specs for USB
>>and it appears to be more promising than SCSI,
>>even though with USB 2.0 you only get 60MB/sec instead
>>of 160MB/sec with SCSI-3.
>BTW, can't you buy a SCSI-2 controller? Doesn't need to be Ultra-Wide
>either to drive tape drives and scanners.
My Tekram ultrawide SCSI cost a whopping $90 3 years ago; I'm sure it
costs less now! Generic SCSI cards are available for less than $50.
I doubt very much your scanner & tape drive will operate any faster on
a 160 SCSI card, so why spend all the money required to buy an all-up
Adaptec?
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From: "Ajit Sodhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.kernel,comp.os.linux.development.system,linux.redhat.devel
Subject: PCI Bridge Driver
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 01:52:03 GMT
Hi All,
I'm trying to write a PCI Bridge driver from scratch. I don't have much exp.
in writing linux device driver. After reading thru a lot of notes and
outdated book from Rubini, I started writing some init code. And I got stuck
at the very first step.
In my init_module routine I'm trying to scan the device if it is available
(by using pci_find_device function) . This is what I have coded so far. When
I try to do insmod on the generated object. I get the following error.
"dc.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
"Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters
I did verified the deviceId and vendor ID code I'm supplying to the
pci_find_device (by using lspci command).
I'm using redhat 7 with 2.2.16 kenel.
Please help.
Thanks
Ajit
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED](Marcelo Rodrigues)
Subject: Re: Speaker Recommendation: Good, Solid, Simple.
Date: 17 Feb 2001 02:12:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED](Marcelo Rodrigues)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Edward Westin wrote:
> I purchased some Yamaha speakers for $125 (YST-MS50) which I thought
> would be good but are weak in reproducing highs as far as I can see.
> There are no manual controls for treble and I can't seem to get any of
> the linux mixers to work providing treble control. Can anyone
> recommend some speakers for around the same price range which has a
> good solid balance of both lows and highs. Thank you.
>
> Best,
> Ed Westin
>
All computer speakers are incredible trash. So are all the sources you can
use to play
through them on a computer. Your best bet at that price range is to go to a
used stereo shop
and buy a used cheap amp and a pair of old speakers from a traditional
speaker brand
name ( KLH, Advent, etc from the seventies. ) However, you need to place
them far apart
from your monitor and that is your most important constraint in going this
route as old
speakers leak a lot of E-M radiation.
--
"NeXTMail" OK at this address only.
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From: "dazer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux support for USB mouse?
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:15:48 -0600
"Marcus Lauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:FHAh6.15437$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> dazer wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I am running RedHat Linux 7. Recently, I got a new USB mouse from
> > Logitech (the iFeel mouse at
> > http://www.logitech.com/cf/products/productoverview.cfm/79)
> >
> > After plugging the mouse in and starting up Linux, mouseconfig was
run
> > automatically (while passing the "Checking for new hardware" phase), and
I
> > chose the Generic 3-button (USB) mouse from the selection menu. I know
that
> > the extra features of the iFeel mouse won't work (ie. vibration), but I
> > can't even use the mouse in XWindows anymore!!! Before I had a PS/2
mouse,
> > and it was working fine. Of course, I see a mouse pointer in XWindows
in
> > the middle of the screen, but I can't move it nor clicking on anything.
> > When I restart my system, I got the message "Mouse console service
[FAILED]"
> > I just want to have the mouse working in normal mode (no iFeel
feature,
> > just being able to use it like any other generic mouse out there).
Anyone
> > out there has anything to add? All suggestions/comments are
appreciated.
> >
> >
>
>
> There are a few possibilities here. First, is your USB port
working?
> Is it enabled in the BIOS, and does it have an IRQ assigned to it.
Second,
> does your kernel have USB support? If it's stock RH 7.0, it probably
does,
> but it's always hard to be sure. Third, is X configured to see the mouse?
> mouseconfig works to configure gpm (the mouse-in-the-console daemon) and I
> think it configures XFree 3.3.x as well, but I'm not so sure it configures
> XFree 4.0.x. What version of X are you using?
>
> Marcus
My apology for the delay...I was away. Yes, my USB port is working. This
is because I have Windows 2000 and Windows ME running on the same machine as
Linux (so 3 OS's), and my iFeel USB mouse works in Windows ME and 2000
without a hitch. Also, under Linux, you can't go to X Window without a
mouse (I tried unplugging my USB mouse, and "startx" would crash). If I
leave the USB mouse, and "startx", then I am in X Window (with a mouse
pointer, but can't move or do anything with it). Also, when I typed
"usbview", I do see my mouse, with the model number and name correctly
listed. So obviously, Linux detected my mouse.
Your question, "is X configured to see the mouse?"...I am new to this whole
Linux stuff. But given that "usbview" inside X showed me the correct mouse,
I would think that X "sees" it. I use the X version that comes with RH 7.
Not too sure which version...
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From: "Hatem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sbpcd configuration problem
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 02:16:11 GMT
Hi,
How can I make Linux recognize my CD-ROM..
I have a SoundBlaster 16 card with a 2x CD hooked to it.
when I mount, I got the error messages that
sbpcd scans the cd for LaserMate at address 0x340
and then trys to scan SoundBlaster on 0x230..
and it fails and my CD is ejected.
I know the address should be 0x220, but tried this procedure and didnt work.
tried:
adding the following line in the lilo.conf file.
append = "sbpcd=0x220,SoundBlaster"
in the /etc/lilo.conf
and still did not work,...
any ideas?
thanks.
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From: Marcus Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 and Trident 4DWave DX - no sound
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 18:27:25 -0800
The Hedge Fox wrote:
> I did a Mandrake 7.2 install on a dual Celeron 533 Abit BP6 with
> a SonicWave 4D sound card with the Trident 4DWave DX chipset.
>
> The install went cleanly and the 2.2.17-21mdksmp kernel works
> fine. The soundcard is detected and the modules installed w/o
> a hitch:
>
> /etc/modules.conf:
> alias sound snd-card-trident
> post-install snd-card-trident modprobe snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-trident
These look like the names of ALSA modules. Makes since, given that
they are distributed with Linux-Mandrake.
> There is a slight crackling sound from the card during boot up so
> something is being probed for and detected.
>
> However, I get nothing out of the sound card from any of the
> multimedia utils (xmms, the music CD player). I tried directly
> cat'ing all kinds of files, audio (.wav, .au etc) and otherwise
> to /dev/audio and anything else with group audio ownership, and
> there is no sound at all.
Have you use alsamixer or another ALSA-compatible mixer to unmute and
turn up all the channels? They're at volume 0 by default.
Also remember to use alsactl to store your settings and restore them
on your next boot.
Marcus
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:29:43 -0500
From: jtnews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Should I abandon SCSI?
Oh I thought Fibre Channel stuff was
only for high end machines and was
very expensive.
For Fibre Channel SCSI, do the endpoints
of the connection still terminate with
standard connectors like a DB25 or HDB50?
If that's the case then it still isn't very
good because you lose a lot of potential
performance from the parasitics from the connector.
Many years ago I remember something called
SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) which was
another serial bus standard for fiber optics.
But apparently it never went anywhere.
For any serial bus protocol to really work
in terms of price/performance ratio,
the electrical signal has to enter onto the
chip on a single bit line otherwise, if you
have intermediate chips that parallelize and
serialize the data, you wind up with something
too expensive for mass consumption.
Goran Larsson wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> jtnews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Incidentally, another reason why I think
> > USB is more promising is that its serial
> > nature makes it a good candidate for
> > fiber optic extension.
>
> You must have overlooked the fact that SCSI is already available
> in a serial version that can be used over copper cables and
> optical cables. Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) is the
> SCSI-3 protocoll used for up to 126 devices connected to a
> 100MByte/s copper (30 m) or optical (10000 m) loop.
>
> --
> G�ran Larsson Senior Systems Analyst hoh AT approve DOT se
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:34:27 -0500
From: jtnews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Should I abandon SCSI?
Hey everybody, I got my Adaptec 2940
to work on my 700Mhz Celeron machine!
It turns out that although the BIOS with SCSIselect
didn't install, Linux doesn't really need it
to work with the Adaptec 2940! All this time
it was working all along. This is great!
Now I can use all my legacy devices, and I don't
have to purchase a new scanner or Adaptec 29160!
Now I can scrap my 90Mhz Pentium machine.
Thanks for all your help!
jtnews wrote:
> I currently have two SCSI legacy devices,
> an Exabyte 8200 SCSI tape drive and an HP Scanjet 3c.
> Both of these devices used to work with my old Pentium
> 90Mhz machine with an Adaptec 2940. However, the
> 90Mhz machine is too slow now and I want to use
> a 700Mhz machine. The Adaptec 2940 card will no
> longer work in the new system.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Fresh Newbie - Sound Card & Hardware Problems - Help!
Date: 17 Feb 2001 02:44:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 01:11:50 GMT, Mark Bratcher staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Wyatt wrote:
>> I also cannot get any of my FAT32 drives to mount. This is probably
>>the wrong command line but here's what I've tried.
>>
>>[root@linux root]# mount -t vfat /dev/hdc /mnt/win
>>
>>I've tried msdos and umsdos too. That will fire up the drive and give me
>>a wrong file system error.
>>(Does it have to mount to / ?)
>
>Your mount command looks correct. Are you sure you have VFAT file system
>capability built into the kernel? What error messsage do you get when
>you perform the mount command?
It is unlikely that you want to mount /dev/hdc. /dev/hdc is the entire
IDE secondary master disk, while /dev/hdc1 is the first primary
partition on that disk. The default for DOS is one large partition on
/dev/hdX1 ; if there are other DOS partitions on the disk, they get put
into logical partitions starting with /dev/hdX5. (Yeah, I know, but
that's Unix for you.) vfat is the correct partition type for mounting
all DOS disks and partitions these days.
WRT the ESS 1888, a quick grep through /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/
seems to indicate it's supported in kernel 2.2.15 with the sb module.
Hmm, have you tried passing sb.o the "esstype=1888" parameter?
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Linux drivers for Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card
Date: 17 Feb 2001 03:02:02 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 18:25:54 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] staggered into
the Black Sun and said:
>I'm looking for these drivers. I'm a Linux newbie, and I'm having
>trouble getting my sound card configured (as in: I have no idea how to
>do it.) I'm running Corel Linux 2 and I was hoping someone could help me
>out.
"modprobe es1371" should work for almost every Ensoniq AudioPCI. If it
doesn't work, it might be because the card itself is new and your kernel
is old. (Latest stable version is 2.2.18)
BTW, Corel has essentially ditched their Linux operations. It might be
wise to think about using another distro if you're worried about support
problems. Debian, which Corel's distro is based on, is very nice.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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