Linux-Hardware Digest #368, Volume #14 Mon, 19 Feb 01 06:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: Should I abandon SCSI? (CwF)
Trouble w/screen modes in xf86 4.0.2... (prSpectiv2)
Re: Should I abandon SCSI? ("Ron Reaugh")
Re: Sound card in Slackware 7.1 (Robert Ashley)
Re: Should I abandon SCSI? ("Ron Reaugh")
Re: ISA PCMCIA Adaptor (Swapbox) Problem (Trygve Selmer)
Re: AHA 950 (really annoyed now) ("Jack Higgins")
USR isa 33600 hardware with linux 7.0 posibile or not? ("Djino")
Re: Inno3D Tornado GeForce 2MX - Problems with Nvidia kernel driver ("diffusor")
Re: DVD ("Jim Zubb")
Re: KT7-RAID disk recognition? ("Ferry van Doorn")
SCSI discs with SUSE 7 ("syco")
Raid 0+1 and 2 channel 3200s controller - How to best utilize 2 channels ? (JamJam)
ide-scsi problem after upgrade (David Tiselius)
pci LOGITECH mouse ("Y2Kok")
Re: DVD ("Markus Kiener")
TokenRing (Andreas Nauerz)
Re: ASUS vs ABit motherboards (Kenneth R�rvik)
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:36:57 -0700
From: CwF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Should I abandon SCSI?
sad wrote:
> "Bodo Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:96lu8i$lf9cj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:tynj6.10682$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > >
> > > Donovan Rebbechi wrote in message ...
> > > >
> > > >If you're willing to spend an awful lot of money on performance, then
> > SCSI
> > > >is worth considering.
>
> IDE ATA-100 puts SCSI into the dark ages....
IDE = Apples
SCSI = Oranges
CwF
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From: prSpectiv2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Trouble w/screen modes in xf86 4.0.2...
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:39:42 -0500
I've just recently installed redhat 6.0 (came back from Mandrake 7.2)
and am having trouble with my X Server. The version on the redhat cd
didn't support my Voodoo3 3k, so I downloaded the xf86 4.0.2 tars and
installed them. Used xfree86 -configure like the directions said to.
Everything seems to be working (even DRI) when I start it up, but the
only vidmode it will run is 640x480@8bpp. When I try to switch modes
(ctrl +/-) nothing happens. The man says all vesa 2.0 modes should be
automatically set up to work, but when I comment out 8bpp it says "found
vid modes, but none compatible" or something similar and won't start.
Won't accept commandline options either. my xf86setup is old, so is
xconfigurator and the other utils. been round to some other newsgroups
and couldn't find anything to help. Anyone have any ideas/similar
problems?
- - running redhat linux 6.0, xfree86 4.0.2 w/tdfx driver, kernel 2.2.x
- k6/2 300, v3 3000 agp
PS - Does anyone know if that internal digital video-in on a v3 can
actually be used for something?
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Should I abandon SCSI?
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 04:58:23 GMT
Anthony wrote in message <3a900a0b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>In article <96kl8t$bcr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "bgeer"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
>So is mine. Tekram is already more than half the price of Adaptec. The
>biggest problem for me is that it is now impossible to get a ultrawide hard
>drive, except in the second hand market. They just don't make them anymore.
>If I go for LVD or Ultra160 than I will have to get another scsi card,
NO, they work fine on your UW card.
> and
>god knows when they come up with Ultra 320 and stop production on those
>Ultra160 drives!
>
>Nowadays scsi card cost the same as a new mainboard, I might as well get a
>new mainboard that came with udma 100, save me a lot of headaches.
Yep.
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From: Robert Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound card in Slackware 7.1
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 17:20:24 -0700
Torstein Finnbakk wrote:
> How do I install my sound card in Slackware 71. Can't find any setup
> program (like that in RedHat)
>
> Torstein Finnbakk
I am in the same boat. The docs are not much help. Basically you have
two options:
1) compile the drivers into the kernel
2) use a loadable module
For the former, look at the Sound-HOW-TO. For the latter, look in
Docs>Sound under your sound card.
It will make it much easier if you know exactly which sound chips you
have and what the hardware settings are. You can use pnpdump in
Slackware to tell you what it thinks the hardware settings are. Also,
make sure your BIOS isn't writing PNP settings.
Best of luck,
Robert
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Should I abandon SCSI?
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 05:12:24 GMT
Eric P. McCoy wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>For my personal situation, I am guaranteed to encounter a
>non-recoverable data error about every year, for each disk. With two
>disks in a RAID0 array, I'd get twice the number of errors in the same
>amount of time.
Well, the rate per terabyte read would still be the same. So twice as fast
gets one to an error sooner but that's an advantage and not a disadvantage.
Such errors can appear for both SCSI or EIDE single drives or RAID 0. Now
what are the undetected and unrecoverable error rates for a RAID 1 array or
RAID 5 array?
>I have _already_ suffered data errors on _both_ disks in this
>computer, and one disk is less than a month old. While it seems like
>I've gotten some flakey hardware, I think it should still serve to
>show that the likelihood of failure is _not_ small.
No, it just shows that you should get a professional to configure your
machines next time.
>> >So what if a disk fails? That's what RAID is really for, not for
>> >performance.
>
>> Not true for RAID 0.
>
>Which is why the "really" is in there. RAID0 is a red herring.
Nope, it's a performance enhancing disk configuration. The reason it was
called RAID is that it is an array of disks that was so substantially
similar to other RAID arrays that the word RAID was chosen because of
fundamental similarities inspite of the R. Any cretin can recognize that
fact.
Every RAID FAQ/site includes RAID 0 so just rant on.
>> > And it's why striping is RAID zero: because it's not
>> >really RAID at all.
>
>> RAID 0 is not really RAID and a logician could have fun with a red rose
is
>> not really a rose.
>
>RAID = Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks.
>
>RAID0 is not redundant at all. Therefore its classification as a RAID
>level is a misnomer. Every introductory book to RAID there is
>comments on this; stop being pedantic.
Every book an RAID says that striping is called RAID 0...get a clue.
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From: Trygve Selmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISA PCMCIA Adaptor (Swapbox) Problem
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 00:10:59 +0100
"D. N. Knisely" wrote:
>
> I have acquired an ISA-to-PCMCIA adaptor (SCM Swapbox). The hardware is
> recognized, the drivers are installed correctly, and insertions and removals
> are recognized correctly. All events are recorded in /var/log/messages and
> look normal. But, cardctl always shows "no product info available" even
> when a card is inserted. The default "memory" drivers are always loaded
> (or, rather, attempt to be loaded).
>
> I have tried configuring with/without all options (PnP, CardBus support,
> etc.); the behavior is always the same - PCMCIA (i82365) is found and
> assigned IRQ 11, appears to work, but the OS cannot read any vendor
> information from the cards. I have also removed all other non-essential
> cards from the system (modems, network boards).
>
> This error occurs on all PCMCIA cards (several LAN cards, a modem card, and
> a flash memory card), all of which are recognized on other linux systems
> with the same OS (Redhat 6.2) and PCMCIA version (3.1.24) installed.
>
> All of the HOWTOs never consider what to do when all the drivers are
> loading, yet NO hardware information is read.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
I had the same problem on an old i486 w/ 16MB ram. It worked after
modifying /etc/pcmcia/config.opts, the last memory-range should be
tuned.
# remove original lines
#include memory 0xc0000-0xfffff
#include memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff, memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff
# added lines
include memory 0x0b0000-0x0fffff
include memory 0x100000-0x7fffffff
Trygve.
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From: "Jack Higgins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AHA 950 (really annoyed now)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 01:05:34 -0500
Alexis,
try the following:
modprobe aha152x aha152x=io_port, irq, scsi_host_id
where io_port equals some hex # like 0x340
irq equals some integer like 10
and scsi_host_id equals some integer like 7 (default i think)
"Alexis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> OK I missed any replies to the last time I asked about this but didn't
> see any when I checked before so amybe there weren't any, so sorry for
> the repost anyhow. I have this TMC 950 scsi adapter, which I just tried
> to get RH6.0 to recognise at install time, just to see if it would,
> mainly, and the damn thing wouldn't find it still. I know the card
> works cos windoze has no problem with it. Do I have to pass some
> parameters, if so will somone please tell me how (I know its a comma
> separated list but what do I put in it?). Same goes for this AHA 1502
> (said to work with aha152x driver) really *dumb* card that I have.
> Perhaps if someone replies you could send it also to my email addy
> otherwise I will miss it again! Incidentally, mandrake 7.2 doesn't even
> appear to support the TMC card. Ho hum.
>
> Alexis
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From: "Djino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USR isa 33600 hardware with linux 7.0 posibile or not?
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 07:14:26 -0800
The modem chip model is usr3cp5610 OEM number is OEM 2976 2977 3258 .
Isadump see modem ( in dump ).What shoud I do?Setting from Windows is Com1.
But I thing that he crate a virtual com port.
PLEASE ! I nead help !
Mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "diffusor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Inno3D Tornado GeForce 2MX - Problems with Nvidia kernel driver
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:47:15 +0800
I also had this problem with my Leadtek WinFast Geforce2mx on my abit
KT7-raid. I run X4.0.2 and tried nvidia's latest drivers (.96 with the
non-posting of bios) with linux 2.4.1. Whenever I quit X or switched
VTs, I got the blank screen, but could still run stuff. After I upgraded
the bioses in my mx and my mobo, the problem suddenly disappeared. I had
been using the old September bios for my mx, and some November abit bios.
Anyway, I hope this information helps, as I was certainly pleased to be
able to use the new nvidia driver. Since I did both flashes before
testing, however, I can't tell you which one it was that cured the
problem. Good luck!
Steve
In article <96hudm$mq5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hmm... maybe it's an MX problem? Do the MX's use a different RAMDAC than
> the regular GeForce/GeForce 2's?
>
> Yeah I've been looking around and I can't find anything on the NVidia
> site about this either...
>
<snip>
>> Same thing occurs if I switch to a virtual terminal with
>> [Ctrl][Alt][F1-F6] Then, when I try to return X with [Ctrl][Alt][F7]
>> my monitor is out of sync, so reboot is needed
>>
<snip>
>>> When I try to use the NVidia Kernel driver, "NVdriver", with XFree86
>>> 4.0.2
>>> using the "device=nvidia" line in the XFree86-4 file, I get a weird
>>> error: I get some garbage on the screen, then X loads fine. However
>>> after I unload X (i.e. log-out of KDE) I can't switch back to Console
>>> mode - my display displays the blinking warning light and shuts
>>> off... I then have to cold-reboot (i.e. power down) the system AND
>>> turn off the monitor and turn it back on.
>>>
>>> My system setup is as follows:
>>> - PIII 700/128MB RAM/45 GB HDD
>>> - Inno3D Tornado Geforce2 MX
>>> - RedHat Linux 7.0
>>> - Linux Kernel 2.4.1
>>> - XFree86 4.0.2
>>>
<snip>
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From: "Jim Zubb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:49:11 +0800
Xine has the best playback, plays back DVDs fine:
http://xine.sourceforge.net/
I think LiViD has the best interface, however the sync code hasn't been
added yet so the sound goes out of sync:
http://www.linuxvideo.org/
Both basically uses the same decoding code, but xine has some sync code
so it plays better.
BTW: Don't post to newsgroups using HTML, plain text is preferred by
most/all users.
James
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From: "Ferry van Doorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KT7-RAID disk recognition?
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:12:04 +0100
"Peter Crosland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:96p20u$8ks$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can someone please point me to the URL that will assist me in getting
LINUX
> to recognise disks connected to the RAID ports on this motherboard? Disks
> connected to the non-RAID ports are seen. I presume I need a driver but my
> searches have failed to find one. Any help gratefully received
You need a driver, which you can find on the site of highpoint themself, the
makers of the HPT370-chip, which is on your motherboard. On the site you can
click on linux, and then on htp370 to get the drivers. Their site is:
http://www.highpoint-tech.com
The only problem with these drivers is that the don't support raid, only
single disk on the udma-100 controller. And that's what I need:-(.
If you want to install redhat you can also use the special disk with new
ide-contollers. You can use the older controller driver, just search for
hpt366 on: http://freshmeat.net/
good luck,
Ferry
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From: "syco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: SCSI discs with SUSE 7
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:31:04 +0100
I can't see my SCSI discs with SUSE 7.
I have a pentium 133 with 3 IDE discs + CDROM, and 2 SCSI discs on Adaptec
AHA1540B card.
Impossible to see my discs SCSI under Linux.
I would like to try to give the params to the demarrage,
because with Loadlin not average to arrive there
- I tried " Loadlin root =aha1542=0x230 " (IO of my card): nothing is seen.
There is not even a message, while booting, about loading aha1542.
Under linux, no success :
- I tried insmod aha1542=0x230 :syntax does not pass, " aha1542=0x230 "
unknown
- I tried insmodaha1542 iobase=0x230: syntax does not pass, param_iobase
unknow
- I tried insmod aha1542 io=0x230: syntax does not pass, param_iounknown
How I can do that cleanly ? ( I am not an expert! )
Thanks.
--
SYCO
de Sycoweb
( BROCANTES DU NORD-EST http://www.chez.com/sycoweb/puces/index.htm )
- Let me Alone but not Forever -
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Subject: Raid 0+1 and 2 channel 3200s controller - How to best utilize 2 channels ?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JamJam)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:35:11 GMT
I'm seeking advise on how to configure a raid 0+1 setup, for best
performance.
I have the following hardware in a Fujitsu-Siemens Primergy 670/20
server.
1 x Adaptec 3200s, Ultra160 SCSI RAID, 64MB CACHE, 2-channel controller.
4 x SCSI harddisks (36 GB, Ultra160 SCSI)
2 x 850 MHZ cpu
I will be installing Linux and running it as a intranet fileserver,
mailserver and database server(doing many large reads).
The system is setup with 2 disks on each channel:
=====================
| |
| 3200s |
=====================
CH1| CH2|
| |
DSK1--| DSK3--|
| |
DSK2--| DSK4--|
I'm wondering if one of these configurations will better utilize
the two raid channels, and thus yield better performance than the other.
Or, if it also dependable on the type of i/o actions, e.g reading from
disk, writing to disk.
Config1:
=========
1a: RAID 0: (DSK1 + DSK3)
1b: RAID 0: (DSK2 + DSK4)
RAID 1: 1a + 1b ((DSK1 + DSK3) + (DSK2 + DSK4))
Config2:
=========
2a: RAID 0: (DSK1 + DSK2)
2b: RAID 0: (DSK3 + DSK4)
RAID 1: 2a + 2b ((DSK1 + DSK2) + (DSK3 + DSK4))
Christian
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From: David Tiselius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ide-scsi problem after upgrade
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:42:29 +0100
After an upgrade from a RH6.2 system to the fisher beta (kernel 2.4) my
IDE cdroms cant be mounted. I have one RO and one CD-R and they both
worde fine under 6.2. I think scsi-emulation is compiled with the fisher
kernel.
This is my lsmod output:
ide-cd 26672 0 (autoclean)
sr_mod 14752 0 (autoclean) (unused)
cdrom 27136 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd sr_mod]
sd_mod 11296 0 (autoclean) (unused)
scsi_mod 92272 2 (autoclean) [sr_mod sd_mod]
[snip]
This is the (some of the) output from dmesg:
Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=301
BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0-0.99.11 mem=127M hdc=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi
ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi
ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi
[snip]
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: FUJITSU MPD3064AT, ATA DISK drive
hdb: DELTA OPC-K101/ST1 F/W by OIPD, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX120E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
[snip]
Bur when trying to mount with /dev/sg0 or /dev/sga I get
"... is not a block device"
or with /dev/cdrom (link to /dev/scd0):
"/dev/scd0: unknown device".
Same thing when i'm trying /dev/hdc, /dev/hdb.
What am i missing? What else can I try?
/David
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From: "Y2Kok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pci LOGITECH mouse
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:44:40 +0200
hi
i cant make my mouse work properly on RH6.
once i start GDE my mouse glues to the upper right corner. although i can
move
the mouse it moves back to the corner....
any problem solvations are welcome
thanx
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From: "Markus Kiener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:07:04 +0100
HardDrake says that xine has already been installed, but maybe I have an old
version and it's beter to download and install newer one?
Before I will do so ... are there any settings to be changed before it can
work?
I use Mandrake 7.2 and a DVD-Drive of Lucky Goldstar.
"Jim Zubb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:La4k6.89985$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Xine has the best playback, plays back DVDs fine:
>
> http://xine.sourceforge.net/
>
> I think LiViD has the best interface, however the sync code hasn't been
> added yet so the sound goes out of sync:
>
> http://www.linuxvideo.org/
>
> Both basically uses the same decoding code, but xine has some sync code
> so it plays better.
>
> BTW: Don't post to newsgroups using HTML, plain text is preferred by
> most/all users.
>
> James
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From: Andreas Nauerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TokenRing
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:10:45 +0100
Hi,
I have a PCMICA TokenRing adapter in my Thinkpad 570.
I have choosen this adapter with the help of yast1 (SUSE 7.0, Kernel
2.2.16) for my network properties.
When booting Linux the adapter is recognized, but I also get a message
like this:
get dev info [...] failed [...] DONE
This is a little bit paradox, because first the cardmanager says failed
and then the word DONE in green letters appear.
Is now everything correct or not ?
I have problems connecting to my Intranet ?
With best regards
Andreas
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Subject: Re: ASUS vs ABit motherboards
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:51:08 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (hac) wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>My 1GHz Tbird ASUS A7V133 works fine. My previous Abit BX6.2 worked
>fine. But I think that ASUS keeps on top of BIOS updates a bit better
>than Abit. If features and price match up, I prefer ASUS. I would
>buy Abit again, though, if there were some feature that met my needs
>better. For example, the A7V133 has no ISA slots. I don't need any,
>and it looks like you don't, but someone else may.
Abit seems to have a slight advantage over Abit in terms of performance
too. Although most users wouldn't even notice... :)
I have had a great deal of difficulty reaching abit's servers for bios
upgrades btw - most of them seem to reject connections most of the time.
Only the us mirror seems to be reasonably stable.
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
Nordbergv. 60 A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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