Linux-Hardware Digest #387, Volume #14 Fri, 23 Feb 01 11:13:06 EST
Contents:
OK I quit ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
GLX driver for Riva TNT in RedHat (Marcus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4gglund?=)
Re: /dev/modem not found ("D.E. Solomon")
Re: GLX driver for Riva TNT in RedHat (Andreas Spengler)
Re: new scsi drive woes (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Promise Ultra100 ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: GLX driver for Riva TNT in RedHat (Marcus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4gglund?=)
Re: how to run windows apps on linux (Roman Fietze)
Re: mt talkes loooong time? (Mark Bratcher)
Re: NetGear FA310TX (Kevin Embree)
Re: Cable modem, DHCP , MAC Problem (Mark Bratcher)
Re: how to run windows apps on linux (Rod Smith)
which streamer should i buy?
Re: OK I quit (Mark Bratcher)
Re: /dev/modem not found (Mark Bratcher)
poor resolution on dell precision 420..? (Greg Trafton)
USB modem problems acm not seeing it. ("Chris Pasztor")
Re: SanDisk Compact Flash USB Reader (SDDR-31): WHICH DEVICE? (L Tam)
Which fax/printer/scanner ? (Dave)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OK I quit
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:16:48 GMT
I have been trying to install a Dlink DFE530TX NIC under Peanut Linux
( what an unfortunate name)..and have been totally unsucessfull.
All I get is error messages on booting.
ISAPNP > /etc/isapnp.conf
The part inbetween about editing isapnp.conf I don't understand at
all. The file seems to be full of unrelated information.
PNPCONF /etc/isapnp.conf.
I have aliased eth0
etc etc etc
When the system boots I get INSMOD error messages that the resource is
busy. The card operates perfecting under Windoze 95/98.
Can anyone give me step by step instructions on how to get this card
recognized?
I would hate to go back to Gates folly.
Thanks
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From: Marcus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4gglund?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GLX driver for Riva TNT in RedHat
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:22:46 +0100
Has anyone tried to install the 0.9.6 version of GLX driver for TNT in
Redhat? I succeed but after replacing the existing Mesa *.so files I get
a message telling me that I havn't got a "NV-GLX" extension using X11....
Any suggestions?
Thanks
/Marcus
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From: "D.E. Solomon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev/modem not found
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:58:04 GMT
I'm not positive that this model is a winmodem, but I'm checking into it.
Some US Robotics models are linux compatible.
Is there a way to configure linux to look at PCI slot 3 (a symbolic link or
something)?
Thanks.
Markku Kolkka wrote:
> Contact US Robotics, and ask them to either write a Linux driver for this
> Winmodem, or release the specs so that an open-source driver can
> be written.
>
> See: http://www.linmodems.org/
>
> --
> Markku Kolkka
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Andreas Spengler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GLX driver for Riva TNT in RedHat
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:08:35 +0100
Marcus H�gglund schrieb:
> Has anyone tried to install the 0.9.6 version of GLX driver for TNT in
> Redhat? I succeed but after replacing the existing Mesa *.so files I get
> a message telling me that I havn't got a "NV-GLX" extension using X11....
Did you change the driver in /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4) to "nvidia"
replacing the "nv" default?
Do you load the GLX extension module in the same file?
HTH,
Andreas
--
Microsoft's Product Strategy: "It compiles, let's ship it!"
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new scsi drive woes
Date: 23 Feb 2001 09:07:08 -0500
Walter van der Schee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Paul Repacholi wrote:
> >
> > Bernd Huebenett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > don't think that your new drive is the problem, but how about your
> > > cables and the termination ??
> >
> > And the CD. Pull it off the bus, try again. Also try a single SHORT
> > cable to the drive, with the drive terminating. The drive reports
> > what it can do. If the cables etc can't handle the signal rate, it
>
> The CD-ROM is probably not on the ultra2 channel but on the Fast-SCSI
> (50pin) channel.
> The Harddrive should be on the ultra2 channel with a ultra2-LVD cable,
> with a special ultra2-LVD active terminator attached.
> My understanding and experience with my adaptec 2930U2 and an
> Quantum Atlas IV 9,1 is that the harddrive should NOT terminate,
none of the LVD harddrives even *have* on-board termination. it's,
therefore, not a question of should not terminate, but the drive
*cannot* terminate. you will need a LVD terminator device.
> but an active ultra2-LVD terminator should be used.
>
> Then 80MB/s should be able to be obtained from ALL devices in
> auto-negotiate
> mode in the SCSI-BIOS.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Walter
>
> --
> ing. Walter van der Schee
> TrienniuM B.V.
> System Engineer
> UNIX/TIBCO Support for KBC Brussels
>
> ------------------------------------
> "Go go gadget linux." Zoomm!
> ------------------------------------
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
sysengr
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra100
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 08:31:36 +0600
Dave Gough wrote:
> It did the trick in getting my system up and running (although I had to
> toss a tiny IDE HDD in to boot off of, but it gives my system better
> recovery chances anyways.
I just installed on a disk hanging on a new ATA100 card and then pulled out the
original disk. Now I can only boot off a floppy. To boot off a PCI card, do I
need to have a BIOS setting? I don't seem to have one.
Thanks,
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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From: Marcus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4gglund?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GLX driver for Riva TNT in RedHat
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:51:58 +0100
I modified the XF86Config file as you said. I also added the line to
load the module glx in the config file. The strange thing is that all GL
program requests an extension called "nv-glx" while I added "glx" in the
module section of the config file. I even checked the /var/log/.....
file (can't remember the name) and it said that "glx" was successfully
loaded.
BTW I'm running RH7.0, will it matter?
Do you have any more suggestions?
/Marcus
Andreas Spengler wrote:
> Marcus H�gglund schrieb:
>
>
>> Has anyone tried to install the 0.9.6 version of GLX driver for TNT in
>> Redhat? I succeed but after replacing the existing Mesa *.so files I get
>> a message telling me that I havn't got a "NV-GLX" extension using X11....
>
>
> Did you change the driver in /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4) to "nvidia"
> replacing the "nv" default?
> Do you load the GLX extension module in the same file?
>
> HTH,
>
> Andreas
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From: Roman Fietze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: how to run windows apps on linux
Date: 23 Feb 2001 14:07:22 +0100
Mohammed Khalid Ansari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anybody tell me how do I run windows applications on Linux? Where do I
> get the required software or libraries?
vmWare
Win4Lin
WINE
dosemu (Win 3.11 only?)
native port :)
I do not have the URL's at hand, but they should be easy to find.
Roman
--
Roman Fietze (Mail Code 6) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Heidelberg Digital Finishing GmbH, Germany DDF-T SWEC ESW
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: mt talkes loooong time?
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:03:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John-Paul Stewart wrote:
>Mark Bratcher wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I have a Seagate 10GB/20GB IDE (ATAPI) drive on
>> RedHat Linux 6.2.
>>
>> I've been using it for backup and using the 'mt' command to
>> please file or tape marks (using 'mt weof 1' to the tape)
>>
>> This basically works well, but one problem is that if
>> I search for a file mark with 'mt fsf {n}' from the beginning
>> of the tape to a mark that is about 7GB out it takes over
>> 2 hours and causes a driver DSC timeout error.
>>
>> If the tape mark it searches for is not that far out, say 5GB,
>> it works, but it still takes over 1.5 hours (less than 2hrs).
>>
>> Should mt really take this long? I could fix this by modifying
>> the driver to increase the timeout, but I'm wondering if there
>> is some other more fundamental problem happening.
>>
>
>I can't say whether or not it should take this long but I
>have observed the exact same behaviour with my drive (also a
>Seagate 20GB ATAPI unit). It is my understanding that this
>is normal behaviour for Travan drives. There nowhere near
>as quick as some of the more expensive tape drives.
>
Thanks.
I modified the media access timeout in the ide-tape.c code in the
kernel to make it 4 hours instead of 2 hours. That made my error
go away (since the 'mt fsf' was taking more than 2 hours in some
cases).
But that's a short term solution. I still don't like the tape
wizzing and whirring for 2-3 hours on each incremental backup
since it's going to wear the tape faster. I'll probably go to
daily full backups on separate tapes and eventually get one of
those more expensive drives.
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply direct, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===============================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: Kevin Embree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: NetGear FA310TX
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:11:30 GMT
I have that card running on redhat 5.2 kernel 2.2.14 with no problem. I use a
monolithic kernel though.
Kevin
Tim Lyth wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I was wondering if anyone has successfully install a NetGear FA310TX NIC on a
> computer running Redhat 7.0 with kernel 2.2.16? If so, could you please tell me
> how as I'm having difficulties.
>
> When I type 'lsmod' the tulip module is not on the list until I load it. But it
> isn't loaded when I boot up Redhat.
> When I use netconf to setup the NIC, if I specify an IRQ or an I/O port, both of
> which are optional I get an error message saying something about insmod and the
> tulip.o (the driver for this particular card) module. However, if I don't
> specify either an IRQ or I/O port, I get an IP initialisation failure.
> In either case, I can't access the internet.
>
> Fortunately (for me), I have not disposed of Windoze which is what's allowing me
> to write the post.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: Cable modem, DHCP , MAC Problem
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:10:40 GMT
In article <6Ojl6.168928$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hatem wrote:
[snip]
>
>What I am suspecting, is that the cable modem whcih is (TERAYON) has lost
>the MAC address that it recognized first (which is on the other computer)
>,,,
>So is my guess correct?
>if no please help me!
>second thing, is there a way to re-register a new MAC on the cable modem?
>without the use of DHCP or DHCP is a must in this case??
>
I believe you are correct. The cable company remembers the MAC address of
the system that the cable mode was set up on. Off-the-shelf cable/LAN routers
for home have a MAC address spoof capability that gets around this.
I'm not sure what part of the setup causes the MAC address to lock in.
For example, if you turned the power off on the modem for several minutes
then back on, would they re-setup? My guess is that they wouldn't in order
to avoid theft, but I'm not sure.
Two things you could do that should work are:
1) Call the cable company and tell them you are changing which computer
and need them to lock into a different MAC address. I think they can do
this without sending out a cable goon.
OR
2) Take the NIC out of the PC you originally had connected to the cable
modem and switch it with one of the NICs in your router and use the original
NIC as the one that connects to the modem. Since the MAC address is tied
to the NIC, I think this will work, although I haven't tried it.
HTH
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply direct, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===============================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: how to run windows apps on linux
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:15:15 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mohammed Khalid Ansari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Can anybody tell me how do I run windows applications on Linux? Where do I
> get the required software or libraries?
I know of at least six ways to do this, and I'm sure there are or will
be more:
1) Use WINE. This is an open source re-implementation of the Windows
API running in Linux. It's still alpha quality, but it's getting to
the point where at least some "serious" Windows programs will run.
The homepage is http://www.winehq.com.
2) Use VMware. This is a program that emulates a complete x86 PC, so you
can install and run any version of Windows you like. It's something
of a CPU hog, though. Its Web site is http://www.vmware.com. This is
commercial software.
3) Use Win4Lin. This is in-between WINE and VMware; it's a partial x86
emulator that lets you run Windows 95 or 98, but not other version of
Windows, or any other OS. Read more at http://www.netraverse.com.
This is commercial software.
4) Run Win-OS/2 3.1 using DOSEMU. DOSEMU is a DOS emulator for Linux
(or more precisely, a limited x86 machine emulator in which DOS can
run). I've seen reports that Win-OS/2, the recompiled version of
Windows 3.1 that ships with some versions of IBM's OS/2, can run in
this environment. I've not tried it, though, and I don't have any
URLs for instructions offhand. This will run only 16-bit Windows
applications, or at best Win32s programs.
5) Use Willows TWIN. This is similar to WINE in principle, but I've
never used it, and I don't believe it's as popular. Its Web page is
http://www.willows.com.
6) Use WABI. This is a discontinued commercial product that allowed
Linux to run Windows 3.1, IIRC. Sun created it originally, but the
Linux version was licensed by Caldera.
I've used the first three options. Of those, Win4Lin is best if you
want to get the best speed and reliability out of several productivity
programs. VMware is best if you need certain OS features not supported
by WINE or Win4Lin, or if you need to run Windows NT, 2000, or Me
specifically. WINE may be good if the applications you want to run are
supported by it.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: which streamer should i buy?
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:29:55 GMT
Dear newgroup,
there is a need for me to do regular backups of my linux-workstation. I =
am willing to buy a streamer, but do not know how to decide on the model=
.
One crtiterium is the price of course and the needed capacity. I think i=
=20
can live with a 8gb dat-streamer.
My local reseller offers a
HP C1539A/99 for 560Eur and a Sony SDT-7000 for 510Eur. Both are SCSI=20
intern modells with a capacity up to 8gb.
So which one should i buy. Has anyone good or bad experience with one of=
=20
these drives under linux?
Thanx, c
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Bergstrasse 18a \ phone: +49 2241 142404 =20
53757 Sankt Augustin \ +49 2241 333041 =20
Germany \___________________________
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: OK I quit
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:24:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have been trying to install a Dlink DFE530TX NIC under Peanut Linux
>( what an unfortunate name)..and have been totally unsucessfull.
>
>All I get is error messages on booting.
>
>
>ISAPNP > /etc/isapnp.conf
>
>The part inbetween about editing isapnp.conf I don't understand at
>all. The file seems to be full of unrelated information.
>
>
>PNPCONF /etc/isapnp.conf.
>
I'm not sure why isapnp is involved with the NIC. This is a PCI buss card.
isapnp is for ISA buss plug-and-play cards. If you don't have any such
cards, I would mv /etc/isapnp.conf to /etc/isapnp.conf.save or something
to get it out of the way.
Looking at www.linhardware.com, they indicate this card should work just
fine under Linux. However, at least one user said they had to download
and compile via-rhine.c as a module to make it work. You should check out
that web site and see what it says.
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply direct, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===============================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: /dev/modem not found
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:26:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, D.E. Solomon wrote:
>I'm not positive that this model is a winmodem, but I'm checking into it.
>Some US Robotics models are linux compatible.
>
>Is there a way to configure linux to look at PCI slot 3 (a symbolic link or
>something)?
>
You don't want to configure linux to look at PCI slot 3.
First, your system has to see the modem which it should be able to do
on its own if it is not a winmodem. Since you're not positive, you should
check www.linhardware.com and look up your modem there.
If it's recognized, Linux should see it as a serial port. When you ask
Linux to configure the modem, it will symbolically link /dev/modem to that
port.
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply direct, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===============================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: Greg Trafton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: poor resolution on dell precision 420..?
Date: 23 Feb 2001 10:16:53 -0500
Hi, all. I have a new dell precision 420 running redhat linux 7.0.
unfortunately, the resolution while running X is pretty lousy (and
I've tried changing it with control-alt-+). I know I need to get the
info on the monitor (dell's trinitron) and the video card (etc.) but I
can't quite seem to figure out how to do that. netscape text, other
text, etc. looks bitmapped or poorly painted...
any suggestions on how to figure out the specs on my info (I've
already tried the hardware identification Howto with little success)
and/or how to get my resolution better on this box?
thanks!
greg
--
Greg Trafton
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Reply-To: "Chris Pasztor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Chris Pasztor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB modem problems acm not seeing it.
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 02:40:53 +1100
Has any one had any luck with getting a NON ACM modem to work, or atleast
acm is loading it, according to /proc/bus/usb/devices is
D Ver 1.0 CLS=00(1fc) subb=00 prot=00 ...
it is seen as a Sirrius Technologies Netcomm Roadster II 56 USB.
kernel version is 2.4.1 and full usb support is build in I use a USB mouse
and /proc/bus/usb/drivers and lsmod repart ACM being loaded.
I have dug about all the USB sites I could find to now avail one way or the
other,any pointers / help would be appreciated.
T.I.A
chris
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From: L Tam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SanDisk Compact Flash USB Reader (SDDR-31): WHICH DEVICE?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 00:09:44 +0800
I think you should mount /dev/sda1 instead of /dev/sda. Also, the file
system is vfat. So:
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 (your mount point)
Have you loaded the module usb-storage before you tried to mount the
compact flash?
Good luck
L Tam
Enns wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I upgraded my kernel to 2.4.1 to get USB support. I can now use the
> 'photopc' program to talk to my Nikon 880 USB camera on the USB
> interface!
>
> I also bought a Sandisk Compactflash USB reader device -- which is
> supported in Linux -- and everything 'looks good' in all the places
> I look for messages, but when I make an effort to mount /dev/sda
> I get the message:
>
> mount: /dev/sda has wrong major or minor number
>
> I have no idea what I may be doing wrong. Here is a small amount of
> messages that show that things should be OK:
>
> hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/2, assigned device number 2
> usb.c: kmalloc IF c688b4c0, numif 1
> usb.c: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=2
> usb.c: USB device number 2 default language ID 0x409
> Manufacturer: SanDisk Corporation
> Product: ImageMate CompactFlash USB
> SerialNumber: 000000000002
>
> usb-storage: *** thread sleeping.
> Vendor: SanDisk Model: ImageMate II Rev: 1.30
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision:
> 02
>
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 8100 Rev: 1.0g
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: SanDisk Model: ImageMate II Rev: 1.30
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> Host scsi1: usb-storage
> Vendor: SanDisk Corporation
> Product: ImageMate CompactFlash USB
> Serial Number: None
> Protocol: Transparent SCSI
> Transport: Bulk
> GUID: 078100020000000000000000
>
> Currently, I have the following in my /etc/fstab file for this
> device:
>
> none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0
> 0
>
> This looks strange to me. I image that instead of 'none' I
> should have a valid device name, but every one of the '/dev/sda'
> devices don't seem to work.
>
> I am so close to success I can almost taste it!
>
> Any help?
>
> Dare
>
> --
> Darren Enns
> EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> HTTP: members.home.net/dmenns
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From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which fax/printer/scanner ?
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:49:28 GMT
I'm shopping for an all-in-one fax/printer/scanner to add to a RedHat
6.2 box I have, and eventually use as a network printer.
LinuxPrinting.org is a bit light on the subject.
The Canon c555 looks like its got the feature set I want: low price,
small footprint, resonable resolution, not particularly fast, color,
overhead slides. But I haven't found any notes on how to use it with
linux.
What are others out there using? How do they handle?
Thanks,
Dave
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