Linux-Hardware Digest #394, Volume #14 Sat, 24 Feb 01 14:13:05 EST
Contents:
Need help with IO card. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Forwarding sound to X terminal?? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Need help with IO card and CD-RW (Dances With Crows)
Re: 3com 900B-combo (Dances With Crows)
Soundblaster AWE 32 and Kernel 2.4 ("Matthias Reis")
Re: Cable modem, DHCP , MAC Problem (jeff)
Re: Soundblaster AWE 32 and Kernel 2.4 (roel)
SUSE 7.0 / kernel 2.2.16 compaq proliant 1500 /RAM Problem ("Julian J�ris")
Mount CDRW trouble (holcomb)
CDRW mounting (holcomb)
Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (peter)
Re: CDRW mounting ("joseph Philip")
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (Jan Francsi)
Re: Sound card good buys? ("Masha Ku'Inanna")
Re: Need help with IO card and CD-RW ("joeyd")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Need help with IO card.
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:16:01 -0800
Installed an IO card to get lpt2-in dos.
Have not been able to get it working. I think it has something to do with
BIOS not being set right.
Would also like to get the IDE on it working so I can put a CD and HD on
it.
Here is what I have:
Primary Master: /dev/hda = 15g HD with Dos and Linux.
Primary Slave: /dev/hdb = 5.6g HD used for Linux backup.
Secondary Master: /dev/hdc = LS-120 125m floppy.
Secondary Slave: /dev/cdrom = CD-RW -still not working in Linux.
What I would like to have:
Primary Master: /dev/hda = 1.7g HD for Dos only. -Use Windoze very little.
Primary Slave: /dev/hdb = 40g HD for Linux only.
Secondary Master: /dev/hdc = LS-120
Secondary Slave: /dev/cdrom = CD-RW -and get it working.
IDE on IO card, Master: /dev/hd* = 5.6g for Linux backup.
IDE on IO card, Slave: /CD
Can anyone help?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Forwarding sound to X terminal??
Date: 24 Feb 2001 16:16:49 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 07:21:26 -0600, John Thompson staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>Dan Smith wrote:
>> I have a big server and a couple X terminals (that are just small,
>> less powerful PCs). I want to be able to listen to at least simple
>> sounds (other than just a console bell) on the X terminals.
>> How can I do this?
>
>I don't think sound is considered part of the X protocol. There
>may external programs that can redirect sound to a remote machine
>but I've never seen one.
"esd". Comes standard with GNOME. Never played with the remote sound
capabilities, but it is possible.
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Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Need help with IO card and CD-RW
Date: 24 Feb 2001 16:30:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:16:01 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] staggered into
the Black Sun and said:
>Installed an IO card to get lpt2-in dos. Have not been able to get it
>working. I think it has something to do with BIOS not being set right.
>Would also like to get the IDE on it working so I can put a CD and HD
>on it.
[snip]
What's the make and model of the I/O card, what does "cat /proc/pci"
say about the card (if it's a PCI card, which I hope it is), and what
have you tried so far, and what error messages does it generate?
Without that information, no one can help you.
>Here is what I have:
>Secondary Slave: /dev/cdrom = CD-RW -still not working in Linux.
Read the HOWTO and follow the directions. Use Google/Deja to search
this NG for my name and the keyword "CD-R". Oh yes, without more
detailed information on your setup (which kernel you're running and how
you've compiled it) no one can give more detailed advice than that
either. HTH,
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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!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: 3com 900B-combo
Date: 24 Feb 2001 16:30:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 16:51:05 +0100, Erik Beckhaus staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>I have a Pentium 250 (tuned) running with Susi's (SUsE) linux 7.0.
>Everything runs fine except for the 3com 900b-combo PCI-ethernet
>adaptor. The Suse-help-database just tells me, that this hardware is
>critical.
>Fine, I found out about that myself (ha,ha).
>Has anyone ever managed to get that thing going ?
>Does anyone know where I can get a driver for it that works ?
3c59x.o ? Comments in the source say that it should work with the
3c900. I don't know what you mean by "combo PCI-ethernet" though. Is
this something that integrates a modem and Ethernet interface on one
board, like some Xircom PCMCIA cards?
If 3c59x fails with "device or resource busy" then try 3c90x. Try 3c59x
first; it has a better chance of working. HTH,
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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!
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From: "Matthias Reis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Soundblaster AWE 32 and Kernel 2.4
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:41:16 +0100
Hi,
I have a Soundblaster AWE 32 (non-PNP) which worked all the times with kernel 2.2.
Since I upgraded to 2.4 the awe_wave.o module doesn't work at all. I get
this error (after loading successfully sb.o; wave-audio works):
/lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO
or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o: insmod awe_wave failed
The card is a very old AWE 32, I think I bought it in 93. I also have 8
MB wavetable RAM (SIMMs).
Thank you,
Matthias
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From: jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cable modem, DHCP , MAC Problem
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 11:20:25 -0600
On the glorious day of Fri, 23 Feb 2001 02:20:50 GMT, "Hatem"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> felt the need to utter
>Hi all,
>Everyone knows that cable modem companies are dhcp complient but at the end
>you can use the given IP and treate it as a fixed IP address.
>I have two computers, the first one has windows and linux (dual boot) and I
>configured its network cards on both operating systems and everything works
>just perfect!
>Now there is another computer (firegate), and I need to make it my
>gateway/firewall/proxy linux server, and I had two net cards in it, I tried
>the net cards and tested their operability and they are both working
>excellent.
>Now on this Firegate computer the first card ifcfg-eth0 need to be connected
>to the internet (cable modem)..
>Bill helped me to setup the proper network and IP addresses (thanks Bill)
>but I still could not get the connection to the internet working, I tried to
>ping www.sybase.com and www.oracle.com and even www.microsoft.com and here
>what happens:
First of all, forget pinging www.microsoft.com they are just not
sending a ping-echo reply.
>1) the send and recieve lights on the cable modem are blinking on a rythem,
>that the packets are sent and recieved..
>2) I do not recieve a successful ping result on my computer screen.
>
>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 really have no idea how cable modems do this. sorry. But, I can
offer to email you a linux binary which is supposed to change to mac
address to anything you want (well, not CHANGE..but, "spoofs" it to
routers, or some such.
hk63a - swbell - net
" @ " . "
>
>
>At the end, I really would like to thank all the people who helped me to
>have my beautiful linux up and running!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: roel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Soundblaster AWE 32 and Kernel 2.4
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:07:15 +0100
Hello
Try compiling in the kernel, no modules, worked for my awe 64 maybe for
you to awe32 too.
Roel
Matthias Reis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Soundblaster AWE 32 (non-PNP) which worked all the times with kernel 2.2.
> Since I upgraded to 2.4 the awe_wave.o module doesn't work at all. I get
> this error (after loading successfully sb.o; wave-audio works):
> /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o: init_module: No such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid
>IO or IRQ parameters
> /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o: insmod
>/lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o: insmod awe_wave failed
> The card is a very old AWE 32, I think I bought it in 93. I also have 8
> MB wavetable RAM (SIMMs).
>
> Thank you,
> Matthias
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From: "Julian J�ris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SUSE 7.0 / kernel 2.2.16 compaq proliant 1500 /RAM Problem
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:12:21 +0100
Hi,
habe SUSE 7.0 (kernel 2.2.16) auf compaq proliant 1500 server
istalliert, irgendwie frist der vom Yast verpasste kernel nur 16 MB von den
vorhandenen 196 MB RAM. Das BIOS hat den Speicher(SIMM) erkannt.
kennt jemand das Problem, und was kann ich machen?
Danke
Julian
Julian J�ris
email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
internet www.xenicon.com
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From: holcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mount CDRW trouble
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:30:02 -0000
I bought a Sony CDRW drive that is detected on boot. With my old CD drive
I could read data or play audio cds with no trouble and no need to mount.
Now with my new CDRW the drive does not mount at boot. I can mount it
manually using ISO9660 file type and read data CDs. How do I mount the
CDRW to read audio CDs? How can I auto mount at boot time so that audio
and data CDS can both be read? Thank you for your help. Jh
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From: holcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CDRW mounting
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:30:04 -0000
I have a new Sony CDRW drive. My old CD drive used to be automatically
mounted at boot time in Mandrake 7.2. I was able to read data CDs or
listen to audio CDs with no problems. My new CDRW is not mounted at boot.
I can mount it manually using iso9660 to read data disks. I still cannot
listen to audio CDs. How do I mount my CDRW to listen to audio CDs? Why
do I have to mount and unmount CDs individually? Is there a way to auto
mount my CDRW at boot time and freely listen to audio CDs or read data CDs
without manually mounting and remounting the drive? Thank you for your
help. JH
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From: peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:40:48 GMT
Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
What I'm trying to do, is design a factory inventory system. To keep
cost down I want to use Linux. The model I'm using, is a furniture
factory. I want to design a system that will allow the factory to
keep track of their "work in progress" and finished goods. I'm
guessing that this will be a little more complicated than your
average inventory system?
Of course the workers would have to access the system to enter data,
etc, so the user interfaces can't be too complicated (GUI?).
SOFTWARE
Is there any "open source" software that can help me with the
inventory and tracking ? or
Would I have to write a program from scratch or could I modify some
existing software ? or
Would it make more sense to just buy the software (for linux) ?
HARDWARE
This is an easy (well easier) one for me, first I would make sure the
hardware (I'm buying) is linux compatible. I would go out and buy B/W
9" monitors, those cool small cases (with the 810e chipset, if the
810e is linux compatible), and celeron cpus, etc. I would pick up
some retractable keyboard and mouse holders and set up several rack
mount style data centers throughout the factory (I would love to set
this up!!!)
On the server side, things get a little tricky, maybe (just maybe) tie
into a win 2000 server (A lot depends on what existing system they
already have, and we all know that many of the existing systems will
be win98, etc). I guess the management would need to access the data
entered by the factory workers to check progress, productivity, etc.
A linux server could be used and we could somehow give the management
access to this server though their existing win boxes (secure CRT ?).
Or we could design a simple way to access and read the data in linux
(write a small reporting program or use some simple database program)
and also have the forms printed automatically at the end of the day.
SUPPORT
Depending on the size of the factory, in-house linux/windows support
would be smart, But if it's a small company, then they could call on
the systems/software provider (me) for support. From what I read
about linux, if I design the system right, there won't be to many
problems. I would probably set up a service contract where I would
come in every month and check things out.
SECURITY
This system would not be accessible from the outside, This is a lone
factory (pretty rare in today's world, but let's keep things simple :)
Managers would have internet access, so normal virus protection, and
other precautions would be in place.
FORGET LINUX
If, for some strange reason it would be better to do this on some
other platform, like freeBSD, or windows 2000, please tell me. Let's
assume that the factory is a midsize factory (40-60 factory workers,
10-12 manager/sales/etc, and that they will need about 10 data entry
terminals, and every manager already has a windows 98 box.
NOTE
I know I've left out a lot a details, I've never worked in a factory
and I'm trying to understand how this can all work together. I think
if we let are imaginations loose we can all have some fun with this;
and a lot of the newbies to Linux and IT can learn a little.
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From: "joseph Philip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CDRW mounting
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:15:02 GMT
To listen to audo cd's there shoud be a wire going from the analog-out of
the cdrw to the sound card's analog in.
About mounting:
chances are that the old cdrom was mounted as a secondary slace. most new
cdrw's come jumpered as masters. You can access it directly through the
ide interface, if you do not have scsi emulation enabled.
What was that??
Ok, Here goes: To do cd burning , the cdrecord software talks to it as if
it is a scsi device. For this to work, you need the scsi emulation to
be available in the kernel, and the cd to be accessed through the
ide-scsi module. Further, the ide-cdrom module should be told to ignore
the cdrw .
There is a cdwriting howto that explains all these things, in addition to
using a lone ide cdrw on a computer.
hth
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "holcomb"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a new Sony CDRW drive. My old CD drive used to be automatically
> mounted at boot time in Mandrake 7.2. I was able to read data CDs or
> listen to audio CDs with no problems. My new CDRW is not mounted at
> boot. I can mount it manually using iso9660 to read data disks. I
> still cannot listen to audio CDs. How do I mount my CDRW to listen to
> audio CDs? Why do I have to mount and unmount CDs individually? Is
> there a way to auto mount my CDRW at boot time and freely listen to
> audio CDs or read data CDs without manually mounting and remounting the
> drive? Thank you for your help. JH
>
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From: Jan Francsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:13:12 +0100
Hello!
I think, you need some kind of database.
Read about sql and relational Databases.
As a server you can use a Linux box with mysql.
On the client side, you can create
- software in C with qt2 lib's for graphical GUI
- html with java or php to make the Database accesable in any Browser.
In that case you will need the Apache www server on your server.
For system-service use SSH, Telnet and webmin, a verry nice www
(intranet) aplication.
I hope, this helps.
greatings, Jan
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From: "Masha Ku'Inanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Sound card good buys?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 13:36:28 -0500
Reply-To: "Masha Ku'Inanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Someone Special" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Guillemot Corporation (Hercules) has an alternative to the
> Creative Live Drive, but it's not necessarily a need. It does give you
> front face plate access to a whole ton of audio ports if you need that
> type of thing. The problem with the Hercules unit is that I'm not sure
> how long it'll be before someone releases Linux drivers for it, I'm
> not even sure who manufactures the chipset for the thing.
> As far as high quality cheap cards go, you could shoot for a
> Creative PCI 512. It uses the emu10k1 chip, the same one the Live
> uses, though the actual Live cards now have Dolby Digital Surround
> sound, so I think the might have switched to a new revision. What the
> 512 lacks is the software that comes with the Live soundcards, but I
> have compiled and used the emu10k1 module on 4 different computers,
> all using PCI 512's, and they've all worked fine.
>
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:23:10 +1300, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >
> >I have been Looking for a sound card most of the computer people can't
> >give me the Information I need or want I am using at the moment a OLD
> >SB16 non pnp It is too noisy for deasent recording (digitising my Lp
> >collection) I have tryed some newer cards (a yahama clone) very
> >distorted wave capture couldnt get the thing to work with Linux,
> >
> >so what I am looking for is a
> >
> >works with Linux
> >
> >has good midi sinth (sb16 sounds like the old "beep" in a Sinclare)
> >
> >good signal to noise say >80dB on the input with out earth loops
> >(HUM!!!!) (sb16 is about 57dB S/N)
> >
> >Is the "Live Drive" as in the Sound Blaster Live a useful addition are
> >there any thing else from other manufaturers that would do and
> >usefulness?
>
Oddly, I have had good luck with a SBPCI16, i believe it uses the 1371 chip,
by Ensoniq?
Has worked with every OS i have tried on my home toy, from FreeBSD, Linux,
BeOS to Win98, ME, 2000 Pro and Server.
Strangely, under 2000, the SB512 would crackle as an Mp3 played, and I
opened a window. The SB16 did not.
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From: "joeyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help with IO card and CD-RW
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 10:53:29 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Dances With
Crows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:16:01 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] staggered into
> the Black Sun and said:
>>Installed an IO card to get lpt2-in dos. Have not been able to get it
>>working. I think it has something to do with BIOS not being set right.
>>Would also like to get the IDE on it working so I can put a CD and HD on
>>it.
> [snip]
>
> What's the make and model of the I/O card, what does "cat /proc/pci" say
> about the card (if it's a PCI card, which I hope it is), and what have
> you tried so far, and what error messages does it generate? Without that
> information, no one can help you.
Unable to find documentation at the time. Will continue looking.
No error messages to my knowledge. Looked through /var/log/dmesg.
Did cat /proc/pci and get a list. Do not know what to look for to find IO
card.
>
>>Here is what I have: Secondary Slave: /dev/cdrom = CD-RW -still not
>>working in Linux.
>
> Read the HOWTO and follow the directions.
Tried that. I get a syntax error everytime I get to a certain point. I
know, after many repeated attempts, I am entering the lines of code
correctly. Maybe the how to is wrong? I don't know.
Use Google/Deja to search
> this NG for my name and the keyword "CD-R". Oh yes, without more
> detailed information on your setup (which kernel you're running and how
> you've compiled it) no one can give more detailed advice than that
> either. HTH,
>
> Running 2.2.14-50 installed via Red Hat 6.2 CD.
Will check out Google/Deja asap.
Thanks
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