Linux-Hardware Digest #403, Volume #14 Mon, 26 Feb 01 03:13:08 EST
Contents:
kernel can't detect the APM BIOS (Joe Yick)
bttv tuner with 2.2.17 (Daniel Naughton)
Re: video capture card, bttv question ("joeyd")
Re: phoneline network card supported? ("A. J. (Tony) Schiavone")
Re: Epson question ("Frank P. Miles")
Re: what kind of motherborad is this? (Tim Moore)
Re: Netgear FA311 and nvidia drivers ("Simon Cope")
sound card:Does it matter which brand it is to use for mp3 line out?? ("kellyboy")
Re: GLX driver for Riva TNT in RedHat (Marcus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4gglund?=)
Re: bttv tuner with 2.2.17 (Marcus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4gglund?=)
Re: sound card:Does it matter which brand it is to use for mp3 line out?? (Marcus
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4gglund?=)
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From: Joe Yick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel can't detect the APM BIOS
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 11:52:57 +0800
Hi all,
My notebook is running Mandrake 7.2
It have a problem that the kernel can't detect the APM BIOS and prompt a
message "APM BIOS not found" during the boot up.
So, it can't auto power off after halted.
I have the same problem in my company server, Mandrake 7.2 is also
installed.
Both of them are using Phoenix BIOS rather than Award BIOS.
Any suggestions or related documents can help me to solve the problem?
Thanks
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From: Daniel Naughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bttv tuner with 2.2.17
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 04:04:09 -0600
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This WinTV card has been driving me nuts. I had the thing working in
Redhat 5.2 and 6.1. In 6.1, xawtv worked well, but bcast2000 couldn't
make the sound come out of the card. I've recently upgraded the kernel
from 2.2.14 to 2.2.17 and now the sound works in bcast2000. Yeah!
However, the tuner no longer functions. (F***) Has anyone seen this?
I've recompiled the driver, but the results are the same. There's a few
strange errors that I can't chase down..
>From what I've read, the i2c.o is the bus that this card runs on. It's
also supposed to detect the tuner. When I type the following:
# /sbin/depmod -ae
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/i2c.o: unresolved symbol(s)
__udelay
kmalloc
kfree
printk
It sure seems like this is hosed up? Any kernel people out there know
if this could be the cause?
I insmoded the card the same way it was last time:
insmod videodev
insmod i2c verbose=1 scan=1 i2c_debug=0
insmod tuner debug=1 type=2
insmod msp3400
insmod bttv radio=0 card=10
However, the tuner doens't look like it was recognized. I've tried
every different tuner in the list?
# /sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
bttv 36568 0 (unused)
msp3400 10016 0 (unused)
tuner 1964 0 (unused)
i2c 3360 3 [bttv msp3400 tuner]
videodev 2368 2 [bttv]
My /etc/modules.conf:
#TV
alias char-major-81 bttv
pre-install bttv insmod; modprobe -k tuner; modprobe -k msp3400
options bttv radio=0 card=10
options tuner type=2
The bootup used to say this:
i2c: bus registered: bt848-0
i2c: scanning bus bt848-0: found device at addr=0xa0
i2c: scanning bus bt848-0: found device at addr=0xc2
i2c: device attached: tuner (addr=0xc2, bus=bt848-0, driver=tuner)
Now it says this:
i2c: initialized (i2c bus scan enabled)
i2c: driver registered: tuner
i2c: driver registered: msp3400
i2c: bus registered: bt848-0
It doesn't seem to get the "tuner=2" option passed to the module. Is
there a way to force it?
Any help would be appreciated.
Dan Naughton
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This WinTV card has been driving me nuts. I had the thing working
in Redhat 5.2 and 6.1. In 6.1, xawtv worked well, but bcast2000 couldn't
make the sound come out of the card. I've recently upgraded the kernel
from 2.2.14 to 2.2.17 and now the sound works in bcast2000. Yeah!
However, the tuner no longer functions. (F***) Has anyone seen
this? I've recompiled the driver, but the results are the same.
There's a few strange errors that I can't chase down..
<p>From what I've read, the i2c.o is the bus that this card runs on.
It's also supposed to detect the tuner. When I type the following:
<p><tt># /sbin/depmod -ae</tt>
<br><tt>/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/i2c.o: unresolved symbol(s)</tt>
<br><tt> __udelay</tt>
<br><tt> kmalloc</tt>
<br><tt> kfree</tt>
<br><tt> printk</tt><tt></tt>
<p>It sure seems like this is hosed up? Any kernel people out there
know if this could be the cause?
<p>I insmoded the card the same way it was last time:
<br><tt>insmod videodev</tt>
<br><tt>insmod i2c verbose=1 scan=1 i2c_debug=0</tt>
<br><tt>insmod tuner debug=1 type=2</tt>
<br><tt>insmod msp3400</tt>
<br><tt>insmod bttv radio=0 card=10</tt>
<p>However, the tuner doens't look like it was recognized. I've tried
every different tuner in the list?
<br><tt># /sbin/lsmod</tt>
<br><tt>Module
Size Used by</tt>
<br><tt>bttv
36568 0 (unused)</tt>
<br><tt>msp3400
10016 0 (unused)</tt>
<br><tt>tuner
1964 0 (unused)</tt>
<br><tt>i2c
3360 3 [bttv msp3400 tuner]</tt>
<br><tt>videodev
2368 2 [bttv]</tt>
<br>
<p>My /etc/modules.conf:
<br><tt>#TV</tt>
<br><tt>alias char-major-81 bttv</tt>
<br><tt>pre-install bttv insmod; modprobe -k tuner; modprobe -k msp3400</tt>
<br><tt>options bttv radio=0 card=10</tt>
<br><tt>options tuner type=2</tt>
<br>
<p>The bootup used to say this:
<br>i2c: bus registered: bt848-0
<br>i2c: scanning bus bt848-0: found device at addr=0xa0
<br>i2c: scanning bus bt848-0: found device at addr=0xc2
<br>i2c: device attached: tuner (addr=0xc2, bus=bt848-0, driver=tuner)
<p>Now it says this:
<br>i2c: initialized (i2c bus scan enabled)
<br>i2c: driver registered: tuner
<br>i2c: driver registered: msp3400
<br>i2c: bus registered: bt848-0
<br>
<p>It doesn't seem to get the "tuner=2" option passed to the module.
Is there a way to force it?
<br>Any help would be appreciated.
<p>Dan Naughton
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From: "joeyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: video capture card, bttv question
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 20:29:45 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Vladimir Florinski"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This doesn't make sense. Bttv doesn't have this program and it doesn't
> come as an RPM (even if it does it would be nearly useless because you'd
> have to patch the kernel and compile anyway). I recommend you use the
> driver provided with the kernel.
bttv was recommended by someone in this group.
It is available at rpmfind.net in many versions.
>
>>
>
> The program you were trying isn't really fit for the task (I don't think
> anyone is using it these days). Start with xawtv, which works quite well
> (although the interface leaves a lot to be desired). Zapping is an
> alternative, although I believe it needs Linux 2.4 for best performance.
>
>
Where do I find xawtv?
--
cedric
Linux powered
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distribute e-mail address.
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From: "A. J. (Tony) Schiavone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: phoneline network card supported?
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 04:52:08 GMT
AFAIK none of the 10 Mbps phoneline cards are supported in Linux. They all
use the same chipset and the company won't release the info required to
write a driver. I'm using a Linksys 1Mbps card and it works fine.
- Tony -
. piet wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>i am planning on buying 10 mb phoneline network cards?
>which cards are supported by linux?
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From: "Frank P. Miles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson question
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 05:08:15 GMT
Gary I Kahn wrote:
>
> John--
>
> You said that you needed to update to kernel 2.2.18 to get your Epson 636U
> scanner working smoothly. Would you elaborate, please? I'm asking because
> I've just ordered a rebuilt 610U, and I want to be prepared for it when it
> arrives. My Mandrake 7.2 distribution came with a heavily patched 2.2.17
> kernel, and it appears that it'll support the USB scanner. /proc/bus/usb/
> seems to have valid USB port information, and the 'usbcore.o' and
> 'scanner.o' modules came pre-compiled with the distribution. Is there
> something that you recommend I watch out for?
I have had good results with my 2.2.17 kernel (Debian "potato") with the
USB
patches, and the Epson 636U scanner.
If you have USB working, and sane (or whatever software you'll use to
interface
with your scanner) is compatible with your scanner, it will probably
work.
-frank
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From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what kind of motherborad is this?
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 06:43:00 GMT
# hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.95 seconds =134.74 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.86 seconds = 34.41 MB/sec
# hdparm -iv /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 2501/255/63, sectors = 40188960, start = 0
Model=IBM-DTLA-307020, FwRev=TX3OA50C, SerialNo=YH0YHF45553
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=40188960
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4 udma5
With the 'ide0=ata66' you don't need hdparm to setup UDMA.
> Thanks for the suggestion.. Would you
> mind sharing what your /sbin/hdparm -Tt looks
> like?
>
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 21:29:00 GMT,
> Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Anyway I like to juice as much as
> >> possible out of my server... I
> >> have now 2.4.2 on the server and
> >> it has an quantum ide drive. /sbin/hdparm
> >
> >> VIA82CXXX chipset support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX) [N/y/?]
> > ^
> >Change this to 'Y'. Also try passing kernal parameter at boot time,
> >usually in /etc/lilo.conf: append="ide0=ata66". Your dmesg output
> >should look something like this:
> >...
> >ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes
> >VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
> >VP_IDE: chipset revision 16
> >VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> >VT 8371
> > Chipset Core ATA-66
> >VP_IDE: ATA-66/100 forced bit set (WARNING)!!
> >Split FIFO Configuration: 8 Primary buffers, threshold = 1/2
> > 8 Second. buffers, threshold = 1/2
> > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
> >ide0: VIA Bus-Master (U)DMA Timing Config Success
> >VP_IDE: ATA-66/100 forced bit set (WARNING)!!
> > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
> >ide1: VIA Bus-Master (U)DMA Timing Config Success
> >hda: IBM-DTLA-307020, ATA DISK drive
> >hdb: YAMAHA CRW4416E, ATAPI CDROM drive
> >hdc: IBM-DTLA-307020, ATA DISK drive
> >hdd: HP COLORADO 20GB, ATAPI TAPE drive
> >ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> >ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> >hda: IBM-DTLA-307020, 19623MB w/1916kB Cache, CHS=2501/255/63, UDMA(66)
> >hdc: IBM-DTLA-307020, 19623MB w/1916kB Cache, CHS=39870/16/63, UDMA(66)
> >...
> >--
> >timothymoore
> > bigfoot
> > com
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From: "Simon Cope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 and nvidia drivers
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:51:34 +0800
I won't be needing the drivers now. Thanks anyway.
Simon
"Simon Cope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3a97a325$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can someone please send me the 2.4 drivers for the fa311 network card.
> I have spent tooooo many days playing with the re-compiling of the fa311
> drivers for RedHat 7.0 and it is a pain in the neck. I used the natsemi
> drivers, but that was no good either. I may be doing something wrong
> though, as I am new to Linux.
> My email address to send the driver to if somebody could send it is
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks
> Simon Cope.
>
>
>
> "Alim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9733rp$a99$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi there
> >
> > Does anybody know how to get the Netgear FA311 fast ethernet card up and
> > running using the 2.4 kernel?
> >
> > Also, my GeForce 2 GTS always starts XFree86 in a bizarre way for the
> first
> > time... the desktop is displayed thin and tall threee times across the
> > screen with a weird refresh rate. I have to exit and restart XFree86 for
> it
> > to work properly.
> >
> > Thanks
> > alim
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "kellyboy" <kellyboy@nospanner>
Subject: sound card:Does it matter which brand it is to use for mp3 line out??
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 01:32:18 -0600
which sound card (preferelly pci but not necessary) that meet a simple
requirement of playing mp3 using line out to external receiver.
Buying Soundblaster Live 5.1 Plantium is bit of a overkill.....which other
sound (cheap but functional) will work? I saw some basic sound card at store
for around 19 or 29 dollars..will that work?
Is there some soundcard specific website out there where I can find which
brand will work?
I have this spare box that I use as a Samba/httpd/mySQL (im the only user in
this mini home networking setup....to learn LInux).
I decided to add more functionality to this box:-- MP3 Jukebox using ""Otto"
(from sourceforge.net).
I need to put sound card to this box....
thanks
kellyboy
--
----
replace "nospanner" with "tcac.net" in my address
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From: Marcus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4gglund?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GLX driver for Riva TNT in RedHat
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 08:43:39 +0100
I "uninstalled" (rpm -e) the preinstalled Mesa and disintegrated every
GL lib on the system, then reinstalled the Nvidia package and now it
seems to work. :-)
Toby Haynes wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>> 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?
>
>
> Make sure you don't have errant libraries hanging around - libglx.a is a
> definite no-no.
>
> The best way to check your system is with the nv_check.sh script - get it at
>
> http://www.lokigames.com/~heimdall/nvidia/nv_check.sh
>
> Cheers
> Toby Haynes
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From: Marcus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4gglund?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bttv tuner with 2.2.17
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 08:47:44 +0100
Hi!
I'm running 2.2.16 with xawtv (HW: Hauppauge WinTV Th.) and it's working
fine for me after upgrading to the latest bttv-driver. Although I'm also
having some problems with the tuner and it's totally impossible to use
the auto-tuning, I have to use the manual method (up-down-arrow)...
/Marcus
Daniel Naughton wrote:
> This WinTV card has been driving me nuts. I had the thing working in
> Redhat 5.2 and 6.1. In 6.1, xawtv worked well, but bcast2000 couldn't
> make the sound come out of the card. I've recently upgraded the kernel
> from 2.2.14 to 2.2.17 and now the sound works in bcast2000. Yeah!
> However, the tuner no longer functions. (F***) Has anyone seen this?
> I've recompiled the driver, but the results are the same. There's a few
> strange errors that I can't chase down..
>
> From what I've read, the i2c.o is the bus that this card runs on. It's
> also supposed to detect the tuner. When I type the following:
>
> # /sbin/depmod -ae
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/i2c.o: unresolved symbol(s)
> __udelay
> kmalloc
> kfree
> printk
>
> It sure seems like this is hosed up? Any kernel people out there know
> if this could be the cause?
>
> I insmoded the card the same way it was last time:
> insmod videodev
> insmod i2c verbose=1 scan=1 i2c_debug=0
> insmod tuner debug=1 type=2
> insmod msp3400
> insmod bttv radio=0 card=10
>
> However, the tuner doens't look like it was recognized. I've tried
> every different tuner in the list?
> # /sbin/lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> bttv 36568 0 (unused)
> msp3400 10016 0 (unused)
> tuner 1964 0 (unused)
> i2c 3360 3 [bttv msp3400 tuner]
> videodev 2368 2 [bttv]
>
>
> My /etc/modules.conf:
> #TV
> alias char-major-81 bttv
> pre-install bttv insmod; modprobe -k tuner; modprobe -k msp3400
> options bttv radio=0 card=10
> options tuner type=2
>
>
> The bootup used to say this:
> i2c: bus registered: bt848-0
> i2c: scanning bus bt848-0: found device at addr=0xa0
> i2c: scanning bus bt848-0: found device at addr=0xc2
> i2c: device attached: tuner (addr=0xc2, bus=bt848-0, driver=tuner)
>
> Now it says this:
> i2c: initialized (i2c bus scan enabled)
> i2c: driver registered: tuner
> i2c: driver registered: msp3400
> i2c: bus registered: bt848-0
>
>
> It doesn't seem to get the "tuner=2" option passed to the module. Is
> there a way to force it?
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Dan Naughton
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From: Marcus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4gglund?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound card:Does it matter which brand it is to use for mp3 line out??
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 08:53:35 +0100
Why not buying the cheapest SoundBlaster possible? Like a SB16, if it's
still available?
Marcus
kellyboy wrote:
> which sound card (preferelly pci but not necessary) that meet a simple
> requirement of playing mp3 using line out to external receiver.
>
> Buying Soundblaster Live 5.1 Plantium is bit of a overkill.....which other
> sound (cheap but functional) will work? I saw some basic sound card at store
> for around 19 or 29 dollars..will that work?
>
> Is there some soundcard specific website out there where I can find which
> brand will work?
>
>
>
> I have this spare box that I use as a Samba/httpd/mySQL (im the only user in
> this mini home networking setup....to learn LInux).
>
> I decided to add more functionality to this box:-- MP3 Jukebox using ""Otto"
> (from sourceforge.net).
>
> I need to put sound card to this box....
>
>
> thanks
>
> kellyboy
> --
> ----
> replace "nospanner" with "tcac.net" in my address
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