Linux-Hardware Digest #436, Volume #14 Sun, 4 Mar 01 21:13:10 EST
Contents:
On the subjects of SB16... (Fred)
Re: Linux Modem (Andrew McDonald)
Re: How-to- Linux on Unix?? (Steve Martin)
Latest Adaptec SCSI cards support by kernel 2.0.36-38? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IBM 3581 Ultrium Autoloader on Linux? ("Tony's RSP News")
Re: PCTel Internal Modem (Martin Stenzel)
Re: What's a good AGP 1x video card? ("Bengt-Arne johansson")
Re: Linux Modem (DJC)
Microtek X6 scanner (Yatima)
Re: Help! hde lilo bios=0x80 and hang at "LI" (John in SD)
Re: Latest Adaptec SCSI cards support by kernel 2.0.36-38? ("D. Stimits")
Ditto 2gb external parallel? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DYMO serial printer and lpd: how? ("Bennett C. Baker")
Modem problems (Matthew Borkowski)
Re: Modem problems ("Peter T. Breuer")
RedHat 6.2 rescue mode and tape drives (Allen Belk)
Re: Temperature probing? (Ronald Bruck)
Re: RAID on Linux: What type of hardware to choose? ("Leo")
Anyone seen a solid state drive - sold as a kit? (steve)
Re: ASUS A7V133 (optimator)
Help!!! weird beeping noises and other oddities ("Lionel Hutz")
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From: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: On the subjects of SB16...
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 13:35:33 -0600
Some hints...
I see that some don't have bass/treble. Also, my system shipped with the
SB16 using the power amp directly into my external amp/subwoofer,
overloading and distorting the audio. A jumper on the board fixed it by
outputing line level audio.
Also, be sure to turn off/mute the microphone input using the aumix or
xmixer; the microphone input causes a great amount of hiss, making the
other audio (CD, pwm) muddy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew McDonald)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Modem
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 19:37:20 +0000
On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 18:26:01 GMT,
Tim Willets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Most (if not all) internal PCI modems (generally referred to as
> "winmodems") won't work as they require software drivers that do
> some of the work done by hardware in external modems.
Originally it seemed that all internal PCI modems were 'winmodems'
there are at least a couple now available that aren't.
Scan (http://www.scan.co.uk/) sell one that they specifically
advertise as being Linux compatible (the 'SCAN SmartLink LINUX Modem
PCI 56K/v.90 Internal Hardware').
--
Andrew McDonald
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.mcdonald.org.uk/andrew/
OpenPGP DSA/ElG 1024/2048 3EDE 0FBC 6138 DCA0 FC8E C508 FCBB A9C8 F2DE ED36
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How-to- Linux on Unix??
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 14:49:23 -0500
Raymond Russell wrote:
> > The software for UNIX like Solaris and AIX will not run on Intel
> > (hardware) systems.
There is indeed a version of Solaris for Intel platforms; we're using
it daily at work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Latest Adaptec SCSI cards support by kernel 2.0.36-38?
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 11:29:25 +0800
Hi,
We have a client still using kernel 2.0.36 system, can anyone tell us
are these new SCSI cards from adaptec (2906, 2930U, 19160, 29160) are
supported by this kernel? If not can we get the support by manually
replace the SCSI driver to a newer version?
Thanks,
Vincent
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From: "Tony's RSP News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.dev.tape
Subject: IBM 3581 Ultrium Autoloader on Linux?
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 07:15:07 +0930
Hi,
I need to get a high density tape drive on a new server we're speccing for
our company. I've been looking at the IBM Ultrium/LTO drives, which have a
nice little autoloader, but have seen no mention of support for Linux. The
HP drives are quite explicit about Linux support, but they don't have the
autoloader.
Has anyone tried using the 3581 on Linux?
Email replies please :) .
Thanks,
Tony
--
================================================
Tony Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rising Sun Pictures http://www.rsp.com.au/
Adelaide, Australia http://research.rsp.com.au/
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From: Martin Stenzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCTel Internal Modem
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 22:16:27 +0100
No question, no answer, it is that simple.
Martin Stenzel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PGP-/GnuPG-encrypted mail appreciated,
public key (ID: >>B57C61DC<<) at:
>>http://141.20.1.38/~h0444xyv/GPGkey_martin.stenzel<<
On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Daniel Sullivan wrote:
> Hi there,
> I am running RedHat 7 and I have a PCTel Internal (winmodem?) Modem.
> RedHat won't recognise it.
> I have a PCCHIPS MLR41MT motherboard.
> Thanks,
> Daniel Sullivan
>
>
>
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From: "Bengt-Arne johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What's a good AGP 1x video card?
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:25:21 GMT
Woodoo Banshee is an only AGP 1x card and is working real good under =
XFree, my boy is running it on a 440LX just now and it is giving my AGP =
4x card a real run... ;-)
The Banshee card is a loot cheaper than any of the newer one that is =
suggersted...
Bengt-Arne=20
"Braden McDaniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i meddelandet =
news:SrNh6.4179$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm wondering what's a decent AGP *1x* video card that will work well =
with
> XFree86 4. I need something for a somewhat dated motherboard (Intel
> DK440LX) that sucks less than an ATI Xpert 98 (what I'm using now). I
> have a decent monitor, so I want something that can do 1600x1200 @
> 24/32bpp at a good refresh rate. Oh, and Nvidia boards are right
> out--this mobo hates 'em.
>=20
> Suggestions appreciated...
>=20
> --=20
> Braden McDaniel It is hard to know if nothing is /
> http://endoframe.com actually nothing
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] And thus difficult to know if a policy =
/
> Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] of doing nothing is successful
> -- Radiohead
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DJC)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Modem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:14:22 GMT
On Sun, 4 Mar 2001 19:37:20 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew
McDonald) wrote:
>On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 18:26:01 GMT,
>Tim Willets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Most (if not all) internal PCI modems (generally referred to as
>> "winmodems") won't work as they require software drivers that do
>> some of the work done by hardware in external modems.
>
>Originally it seemed that all internal PCI modems were 'winmodems'
>there are at least a couple now available that aren't.
>
>Scan (http://www.scan.co.uk/) sell one that they specifically
>advertise as being Linux compatible (the 'SCAN SmartLink LINUX Modem
>PCI 56K/v.90 Internal Hardware').
But beware many internal modems described as 'hardware modems' are
not. They have an extra chip to speed things up but still require
software drivers etc. I made the mistake of getting something called
HAM (hardware accelerated modem -apparently) which I cannot even get
to work with NT.
--
David Clark
<http://www.orditur-telas.com/>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yatima)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Microtek X6 scanner
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:40:19 GMT
Hi Folks,
Here's the setup:
Microtek X6 USB scanner
kernel 2.4.2 (w/ USB stuff, generic SCSI support,
and Microtek X6 USB driver compiled in)
So usbview picks up the usb hub and identifies the device as microtek blah
blah blah leading me to believe that the problem is on the driver end.
Reading TFM would seem to suggest that this particular scanner masquerades
as a generic SCSI device (sg0 since I don't have sga). I tried pointing
/dev/scanner at these but no luck (find-scanner doesn't pick it up). I've
also tried xsane and friends but no luck. I've got an IDE cd burner which I
figure might be messing up the generic SCSI stuff so I tried linking
/dev/scanner to sg1 but no luck. I also tried scd1 (scd0 is occupied by the
burner).
I'm running out of ideas. Has anyone w/ a similar setup got this going?
TIA :)
--
yatima
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From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help! hde lilo bios=0x80 and hang at "LI"
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:46:51 GMT
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 00:07:12 +0100, "Mathias Rodenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>go for the old ide0 variation. i think lilo doesn't like not to be on hda
>(mbr)...at least that is what i experienced (would appreciate some comments
>about this)...it can boot any partition and system from there
All parts of the LILO boot environment must be accessible via BIOS calls.
This means:
1. the first stage loader (boot=/dev/hda)
2. the second stage loader (install=/boot/boot.b)
3. the kernel image (image=/boot/vmlinuzXXX)
4. the initrd file (initrd=/boot/initrdXXX)
The question in this configuration is: does /dev/hde have bios support? And
will the default boot (/dev/hda) boot loader find it. Also, is the partition
set active?
I doubt that /dev/hde is BIOS device 0x80 !!!
--John
>regards, M
>
LILO version 21.7 (24-Feb-2001) source at
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo
patches at ftp://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo
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Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 15:02:10 -0700
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Latest Adaptec SCSI cards support by kernel 2.0.36-38?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We have a client still using kernel 2.0.36 system, can anyone tell us
> are these new SCSI cards from adaptec (2906, 2930U, 19160, 29160) are
> supported by this kernel? If not can we get the support by manually
> replace the SCSI driver to a newer version?
>
> Thanks,
> Vincent
You need the aic7xxx driver, usually this is best compiled in if you
need scsi access at boot time (mkinitrd can work for modules). Probably
it is available by some means for that kernel, but it is very unlikely
it will support it in 2.0.36. Even if it did support it, u160 didn't
exist then, and it would be relegated to older protocols. As I recall,
even the LVD 80 MB/sec drives were only then seeing support added. The
older kernel is probably a serious handicap.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ditto 2gb external parallel?
Date: 4 Mar 2001 22:07:32 GMT
Hello.
Could someone please tell me the latest on the situation with
drivers availability etc for the Ditto 2gb external parallel port drive
on a Linux box. Is there any way at all I can get this drive to work
under Linux?
Thank you very much.
--
Jesus Angel del Pozo Dominguez
Valladolid
^_^
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <O,O>
http://www.tel.uva.es/~jpozdom (GPS) ( . )
http://www.castillayleon.com/ciclismo/castilla (Castilla C.C.) _"_"_
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Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 17:29:49 -0500
From: "Bennett C. Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DYMO serial printer and lpd: how?
Folks,
I've been trying to get my Dymo LabelWriter EL60 working with lpd for
the better part of a day, with no luck. The Red Hat Hardware
Compatibility list says it's compatible, so *somebody* must have gotten
this sucker working with this configuration somewhere. If you are one
of that lucky few, I would greatly appreciate a glimpse of your printcap
file (or whatever stty magic you invoke).
If, on the other hand, you have experience with serial printers other
than this particular one and you believe you can help, the relevant
stats are: 19200bps, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, hardware
handshake.
Thanks in advance,
BCB
--
==================================================
Bennett C. Baker
B::Ware
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.bware.com
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Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 18:00:55 -0500
From: Matthew Borkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Modem problems
I'm using BestLinux running KDE and when I try to use my modem, I get
the error "Sorry, modem busy". The documention says that the most likely
cause is that I own a Winmodem, but I'm fairly sure I do not. Is there
anyway to find out if my modem is or isn't a Winmodem. If the latter is
true, then what is the cause of the error message?
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem problems
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 01:28:49 +0100
Matthew Borkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using BestLinux running KDE and when I try to use my modem, I get
> the error "Sorry, modem busy". The documention says that the most likely
> cause is that I own a Winmodem, but I'm fairly sure I do not. Is there
> anyway to find out if my modem is or isn't a Winmodem. If the latter is
> true, then what is the cause of the error message?
Read the modem HOWTO. (or the serial HOWTO, if it's a true external
modem).
The error message means there is no modem where you are trying to talk
to one (or at least, there is no modem AVAILABLE there, which might be
due to there not being one at all). Check.
Peter
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From: Allen Belk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 6.2 rescue mode and tape drives
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 00:45:55 GMT
Coming from the Tru64 UNIX world, I would like to have the ability to
boot from the RedHat 6.2 CD into rescue mode, create the tape device
special files, mount the partitions of the system and then back them
up. I attempted this once and even though I was able to create the
SCSI tape devices listed in the st man pages, when I attempted to
access it, I got an error complaining that it was not a valid tape
device. Any suggestions, or should I just stick with single-user mode
backups?
Thanks,
Allen Belk
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From: Ronald Bruck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Temperature probing?
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 16:50:52 -0800
Oooooh! Where did you FIND these little lovelies? Did they come with
the board?
I'm using the K7T Master (MSI 6347Si or something like that), but it
didn't come with the thermistors. Where can I buy them?
--Ron Bruck
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Chris Ripp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:My MSI-something or other has three of these beasts. One thermistor you
:stick on the processor, a spare one I have stuck on the heat sink of my
:video card and a jumper for the third, which I don't have a thermistor for
:right now, and I presume you can put anywhere else. You'll have to compile
:some new kernel modules (i2c and sensors) to use them, at least I did, but
:it works great. I can see those temps, my fan RPMS (well 2 of them anyway)
:and all my voltages.
--
Due to University fiscal constraints, .sigs may not be exceed one
line.
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From: "Leo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.linux.misc
Subject: Re: RAID on Linux: What type of hardware to choose?
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 01:30:17 GMT
We have been using ICP Vortex RAID controllers in our web servers for a few
years now. We run Linux Redhat with Apache. You can use them with internal
disks (the ones we have in production use the Quantum Atlas 10K 80MB/s
drives RAID1 and perform very well).
ICP has done well for us.
More info at www.icp-vortex.com
Best place to buy ICP products is www.icp-order.com
"Toralf Lund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> We want to set up a RAID system consisting of 6 to 8 36 or 73 Gb disks
> (initially; we may or may not want to add more disks later) for a Linux
> host , which is Intel (dual-Pentium-III) based and runs Red Hat 7.0.
> However, we are uncertain about what type of hardware to choose. As I
> understand, there are 3 different types of configurations, namely:
>
> 1. An external, self-contained SCSI unit (SCSI-to-SCSI)
> 2. Internal (PCI) RAID controller and SCSI disks.
> 3. Internal RAID controller with IDE/ATA disks.
>
> I was just wondering about what other peoples experience with the
> different setups are, and what you would recommend. - At the moment, I'm
> inclined to go for alternative 1. as it seems to be the most reliable
> one, and also the one where the installation involves the least amount
> of hassle. I'm assuming that there will be a certain amount of messing
> around with drivers with 2. and 3., but maybe this isn't really a
> problem? Also, 1. is probably the most expensive solution, which isn't a
> major concern as such, but an added cost obviously has to be justified.
> Finally - and this may be a silly question, but I really have no
> experience with ATA disks - would selecting the IDE/ATA setup mean that
> all disks need to fit into the main cabinet? (I seem to remember that
> there was such a limitation with IDE back in the old days.)
>
>
> - Toralf
>
>
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From: steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone seen a solid state drive - sold as a kit?
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 18:31:59 -0700
I've seen several manufacturers showing off solid state drives
implemented with PCI cards and SDRAM or as IDE "drives". A simple 128mb
unit goes for > $500 which strikes me as odd since I just bought 256mb
of SDRAM for $86.
I'd like to build my own using either 72pin SIMMs or 168pin SDRAM. Has
anyone come across a vendor selling either the bare PCI Solid State card
or as a kit to convert a 3.5" IDE drive?
Steve
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From: optimator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASUS A7V133
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 01:42:44 GMT
hac wrote:
>
> optimator wrote:
> >
> > OK, Here is the deal....
> >
> > System Configuration:
> > Motherboard - ASUS A7V133 (Bios 1002a.1)
> > RAM - 512MB PC133
> > HardDrive - Maxtor 30G ATA100
> >
> > Problem:
> > I have tried installing both Redhat 7.0 and SuSe 7.1(Professional). They
> > both
> > seem to stall out during the install.
> >
> Well, I have an A7V133, 512MB RAM, and an older ATA66 Maxtor, and Red
> Hat 6.2 works fine. It was already installed when I swapped the
> motherboard in, though. Perhaps the difference is ATA66 vs ATA100.
> Try changing the BIOS settings for the drive mode, disabling DMA, for
> example. It's hard to troubleshoot without a system installed.
>
> I'm steering clear of RH7 as long as they use a different version of
> the compiler than everyone else.
>
> --
> Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, I finally got it working... a little
I had to go into the BIOS and disable the DMA for the harddrive.
This at least allowed me to install(Redhat 7.0). Now I am trying to
upgrade my kernel to 2.4.2. This kernel already has full support
for the VIA KT133A chipset and the Promis ATA/100 controller chip.
Lets just hope that this kernel stays stable enough to get the
new kernel in......
keep your fingers crossed
Thanks,
Mike
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From: "Lionel Hutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Help!!! weird beeping noises and other oddities
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 01:52:54 GMT
ok, here is the situation, i recently managed to upgrade my cpu and mobo
(p3 866/asus cuv4x-e,and new case,cdrom,floppy) my computer runs mandrake
7.2 and win2000, (7.2 installed over 7.0 today)
since the new hardware change linux has behaved somewhat oddly, the system
will every now and then emmit 4 beeps and flicker slightly, it seems like a
power problem but i dont know how to trouble shoot it specificly.
i figured i would upgrade to 7.2 to see if that helped for some reason. It
didn't and now i have a second problem, when ever i input from the keyboard
(except in terminal)for example in VI or if i am logged on as user, then SU
and start typing root password, if i strike the R key, the screen refreshes
but no output to the screen! i cant enter roots password (cos it had an r in
it) except in terminal or login. in vi, other standard keys do things they
shouldnt even in insert mode. I chose us standard keyboard during
installation.
so, these are my two problems,i recently discovered that the power thing
will not happen if i maintain constant input from either the mouse or
keyboard, (it happened even during setup loading packages) wiggling the
mouse while i was installing made it go away!
none of these problems appear in win2k for what its worth.
P3 866 (new)
asus cuv4-e mobo (new)
256 mg pc133 ram
quantum 20 gig ide hdd (w2k primary)
maxtor 30 gig ide hdd (linux slave)
creative 32mg geforce video
soundblaster live
standard ps2 keyboard and mouse
250w power supply
52 spin cdrom panasonic
yamaha 4x4x16 crw
let me know if you need anymore info and if anyone has any ideas where i can
start looking.
thanks
LH
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