Linux-Hardware Digest #525, Volume #14 Sun, 25 Mar 01 17:13:15 EST
Contents:
Re: SBLive Problems ("J-Pip")
ALCATEL USB Speed touch ADSL modem ("Nikolai Serguienko")
Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question ("Jimi Thompson")
Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? ("B.Y.")
Diskless installs, single floppy firewall/ip masq ? and rr cable modem. (peter)
Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2) (Tim Hanson)
Re: onstream S-50 (alexander sixt)
Re: Matrox G450 (alexander sixt)
Which kernel versions support USB Modems? (Ephraim Gadsby)
Re: CD Burning Question (David Efflandt)
Re: Bypassing prom on sparc? (freedman)
Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question ("NM")
All in Wonder 128 with rage 128 chipset 32meg X config Proplems with 17" TTX monitor
("Line W@lker")
Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Mysterious HDD noise ("R.K.Aa.")
Re: Common video card for linux (John Thompson)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? ("Kelledin")
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 03:05:28 +0800
From: "J-Pip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SBLive Problems
"cHip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Well I finally got my SBLive to work with Linux!
>
> It wasn't working right until I typed in modprobe each time so I stuck
> modprobe in a random rc.d file. I tested it with a wav on root...woot it
>
> worked!
I was lucky to get mine to work "by default" under RedHat 7.0 which I
burnt onto CDs last year when "re-spin" came out.
But I'm not satisfied with the sound quality. I expected the latest drivers
to be better and downloaded them. I followed Creative's instructions in
README but the very first instruction, 'make', fails!
Seems like the Makefile is not up-to-date: "/usr/src/linux/" is still in
there!
I tried to edit it but another problem came up with
KERNELRELEASE at line 44 ... which produces something like
"aut/Makefile" which is nowhere to be found.
Are the latest drivers actually any good? Is it worth the trouble?
Anybody can give me pointers regarding my problem?
Creative does say something like
edit the Makefile if KERNELVERSION is not detected properly ... :-((
Thanks in advance,
J-Philippe.
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From: "Nikolai Serguienko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ALCATEL USB Speed touch ADSL modem
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:29:34 +0200
Hello everybody,
Does anyone has any luck with setting up ALCATEL USB Speed touch ADSL modem
under Linux RH 7.0 (Guiness)? The driver is now released at
www.alcateldsl.com, but I have problems with compiling driver module.
Actually, I can't compile SARlib, which is required by driver. There are
strange parsing errors in /usr/src/include/linux/atmdev.h
Does anyone successed in running this hardware under Linux!?
Thanks in advance!
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From: "Jimi Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 13:58:06 -0600
If you have shucked out the money for a hardware RAID, you should probably
make use of it. RAID 5 and RAID 1 are really the only 2 contenders for real
world use. RAID 1 = mirroring and RAID 5 = data striping with a CRC-like
check. You should blow off the Dell configuration and redesign the RAID as
a single RAID 5 single logical drive. You can still set up your 60GB
partition on the logical drive. The RAID portion should be handled "below"
the OS level and should be invisible to your OS. I have used the Dell's
with the PERC 2's running Red Hat for Linux servers and have not had a
problem with it. Getting the initial configuration is a bit tricky as the
utility they give you isn't the best, but once it's there is should be
really simple. IMHO Dell does really stupid things with the drive space
configuration on the Linux boxes they ship.
HTH,
Jimi
Gerardo Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:D5pv6.11284$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Well I can add on the Dell side....we started getting rid of all server
> systems at the company I work. We have now 2 Dell 4400, 2 dell 4300, 1
Dell
> 2400, 1 Dell NAS, 1 Dell PowerVault back-up system, and 1 Dell 6400. (and
I
> might be missing one or two)....as far as RAID is concerned we have a
spare
> drive for each box, in failure we just swap it, reboot, and we are on our
> merry way after the drive initializes and so forth....the thing is we have
> never had to do this yet...as far as dell support is concerned, when it
> comes to replacement and keeping with their maintenance programs they are
> great (of course we have 2 hour maintenance response time, so if a box
blows
> and dies, we can get a replacement in 2 hours), the only best company that
I
> have dealt with when it comes to tech suppost is CISCO......
>
>
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From: "B.Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: 25 Mar 2001 19:55:24 GMT
Dear People:
I have several machines and a shortage of space for keyboard,
mice and so on. I would also like to use the same monitor for more
than one machine. Can I use the same set for both machines through a
switch-box that I see sold in computer stores, one that has mice/KB/
video forking switches? My concern is that while I understand video
connectors to be relatively benign as far as being unplugged "hot" is
concerned, I have heard that hot-unplugging PS/2 peripherals can and
have been known to cause catastrophic failures. Note that this is a
mechanical switch, not an electronic one ...
-- B.Y.
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From: peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.linux
Subject: Diskless installs, single floppy firewall/ip masq ? and rr cable modem.
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:41:56 GMT
I'm trying to setup a single floppy firewall/proxy/ip masq. on a 486
with two NE2000 network cards.
What the best/easiest way to go ? I have roadrunner cable modem. So I
need DHCP...
I lost the link to a web site that had every tiny install out there,
does anyone have the link ?
I've tried the LRP, but the ne2000.img keep returning a disk error
when I tried to rawrite...is there a special way I have to "format"
the floppy ?
Any help in these area will be greatly appreciated !
Thanks,
Peter
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Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:24:52 -0800
From: Tim Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2)
I am an enthusiastic SuSE user, although I make no money off SuSE. Add
salt to taste.
peter wrote:
>
> I've heard great things about the new Suse distro,
That is correct. It is quite an advance and will be hard to compete
against, especially for getting new users to try Linux. For me, as a
user since 5.1, it is just an upgrade, although this time I bought a DVD
player so the update went much faster. The books alone are worth the
price.
> but I was told by
> someone that I should use the same distro that I use at work.
There will be some differences and some similarities. Linus Torvalds
has said he uses Red Hat at work (Transmeta) and SuSE at home. I don't
know if that's still true or not.
Generally, there will be a slight but not overpowering learning curve.
Both are rpm-type systems. SuSE uses one big /etc/rc.config file. SuSE
has gotten more KDE-centric over the last year, although GNOME is
up-to-date and available on the disk. For myself, old dog that I am, I
still use FVWM2, although I like and use a lot of the GNOME
applications.
I have a copy of Debian on one of my computers, which was a little more
difficult.
> At work
> we use Red Hat, at home I just setup Mandrake 7.1, but everyone says
> the new Suse distro is good and also Mandrake 7.2 is good.
I think both are iterations of the 2.4 kernel.
SuSE's advantage is raw bang for the buck and lately add ease of
installation for newbies. The Professional Edition has seven packed CDs
or one DVD (all supplied). Through YaST you can add and subtract
packages without worrying about dependencies and conflicts. For me that
has meant the ability to just leave the DVD in the drive permanently and
install things when needed. For someone with a modem connection, all
those packages locally will save a _lot_ of download time.
> What are the differences of these distros and versions ?
>
> Is there a different file structure or something different in each
> distro that will mess up my learning curve ?
I don't know about the other distros, but with SuSE you can get a
running system going now and worry about the learning curve later.
>
> Is the new software in mandrake 7.2 (or Suse) all that ?
>
> Which is faster, I've got a few older machine I would like to install
> Linux on (P166/32 megs, etc) ?
I don't think it matters that much. All three of these use mostly the
same stuff. I think Star Office is a lost cause. :-)
>
> Thanks
--
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From: alexander sixt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: onstream S-50
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 22:50:23 +0200
Fleury S�bastien wrote:
> bonjour,
> nous avons un lecteur de bande onstream S-50 avec un systeme linux
> Mandrake 7.2
> Le lecteur est reconnue au d�marrage, dmesg nous donne :
>
> (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 7.
> Vendor: OnStream Model: SC-50 Rev: 1.05
> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> le probl�me, c'est que nous ne r�cup�rons pas l'interface dans /dev
>
> nous avons :
> [root@saturne cups]# file /dev/*|grep "(9/0)"
> /dev/md0: block special (9/0)
> /dev/st0: character special (9/0)
>
> or, si nous tentons un affichage de l'archivage qui a �t� a fait sur la
> meme distribution a une p�riode ou le syst�me fonctionnait (depuis, on a
> eu un probl�me, on a r�install� la distribution):
>
> [root@saturne cups]# tar tvf /dev/st0
> tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Erreur d'entr�e/sortie
> tar: Au d�but du ruban, fin pr�matur�e.
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> je vous remercie de m'�clairer � ce sujet.
Hi,
you have to add -b 64 to tar
for example
tar -c -v -f /dev/osst0 "your file" -b 64
good luck
alex
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From: alexander sixt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Matrox G450
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 23:01:28 +0200
M.-Iqbal MARAQA wrote:
> Hi , can someone tell how can i configuer this dual head graphic card
> in order to have the desktop on 2 physical monitors. I'm using suse
> linux 7.1 and XFree 4.2 .
> Thanx
>
Hi,
got to www.suse.de and type under support G450
good luck
alex
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From: Ephraim Gadsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which kernel versions support USB Modems?
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:24:51 GMT
I have Redhat 7.0 (kernel 2.2.16-22) and am trying to get a USB
Creative Modem-Blaster to work.
Do I need to go to a newer kernel version to do this?
I am not seeing any evidence that ACM support is present from the
boot-log?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: CD Burning Question
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:27:55 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 10:27:30 -0800, Randy Broman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a RedHat 7.0 system with a SONY CD-RW CRX120E drive, which I
>want to
>use to burn (data) CD's This system also has a 3ware RAID controller,
>which uses its
>own SCSI driver.
>
>I've configured and loaded the ide-scsi module, but the system doesn't
>seem to be detecting the CD-RW drive correctly. See relevant portion of
>/var/log/dmesg output below, followed by my attempt to invoke
>xcdroast. Following that, I put the output of lsmod, and the relevant
portion of my .config file for the kernel compile.
>
>Ideas on what's wrong appreciated.
dmesg is only part of it. See what /var/log/messages says about scsi0 or
scsi1 (and /proc/scsi/scsi).
Instead of CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m and CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m, I would
suggest compiling those as built-in along with the SCSI support you
already have. CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m is OK as a module, but you might have
to add something to your /etc/conf.modules (or modules.conf) if sr_mod
does not load automatically when the /dev/scd# is mounted as a cdrom. For
example:
alias block-major-11 sr_mod
Works for me in both Mdk7.0 kernel 2.2.17 and SuSE 7.1 kernel 2.4.2.
>Also, a question related to the CD burning process. What I want to do is
>duplicate a data CD. The system has one CD drive - the Sony indicated
>above. I'm assuming what I do is:
>
>1) Read/copy from the source CD to a temporary location on my hard disk,
>then
>
>2) Write/copy from the temporary location on my hard disk to the target
>CD (ie. "burn a CD")
Not quite. You mkisofs using the mounted source cdrom as the source and a
local file as the target. Then umount the cdrom, and write the iso file
to a CD. Check 'cdrecord -scanbus' to see what to use for bus,id,lun
(once the drive is actually recognized in /proc/scsi/scsi).
See the CD-Writing-HOWTO if you have not already.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (freedman)
Subject: Re: Bypassing prom on sparc?
Date: 25 Mar 2001 21:32:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 25 Mar 2001 15:13:35 GMT, Mike Kenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a sparc 1+ that was running redhat.
>
>SILO starts and it starts to uncompress the kernel then I get this message:
>
>IDPROM:unknown format type!
>program terminated
>
>--
>Linux & NCF get on the FREEway
Your problem isn't the boot Prom. SILO is trying to boot from a non-RH
partition. Check your silo.conf.
--
Dick Freedman
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From: "NM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:38:21 GMT
> You should blow off the Dell configuration and redesign the RAID as
> a single RAID 5 single logical drive. You can still set up your 60GB
> partition on the logical drive. The RAID portion should be handled
"below"
> the OS level and should be invisible to your OS. I have used the Dell's
> with the PERC 2's running Red Hat for Linux servers and have not had a
> problem with it. Getting the initial configuration is a bit tricky as the
> utility they give you isn't the best, but once it's there is should be
> really simple. IMHO Dell does really stupid things with the drive space
> configuration on the Linux boxes they ship.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jimi
Ok so you are saying rather than having two separate containers (or arrays)
I should have only one.
Right now, I've
array #0: 4 GB (bootable arrray where I want to install OS)
array #1: 60 GB (data)
You are suggesting:
array #0: 64 GB
Dell documentations says array #0 is bootable. So if one of the drive in the
array fails, the system will still boot. I've tested this and it works. In
this case, isn't it worthwile to have a smaller separate dedicated boot
array?
Another related question:
Right now I've 3 -32 GB hard drives, if I add another drive later on and
want to make my data partition larger, do I have to recreate arrrays, and
backup and resintall everything? That's a pain. Is this why Veritas is
making money?
Thanks
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From: "Line W@lker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: All in Wonder 128 with rage 128 chipset 32meg X config Proplems with 17" TTX
monitor
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:41:05 GMT
Please Help me, I am having no luck installing linux with Gui
Inerface, I had a VooDoo 3 16meg ram with the same monitor TTX 17"
3450 AG and Mandrake Was running fine I got the All in wonder 128 Rage
And know I cand get the GUI up and running. I can't configure X I
picked the rage 128 card with unlisted monitor and put the refresh
rates rom the manual in , The Xsrever was svga
Can any one hlp me to get this to work??
Thank you in Advance
LiNe_W@lKeR
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 23:15:38 +0200
In comp.os.linux.hardware nobody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>>
>> In comp.os.linux.hardware aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> In comp.os.linux.hardware aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> > "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> [does it or doesn't it compile]
>
>> >> It most certainly DOES compile. Or do you imagine that the writers did
>> >> it blindfold?
>> >
>> > Odd, when I tried it, it would not, in fact, gave me about 1000 lines
>>
>> That you can't compile it doesn't mean that IT doesn't compile.
> Depending on his kernel version, it will not compile without porting it.
The correct fa311.c version has to be used for the appropriate kernel
series. The port is already done and doesn't need repeating (overmuch
:-). Not that I have it in my patch collection .. I'm pretty sure that
either redhat or suse sponsored one.
> The fa311.c source depends on device header structures which were
> present in 2.0.36 but disappeared by 2.4.0. There are additional
Well of course.
> dependencies in the fa311.c code on structures/variables which will
> probably be eliminated or changed as the netdevice code is further
> cleaned up in the kernel, so any kernel upgrade may potentially break
> the driver.
while true do echo Of course; done
> I've managed to get the fa311.c code to compile under 2.4.0. Basically,
Just use the appropriate code .. there is known to be source for 2.2
floating about.
> all you have to do is to replace the set_bit calls for tbusy and NET_BH
tbusy was still present in 2.2
> with the new netif_... queue functions, change the enet_statistics
> structure to a net_device_stats structure, change all the "device"
There should be an update_stats() function that acts on the device.
> structures to "net_device" structures, and change one u16 to an unsigned
the structs are still "device" in 2.2
> long, and it compiles and runs fine. I'll post a patch in this
It runs? That's very surprising. Much more fundamental things changed
between 2.0.36 and 2.4.0! Well done!
Making those sorts of changes (syntax, essentially) is only the
first hurdle in a port. Now you need to compare your code with a
similar driver that is known to be working on the kernel. If you know
which driver the code was developed from in the first place, then you
need to compare it with the 2.4.0 version of that driver. Sometimes you
need to go through with a microscope.
> newsgroup (modified code is at work right now).
> Where else should I send it ?
> Looking at 2.2.18 source, it looks like the xmit queue stuff should
> still work using set_bit tbusy, the flag in question is still a ushort,
> and a device rather than net_device structure is used. Probably for
> 2.2.x, all you would have to change is one line in the fa311.c code,
You can't seriously really be looking at the 2.0.36 code, can you?
All kinds of stuff changed from 2.0.36 to 2.2 ... well, mostly in
memory management and vfs, so perhaps you do escape.
> replacing the enet_statistics type to a net_device_stats type, and it
> should compile --- you must also modify the Makefile and Config.in to
> get choices in make xconfig, or whatever, of course, and to get the
> module to compile as part of "make modules".
Yes.
Kudos to you if you really have moved the 2.0.36 code forward to 2.4.
Send it to Alan Cox or just publish it on the kernel list. It'll be
picked up and corrected :-).
> Reply by newsgroup, not mail.
Peter
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From: "R.K.Aa." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mysterious HDD noise
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 22:56:41 +0200
Do you have MS Office installed?
If so - it's probably the "smartfind" or "fastsearch" or whatever they
called that feature.. a little prog that at regular intervals will
search the whole disk for new .doc files.
The whole invention is a bloody disaster and scare people stiff.
It's possible to disable, and even uninstall.
K.
Taavi Hein wrote:
> What could be wrong with the hard drive, everything is fine in Linux, but in
> W98, after a period of time, it starts clicking and ticking (pretty loudly)
> every few minutes (comparing to a car - as if someone pressed down the
> clutch at a high speed and then in a second or so, released it again), it's
> beginning to worry me.
>
> Hoping, that someone can explain this :(
>
> --
> Taavi Hein
> Registered Linux user #209546
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Common video card for linux
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 13:31:57 -0600
GLIONEL wrote:
> I am wanting to build a linux box and run different versions of linux on it
> Redhat , Mandrake , Storm , etc. What video card what have drivers for these
> versions of linux .
Go to http://www.xfree86.org, check the supported hardware and
take your pick. The various distributions of linux all share the
same XFree86 code and support whatever hardware XFree86 supports.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Kelledin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 22:09:41 GMT
If your PS/2 keyboard or mouse is connected straight to the system, then
disconnecting either one will probably cause a system freeze. However, some
KVM switchboxes can be unplugged from the systems they manage without
causing a system freeze. You will probably need a switchbox that connects
to an A/C outlet to get this capability (some run solely on the power coming
from the systems they manage).
Unfortunately, such a detail is not always mentioned in the specs. You may
have to call the manufacturer's tech support to find out.
It's worth noting that serial mice, unlike PS/2 mice, are generally
hot-pluggable.
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