Linux-Hardware Digest #528, Volume #14 Mon, 26 Mar 01 04:13:08 EST
Contents:
SCSI drive keeps crapping out, but restarts ok... (Dan Smith)
Abit VH6 II & OnBoard Sound... Help? (Randy)
Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working (Anthony Schlemmer)
does anyone know vmware? (Dan)
Re: SCSI drive keeps crapping out, but restarts ok... ("D. Stimits")
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Richard Steiner)
Re: How to boot CD-ROM on old system? (Slang)
How do I change the IRQ for my modem ("Blaine Mincey")
In search for a POS card... (Birger Toedtmann)
Future Domain SCSI with 2 HD (Slang)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Paul Davis)
Oss ?? ("Amit kt")
YES! ("G�rald Valentin")
Re: SB Live! Value PCI ("G�rald Valentin")
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From: Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI drive keeps crapping out, but restarts ok...
Date: 26 Mar 2001 00:28:18 -0500
OK, I'm not a SCSI expert by any means, so I want to know if I'm doing
something wrong.
I have a workstation with an Adaptec AHA2940UW controller, and a
Seagate ST34371W drive, running Mandrake 7.2. The SCSI drive will
click, like it's resetting the head or something, and then lock. It
keeps making this gear-sounding noise, as if it keeps trying to read a
sector, but can't. At this point the machine is dead. If I reset or
SysRq-B the system, the drive tells the controller it's not ready.
Only after I power the system down is everything ok. Then, the drive
will be fine for a while (anywhere from 8-24hrs) before it does it
again. First, I had the SCSI controller verify the media. It found a
bad sector and then fixed (remapped) it. At that point I thought I
was all good, then it happened again. Then, I realized that I didn't
have the termination setup correctly (I think i had it wrong anyway).
So after I fixed that, I thought I was good. Then it happened again.
I can verify all I want now: no new bad sectors.
It's the only thing on the controller, so the drive termination should
be on "TP to BUS" right?
What can cause the drive to act like this? Is the drive dying?
Thanks for any help!
--Dan
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From: Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Abit VH6 II & OnBoard Sound... Help?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 06:06:42 GMT
Anybody out there with any ideas on how to get this going PLEASE let me know.
BIOS says I can emulate a SoundBlaster AWE but this seems to be failing miserably.
I have Slackware 7.1, kernel 2.2.16, Abit VH6-II, & P3 1 Ghz. running now, quite
nicely I
might add. Printed docs say it is AC '97 sound compatible but I don't know the
chipset. How can I find this out, etc....,etc...
A link or two would be very much appreciated.
thanks,
Randy.
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From: Anthony Schlemmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 06:54:51 GMT
nobody wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>>
>> In comp.os.linux.hardware aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>>
>>
If you're using the 2.4.x kernel, the working driver for the FA311TX card
is the "natsemi" module. I wasted a lot of time trying to use the NetGear
driver which didn't compile for me. I found out through a little research
on the net that Don Becker wrote a driver for the National Semiconductor
DP83815 chip which is what the FA311 uses.
As it turns out, the 2.4.x kernel includes the "natsemi" driver already so
for anyone using the 2.4.x kernel I suggest using this driver. I'm using it
and it works great and I've gotten other positive reports via email from
others who are also using the "natsemi" driver.
The "natsemi" driver can be found on the Linux Network driver website at:
http://www.scyld.com/network/ethercard.html
Good Luck,
Tony
>> >> 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 fa311.c source depends on device header structures which were
> present in 2.0.36 but disappeared by 2.4.0. There are additional
> 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.
>
> I've managed to get the fa311.c code to compile under 2.4.0. Basically,
> all you have to do is to replace the set_bit calls for tbusy and NET_BH
> with the new netif_... queue functions, change the enet_statistics
> structure to a net_device_stats structure, change all the "device"
> structures to "net_device" structures, and change one u16 to an unsigned
> long, and it compiles and runs fine. I'll post a patch in this
> 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,
> 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".
>
> Reply by newsgroup, not mail.
>
>
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:06:18 -0500
From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: does anyone know vmware?
hi all,
I run redhat 7.0 on SMP, and I'm having some sort of trouble with the
vmware-config.pl working with my autoconf.h, I was told that I can
comment out few lines with SMP on it in vmware-config.pl, but I forgot
what those lines are.
Can anyone help?
-dan
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 00:30:08 -0700
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SCSI drive keeps crapping out, but restarts ok...
Dan Smith wrote:
>
> OK, I'm not a SCSI expert by any means, so I want to know if I'm doing
> something wrong.
>
> I have a workstation with an Adaptec AHA2940UW controller, and a
> Seagate ST34371W drive, running Mandrake 7.2. The SCSI drive will
> click, like it's resetting the head or something, and then lock. It
> keeps making this gear-sounding noise, as if it keeps trying to read a
> sector, but can't. At this point the machine is dead. If I reset or
> SysRq-B the system, the drive tells the controller it's not ready.
> Only after I power the system down is everything ok. Then, the drive
> will be fine for a while (anywhere from 8-24hrs) before it does it
> again. First, I had the SCSI controller verify the media. It found a
> bad sector and then fixed (remapped) it. At that point I thought I
> was all good, then it happened again. Then, I realized that I didn't
> have the termination setup correctly (I think i had it wrong anyway).
> So after I fixed that, I thought I was good. Then it happened again.
> I can verify all I want now: no new bad sectors.
>
> It's the only thing on the controller, so the drive termination should
> be on "TP to BUS" right?
>
> What can cause the drive to act like this? Is the drive dying?
Heat buildup. Especially if it is a 10k+ spin speed. If it isn't on a
metal mount for heat transfer, do so. If it isn't covered by a fan, or
at least some form of air circulation, do so. This doesn't guarantee a
fix, but it is reasonable to do (and if the drive is bad, it might
prevent the next replacement from dying too).
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> --Dan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 01:27:54 -0600
Here in comp.os.linux.hardware, "B.Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake unto us, saying:
>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?
Sure. I use a 4-box Belkin OmniCube here to switch back and forth
between boxes, and it seems to work fine with all OSes I've tried.
The only problem I've run into is switching away from a box while that
box is going through its POST routine -- in that instance, the box may
lose touch with the keyboard and mouse. Rebooting it again (either in
the foreground or the background) always seems to resynch things, tho.
That particular KVM is limited to video resolutions of 1280x1024 @ 75Hz
or so, or 1600x1200 @ 65Hz or so.
>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 ...
Ah. I don't know. The OmniCube is an electronic switch, and it was
only $120 or so. That was money well-spent in my case, IMO.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Eden Prairie, MN
OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
+ PC/GEOS + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
How do they get teflon to stick to the pans?
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:42:54 +0200
From: Slang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to boot CD-ROM on old system?
Laurence Tyler wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Does anyone know whether it is possible to boot a 'bootable' (El Torito)
> CD-ROM on an old system without 'boot from CD-ROM' support in the BIOS?
>
> For a given CD (eg: a Linux distro) there is undoubtedly a specific boot
> diskette, but it should be possible to have a 'generic' boot floppy that
> snarfs the actual boot disk image from the CD (having first located it)
> and then somehow continues booting from that (possibly as a ramdisk).
> This should work with any bootable CD... or am I missing something?
>
> I'm sure someone, somewhere must already have done this...
>
> Any clues?
>
> Cheers,
> Laurence.
>
> --
> Laurence Tyler | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> PhD Researcher (Neural Nets & Robotics) | Web: www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~lgt
> Centre for Computational Intelligence | Tel: +44-(0)116-2551551 x8408
> De Montfort University, Leicester, UK | Fax: +44-(0)116-2541891
Hi,
Yes, it is possible to boot from CDROM in systems without 'boot from CD-ROM'
support in the BIOS.
All you have to do is to install XOSL from http://www.xosl.org. This boot
manager has an option to boot from CD-Rom. This option is called "Smart Boot
Manager".
I've tried myself and it works!
Have a nice day,
Slang.
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From: "Blaine Mincey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I change the IRQ for my modem
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:18:06 -0500
I am having a problem with my modem. I am unable to get my modem to work
correctly because it appears I am having some configurations problems. I am
currently running RH 7.0 , kernel 2.2.16-22. I recently installed a US
Robotics 56K Performance Pro modem PCI, model 3CP5610A. When I perform
'lspci -v' I get the following output :
*** Beginning of output ***
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C691 [Apollo PRO] (rev c4)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 0969
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3 AGP]
(prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: d4000000-d7ffffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 ISA [Apollo PRO] (rev
23)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596/A/B PCI to ISA Bridge
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 10)
(prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at d000
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 11)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Unknown device 0925:1234
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
I/O ports at d400
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3050 (rev 30)
Flags: medium devsel
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
Subsystem: Ensoniq: Unknown device 2003
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d800
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev
10)
Subsystem: D-Link System Inc: Unknown device 1301
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at dc00
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
00:0c.0 Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01)
(prog-if 02 [16550])
Subsystem: US Robotics/3Com: Unknown device 00d7
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
I/O ports at e000
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 0969
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
I/O ports at e400
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:0d.1 Communication controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 0969
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e800
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M
AGP 2x (rev 64) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at d4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
I/O ports at c000
Memory at d6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0
Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 1
** Ending of output **
If you noticed, IRQ 5 is used several times. It looks like that is what my
modem is assigned to as well. Doesnt this have to be unique for each
device? How can I change this?
Thanks so much for your help!!
Blaine Mincey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Birger Toedtmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.dcom.sdh-sonet
Subject: In search for a POS card...
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:51:31 +0200
Hi,
I need a network adapter under linux that can act as an endpoint
for a
* 155Mbit Packet-over-SONET (*not* ATM!)
* single-mode fiber, intermediate reach (up to 5 miles)
* SC connector
-connection. Is it possible to use the iphase5575 or Fore155le
PCI cards for this? As far as I have seen, they do ATM only,
does anyone have different experience?
(Hint: other endpoint is a Juniper that does not speak ATM
bot POS only)
Thanks for any comments,
--
Birger T�dtmann
Handwerker f�r eletronische Netzwerke und deren Dienste
00 83 E2 57 EC 60 0B 1C D3 18 AE 2A 40 55 81 22
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:18:35 +0200
From: Slang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Future Domain SCSI with 2 HD
Hi,
I have 2 SCSI disks in my system. The first one is a HP 2.0GB and the
second one a SEAGATE 2.1GB.
I have installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 in the HP and Windows 98 SE in the
SEAGATE.
The problem is that I can't boot Linux when both drives are connected at
the same time. I noticed that when Linux boots, the SEAGATE allways
appears first in the SCSI scan so it becomes sda. Then the HP becomes
sdb an then it cannot mount / because it is defined as sda in lilo.conf
and in fstab.
I've tried many things: playing with SCSI id's, changing position into
the bus, but no matter what I do, Linux allways find the SEGATE first so
is impossible to mount / file system.
When I plug the HP hd only, there is no problem at all. With only one hd
only sda is ussed and then / file system is mounted without problems.
I would apreciate any help.
Slang.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Davis)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 08:26:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <99lifc$p3t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "B.Y." writes:
> Dear People:
>
> I have several machines and a shortage of space for keyboard,
> mice and so on. I would also like to use the same monitor for more
> than one machine. Can I use the same set for both machines through a
> switch-box that I see sold in computer stores, one that has mice/KB/
> video forking switches?
As an alternative, would it be possible to network the machines?
-Paul
--
====================================================================
Paul Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Amit kt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Oss ??
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:41:54 +0100
Hi friends ,
i am a bit new to linux. I have a sound card ess1869, not supported by
rh6.2 .
So , i downloaded this software oss and installed it as per instructions in
linux , this does detect my sound .but after i execute "soundon" a command ,
it keeps beeping and the sound doesnt stop unless i restart my computer any
, advice.
Thanks ,
Amit kt
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From: "G�rald Valentin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: YES!
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:51:42 +0200
That's it! I just put lilo on the MBR of my 40 GB disk and XOSL works fine!
(I only got a warning from lilo saying /dev/hdf is not my first drive but
everything is OK)
Thank you very much :-)
Regards, G�rald.
"Kenneth R�rvik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message
news: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (G�rald Valentin) wrote in
> <99f8s7$s76$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >Thank you.
> >
> >Do you mean that I should install lilo in the MBR of my 40 GB disk
> >(where Linux is installed) instead of installing it in the MBR of my 10
> >GB disk (where Windows is installed) in order to help XOSL booting my
> >Linux?
>
> Something like that, in fact you can install lilo on the first sector of
> any partition by saying boot=/dev/hdb3 (example) instead of /dev/hdb. The
> MBR of the 40G disk will work just fine. You may want to remove the
> "prompt" line from lilo.conf then, so you won't have to select Linux twice
> :)
>
> --
> Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
> Nordbergv. 60 A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: "G�rald Valentin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB Live! Value PCI
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:58:06 +0200
"Joachim H�fner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > When I make a "cat
/usr/X11R6/lib/GNUstep/Apps/WMMail.app/Sounds/NewMail.au
> > > /dev/audio" I can hardly hear a very bad quality sound with a lot of
> > noise.
>
> I asked that question in de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware and got the
> answer that *.au files can't be send directly to /dev/dsp. They
> consist of a eight bit datastream which is compressed with ulaw or
> something like that. So they have to be translated to a sixteen bit
> datastream first.
Oh, I think it should work on /dev/audio, it has always been the case on any
Linux kernel I have installed from 1.2.8 to 2.0.16 :-)
>
> > that is really good! But when I try "cat /dev/sndstat" it answers me "No
> > such device".
>
> IIRC the /dev/sndstat file has been removed from newer linux-kernels.
> I don't know if it's in 2.2.17 but I'm sure it isn't in 2.4.2.
I heard something like that two, I guess that's the point.
But the problem is still there as any program can't paly any sound (I always
get an error message).
>
> HTH,
> Joachim H�fner
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