Linux-Hardware Digest #545, Volume #14 Thu, 29 Mar 01 22:13:07 EST
Contents:
Recommend modem for Linux and Win2000? ("Garry Heaton")
Re: Problem: Windows recognizes linux hard drive as floppy (Ari David Greenberg)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Franc Zabkar)
Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2) (John Hong)
Rockwell RipTide SoundCard for Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Brother printers on Linux (Dick Wisan)
USB-IDE Adapter? (Hadmut Danisch)
VIA AC97 audio (VT82C686 super south) and 2.4.2 kernel.. (Matt Rusnak)
Re: advice needed--on-board video card (Matt Rusnak)
Re: ComplactFlash devices for Linux? (Nigel Feltham)
Re: Modem problems with RH Linux 7 (Nigel Feltham)
Re: Good smp motherboard ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working (Reinhard Peters)
Athlon processor compatibility with SuSe (Allen Blackburn)
Re: Rockwell RipTide SoundCard for Linux (Jim Gillogly)
Help With ORiNOCO PC Card ("-=Nitro7=-")
Gnome lockups in RH7 ("Gerald R. Jensen")
Re: UPS for Linux/Winblows ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Gnome lockups in RH7 (Matt Rusnak)
Re: Athlon processor compatibility with SuSe (Dances With Crows)
Re: Kernel too big (Dances With Crows)
Re: Internal superdisk drive not recognized... (Dances With Crows)
Re: Adaptec 19160 SCSI card support? ("Kelledin")
Re: where can I find a video driver? ("web")
Fun With Parallel Ports. (Bloody Viking)
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From: "Garry Heaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recommend modem for Linux and Win2000?
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 22:19:29 +0100
Can anyone recommend a good modem which will work on Linux (Mandrake 7.2)
AND Windows 2000?
Garry Heaton
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From: Ari David Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem: Windows recognizes linux hard drive as floppy
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:22:45 -0800
Thanks Rod.
Before I try this, I want to make sure that I will still be able to boot
in linux. After wiping out LILO on the second disk, where do you recommend
I reinstall LILO?
Thanks,
-Ari
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Rod Smith wrote:
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Ari David Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I am running Windows 98 and Redhat 7.0 dual-boot on a Pentium-II 233 MHz.
> > My primary master hard drive contains windows and my primary slave
> > contains linux. I think LILO is also on the slave because when I
> > disconnect the slave from my system, the computer freezes on startup just
> > after the first "L" of "LILO" has appeared onscreen.
> >
> > My problem is that Windows recognizes the slave as a floppy disk. The
> > slave is formatted as a linux hard drive, but it shows up in Windows as
> > the A drive. (My real floppy drive is the D drive).
>
> One idea I have is that Windows is getting confused by LILO on the
> second hard drive. I suggest this:
>
> 1) Disconnect the first drive and connect the second drive as if it
> were the first.
> 2) Boot a DOS floppy.
> 3) Type "FDISK /MBR" (without the quotes). This will wipe out LILO,
> which you obviously don't need on the second hard disk, and replace
> it with a DOS-standard MBR.
> 4) Restore the original first hard disk, moving the second to its usual
> #2 position.
>
> With luck, this will keep Windows from being confused. This will only
> work if the root cause is Windows getting confused by LILO on the second
> disk, though. If something else is the problem, this won't work. In that
> vein, one other possibility is that you've got some bizarre partition
> types on the second hard disk. If so, change them using Linux's fdisk
> program. Windows should *NOT* be confused by standard Linux (0x82 and
> 0x83) partition type codes.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
> .
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Franc Zabkar)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:35:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 02:59:45 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R.
Williams) put finger to keyboard and composed:
>However, how is your video fidelity? Any degradation? Can
>you do 1600x1200 @ 85Hz? I really wanna know, because
>that's what I need, and the BlackBox says it'll do it.
I can't offer any help there. I'm using an old Philips 15" monitor at
800x600. There is no apparent degradation, but then the image is not
the best to start with.
-- Franc Zabkar
Please remove one 'g' from my address when replying by email.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:20:58 +0000 (UTC)
Julian Bordas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>John Hong wrote:
>
>> They have a publically downloadable version of SuSE 7.1 *right
>> now*. The thing is, you can not actually install it on your machine. It
>> will only run from a bootable CDROM and no more. To actually get SuSE 7.1
>> you have to purchase either the Personal or Professional edition.
>Hmm... I downloaded it and installed it and it runs!!
I'm afraid what you have can not be SuSE 7.1 from SuSE then.
Check out an update from www.linuxiso.org. They have an exerpt from an
email from SuSE stating that there will be *no* installable SuSE 7.1 from
them. What you have is probably someone elses attempt at making one.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Rockwell RipTide SoundCard for Linux
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:41:50 GMT
anybody manage to install Rockwell International RipTide SoundCard on Linux?
What's is the setting (driver and any other special setting needed)?
I tried to use the standard soundblaster both the kernel and ALSA module (it is
SB Pro compatible it said) but to no avail (init_mod failed, probably because of
wrong irq or port setting). Changing the irq, dma, io, etc didn't help.
TIA,
YOGA
PS: I used Mandrake 7.2 fresh from box on a Datamini machine.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dick Wisan)
Subject: Brother printers on Linux
Date: 29 Mar 2001 21:14:54 GMT
Is there any particular difficulty running Brother printers on
Linux? I'm looking at the 1250, 1270, or 1650 models, because
they have an Epson Esc/P2 emulation and I can afford them.
Advice? Warnings? Alternatives?
--
R. N. (Dick) Wisan Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Snail: 37 Clinton St., Oneonta, NY 13820, USA
Just your opinion, please, Ma'am. No fax.
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From: Hadmut Danisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB-IDE Adapter?
Date: 29 Mar 2001 21:59:13 GMT
Hi,
I'm looking for an USB-IDE-Adapter to use
2.5 and/or 3.5 inch hard disks in an external
case and to connect them to a Linux machine.
Does anyone know an adapter supported by Linux?
thanks
Hadmut
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From: Matt Rusnak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VIA AC97 audio (VT82C686 super south) and 2.4.2 kernel..
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 17:16:25 -0500
I've been trying to get my sound to work in a 2.4.2 kernel on my new box
for a few days, now.. I've read all the docs I can find (including the
sound HOWTO, and the author's docs), and even some of the source.. I've
also tried turning on debugging in the driver, and I found that
somewhere along the line, something is not setting the sample rate
properly.
I have (in /etc/modules.conf) the following lines:
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio
and the modules seem to load properly when I try to play something
(including the ac97_codec module).
When running programs, they complain about being unable to set the
sample rate, and modprobe complains that it can't find
sound-service-0-3. I've read (in the source, i think) that the kernel
should not request a module for something if it's supported in a module
that is already loaded.. and sound-service-0-3 is for /dev/dsp, correct?
Is this not supported directly in via82cxxx_audio? Am I missing
something?
If you want to tell me to RTFM, please tell me which FM to R. :)
-Matt
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From: Matt Rusnak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: advice needed--on-board video card
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 17:24:52 -0500
XWookie wrote:
>
> For the life of me, I cannot find the exact page at xfree86.org that lists
> all video cards compatible with X.
>
> I have even given it to individuals at other news groups in order to solve a
> compatibility problem, but I cannot find that page at www.xfree86.org at
> all. It's not a paradigm or organization, but I should be able to find it.
> Could someone help me out, as I am losing my mind.
Here is the latest driver status doc:
http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.3/Status.html
Is that what you're looking for?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nigel Feltham)
Subject: Re: ComplactFlash devices for Linux?
Date: 29 Mar 2001 22:36:50 GMT
"Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>I have a Panasonic Palmcorder (PV-L779-K) which comes with a
>CompactFlash card for digital stills. After months of unsuccessfully
>trying to get a way to get Linux to read the camera (it connects via the
>serial port), I have decided to buy a CompactFlash reader. The only
>place in town that has any is the one camera shop and they have a San
>Disk CF External Drive (USB) and a Data Fab CF Parallel Port Adapter.
>Any suggestions?
>
>Does anyone know of any readers that have good support in Linux? Are
>there any web pages which list such devices?
>
>Andrew
>
If you have access to a laptop or PCMCIA interface for your PC then
PCMCIA to compact flash adapters work well with linux - they appear
as IDE drives and just need mounting (mount /dev/hde1 /mountpoint).
You could also try using the GPhoto package included in most current
distro's to read the data using the serial port (try all listed cameras
if your one is not specifically listed - it may have copied the protocol
from another manufacturer or model).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nigel Feltham)
Subject: Re: Modem problems with RH Linux 7
Date: 29 Mar 2001 22:45:42 GMT
Viet Hoang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Hi Matt,
>
>Thank u for being responsive to my questions. I should have replied u
>back in the other mail too, but as u directed, i should post everything
>here. Well, i didn't post at first just because i didn't have a CNET
>account...
>
>Now, back to the point. I am a beginner in this Linux world, so i don't
>know exactly what problems i have faced while installing the modem. I
>think i should give u some of the info belows:
>
>-When i was in the process given from
>http://www.walbran.org/sean/linux/stodolsk/ , some of the commands were
>not executed, it said "unknown command" (as i remember, the "lspci
>-v"). So i didn't really go thru all of the steps in the 1st_read file.
>But as it says, we can skip some of those steps, and i assumed i had no
>problems with the kernel or headers something, i went to the main
>points, and got some outcomes, which were not matched those stated in
>the readme file 100%. I will go back and print out all of those error
>messages soon here.
>
>-About the kernel version, mine is 2.2.16-22, so i don't really know if
>this one matches the ltmodem-5.78e.tar.gz ?
>
>-About the external modem, let me go check it with ur direction and i'll
>get back to u.
>
>Again, thanks a lot for ur help.
>
>Viet
>
>===============================================================
>Dances With Crows wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 01:30:13 -0000, Viet Hoang staggered into the
>> Black Sun and said:
>> >I have a Zoom PCI 56K V.90 recognized in Windows 2000 Advanced Server
>as a
>> >Lucent Win Modem. I was trying to install it in RH Linux. Following
>> >the guidelines from this forum, i went thru some steps but couldn't
>> >let it
>go.
>> >I thought i had some problems with the kernel version. Mine is 2.2.16
>> >Should i change the kernel?
>>
>> Did you follow the directions I sent you in E-mail? Did you write
>> down the error messages you received upon running the "ltinst" script
>> and post them to this newsgroup? Kernel version doesn't matter with
>> the Linmodem driver at http://www.walbran.org/sean/linux/stodolsk/ as
>> long as it's > 2.2.12, and the tarball even includes an RPM for RedHat
>> systems!
>>
>> Really, if you couldn't get it to work, I think the driver writers
>> would like to know about it. The power of Usenet/the Net in general
>> is that many people can learn from one person's experiences... don't
>> short-circuit the power here.
>>
>> >One more thing, i was upset about the internal Lucent, so i bought a
>> >US Robotics one, external of course. It was detected by Linux upon
>> >boot-
>up,
>> >then i went to KPPP to query, created a connection, dialed, and got
>> >connected. But then, nothing happens. I don't see any sign
>of "Connection"
>> >like the little one in the right hand side down corner or watever in
>> >Windows. Then i open Nescape, and it returned the error "hostname not
>> >found". I thought i got connected, and that should be complete,
>> >but... Anyone could give me a hand on this?
>>
>> Your PPP dialer hasn't picked up the DNS numbers the peer has sent.
>> kppp or GNOME's PPP dialer or whatever you're using should have an
>> option somewhere that says "Use peer DNS". Set this to YES. Or find
>> out the DNS numbers you should use (your ISP will tell you if you
>> don't know already, or can't find them in Doze) and put those into
>> /etc/resolv.conf like so:
>>
>> search
>> nameserver 111.222.333.444
>> nameserver 555.666.777.888
>>
>
The Nameserver settings can be found under windows by running 'winipcfg'
(from 'Run' on startmenu') and pressing 'More info' button then selecting
'PPP Adapter' from dropdown list. Nameserver is shown as 'DNS Servers'.
Press '...' button to toggle between 2 nameservers being used.
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Good smp motherboard
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 15:42:50 -0700
> What would be a good smp motherboard for linux given the following
> conditions?
>
> 2x1Ghz P3's
> 2 Gigs of PC133 SDRAM
>
I recently used some Asus CUV4X-D boards to build some more web servers,
and they work pretty well. The kernel won't boot if you enable MPS 1.4, but
even without it, they're good performers. I put some 866's in them, clocked
them to 975 MHz (150 MHz FSB), and let CPU burn overnight, they worked
wonderfully - and the chipset will handle up to 4 gigs of RAM.
steve
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From: Reinhard Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 ethernet card Not working
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 01:24:33 +0200
DJG wrote:
> Ok, After banging my head against the wall on this one for a few hours
> I finally got it to work.��I�was�having�the�exact�same�problems
> mentioned below (dereferencing pointers, etc...)
You might want to use the TULIP driver. It works fine for me (Dist is
SUSE 7.1)
--
mfG / Regards Reinhard Peters
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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 16:53:11 -0700
From: Allen Blackburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Athlon processor compatibility with SuSe
Hi there:
I'm really new to Linux (but not Unix), and I'm gearing up to set up my
own PC with Linux. I was thinking about buying a new 1.1 GHz AMD 761
Athlon chip with 266 MHz bus, with a Gigabyte GA7DX motherboard. I also
wanted to load SuSe 7.1. However, these hardware choices are not on
their website in their hardware compatiblity list. My questions are: Is
it a bad idea to go ahead and try to make it work, or would anyone out
there recommend a different set of hardware and/or Linux distribution?
Thank you very much in advance!
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From: Jim Gillogly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Rockwell RipTide SoundCard for Linux
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 15:57:03 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> anybody manage to install Rockwell International RipTide SoundCard on Linux?
> What's is the setting (driver and any other special setting needed)?
I bought the experimental (beta) RipTide driver from 4Front (OSS).
It works OK on mp3's, but I need to get back to them about midi,
which I think is playing at half-frequency. RealPlayer works fine,
which is all you really need for http://www.nakednews.com . :)
See http://www.opensound.com/ for more info.
--
Jim Gillogly
Highday, 7 Astron S.R. 2001, 23:52
12.19.8.1.13, 7 Ben 16 Cumku, Sixth Lord of Night
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From: "-=Nitro7=-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help With ORiNOCO PC Card
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:48:21 -0500
Hello,
I am trying to set up my wireless connection with an ORiNOCO Silver PC
Card. I do not know even where to begin
if someone can point me in the right direction I am sure I could figure the
rest out. I am running Redhat 7.
Thanks
Clint
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From: "Gerald R. Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gnome lockups in RH7
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:44:52 -0600
I installed RedHat 7.0 on a 500mHz PIII (256mb RAM, Gigabyte mb, Intel pro
10/100 NIC) with the Gnome X interface. This machine has a Trident Blade 3D
(9880) 4mb video card.
Every time I startx, the Gnome GUI comes up, gives me the welcoming messages
and brings up the desktop. However, the first mouse-move locks the computer
solid!
In the initial configuration, this machine had a Tyan motherboard ... had
the same problem, so I swapped the motherboards. Also initially had a 3COM
3C509, which I swapped for the Intel.
Any idea what could be causing this?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: UPS for Linux/Winblows
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 01:54:52 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In <99vfdl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>"Brian McKerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>> I'm looking for some advice on which UPS to buy for my Linux server and
>>> win98 games box, If possible, I'd like to have both boxes hooked up to the
>>> UPS at all times.
>>APC is the standard and best supported but more expensive than other brands.
>>With Windows 2000 I have pretty good luck with the BackUPS 500VA model after
>>experimenting with serial port input settings.
> Wrong. APC does not have open source, needs different cables anytime
> and has a pretty bad Linux attitude.
Hmm.. I bought a APC Smart-UPS from their web site - refurb... Made my
own cable and used the apcupsd software for monitoring the UPS. Works like
a charm - and cost me all of about $25...
Kris
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From: Matt Rusnak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome lockups in RH7
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:53:08 -0500
"Gerald R. Jensen" wrote:
>
> I installed RedHat 7.0 on a 500mHz PIII (256mb RAM, Gigabyte mb, Intel pro
> 10/100 NIC) with the Gnome X interface. This machine has a Trident Blade 3D
> (9880) 4mb video card.
>
> Every time I startx, the Gnome GUI comes up, gives me the welcoming messages
> and brings up the desktop. However, the first mouse-move locks the computer
> solid!
>
> In the initial configuration, this machine had a Tyan motherboard ... had
> the same problem, so I swapped the motherboards. Also initially had a 3COM
> 3C509, which I swapped for the Intel.
>
> Any idea what could be causing this?
Since it's okay until you move the mouse, I would expect the mouse
driver in X to be the problem.. are you sure you have selected the
correct driver for your mouse? (Or, does redhat 7 just provide a default
which may be incorrect for your setup?) If you haven't done much X
config, you may want to check out your XF86Config file, possibly
/etc/X11/XF86Config, and see if you can find anything that doesn't look
right.
Are you able to use the keyboard for anything without using the mouse?
(I have not used gnome much.. I'm an afterstep user.) Also, what version
of X comes with redhat 7? I've used some 3.x, and now I'm using 4.0.2..
Just for fun, you may want to try playing some audiobefore testing X,
or making a network connection to it to see if the whole box is down, or
just your input devices. I've had X break like that, without taking down
linux all together. :)
-Matt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Athlon processor compatibility with SuSe
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 30 Mar 2001 02:47:24 GMT
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 16:53:11 -0700, Allen Blackburn staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>I'm really new to Linux (but not Unix), and I'm gearing up to set up my
>own PC with Linux. I was thinking about buying a new 1.1 GHz AMD 761
>Athlon chip with 266 MHz bus, with a Gigabyte GA7DX motherboard. I also
>wanted to load SuSe 7.1. However, these hardware choices are not on
>their website in their hardware compatiblity list. My questions are: Is
>it a bad idea to go ahead and try to make it work, or would anyone out
>there recommend a different set of hardware and/or Linux distribution?
The "761" there is not the chip designation, that's "Thunderbird".
Athlons are fully backwards-combatible with [3456]86 Intel processors.
The motherboard should be OK, most boards that are not cheaply built by
crack-smoking apes or contain the i840 chipset work fine. SuSE will
serve you well. HTH,
--
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!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Kernel too big
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 30 Mar 2001 02:47:23 GMT
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:54:37 +0200, Michael Heiming staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>John Burton wrote:
>> James Barwick wrote:
>> > bzImage may be too big too.
>> > MODULES MAN, MODULES!!! I simple rule of thumb I live by...Don't
>> > compile drivers into the kernel unless you have to!
>>
>> Modules can be a security risk, a way for hackers to provide
>> themselves a back door...
>could you explain how this should work out?
If an evil idiot creates a module and sticks it in
/lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION/ , it can be loaded by the kernel and
execute with full kernel-level access.
This is a rather minor problem because:
0) modprobe/insmod/rmmod refuse to do their things if a non-root user
calls them
1) /lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION/ is chmodded 755 and owned by root.root
2) If an evil idiot has r00ted your system, you're screwed even if
you're running a non-modular kernel.
I agree that competent admins should be paranoid. I don't think they
should fret overmuch about tiny potential holes like this when much
larger potential holes exist (er... the recent bind thing, ftpd's
hole-of-the-month, telnet....)
--
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!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Internal superdisk drive not recognized...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 30 Mar 2001 02:47:25 GMT
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:10:33 -0500, zak staggered into the Black Sun and
said:
>I have a compaq that comes with a superdisk drive (imation), i just
>installed mandrake 7.2 and i couldnt mount the floppy as a regular one
>(even my drive is a 2 in 1: superdisk and regular floppy). I dont have
>much experience in linux and i dont have a clue where to start. I went
>to superdisk site to look for a driver but i found some exe files for
>different win machines... can anyone please help me, or direct me to a
>site on how i can make my superdisk work under mandrake 7.2...thanks a
>lot
Take a look at the output of "dmesg". It should say something like
hdd : IMATION LS-120 Superdisk
up at the very top.
So, insert a floppy or an LS-120 (DOS-formatted) and enter:
mkdir /mnt/ls120 (only do this once)
mount -t vfat /dev/hdd /mnt/ls120
Note that you have to replace "hdd" there with whatever the dmesg
command showed as the device name of the drive (probably hdc, hdb, or
hdd). To make the process of using this drive easier, add this line to
/etc/fstab :
/dev/hdd /mnt/ls120 auto noauto,user 0 0
HTH,
--
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!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: "Kelledin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Adaptec 19160 SCSI card support?
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 02:52:36 GMT
In my experience, the 19160 and 29160 work just fine under Linux.
Generally, you can expect any controller based on the Adaptec 7000 series
chipsets to work using the aic7xxx module (this includes all recent Adaptec
SCSI controllers, but not RAID controllers, and several other brand cards
such as the Jaz Jet SCSI card). You have Adaptec's unified driver
architecture to thank for this.
>
> I don't have any *direct* experience with 19160s, but I've got about 4
> boxes with onboard AIC-7899 based U160 controllers. That should be
> the same chip the 19160 uses. They work great with the standard aic7xxx
> module. The one caveat is that there seems to be an issue with Quantum
> drives which causes them to negotiate at 80MB/s rather than 160. That's
> not really a concern unless you've got a bunch of them on the chain.
>
> --
> Joshua Baker-LePain
> Department of Biomedical Engineering
> Duke University
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From: "web" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: where can I find a video driver?
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:01:36 +0800
Yes, some libraris of Redhat7 are not campatible to that in Radhat6(kernal
2.2.13).
I think that's why it so hard to use linux sometimes. So many kernals and so
many software version.
I have just downloaded kernal2.4.2, but I cannot find modules for TNT2. This
is the first time I upgrade a kernal. I use
make menuconfig
where can I find how to upgrade video card or XFree86?
"Michael Meissner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows) writes:
> (Note, I work in the GCC group, not the Linux group, so the following is
my own
> opinion, and not that of Red Hat). I suspect you need to load the
appropriate
> compatibility libraries in order to run the program on Red Hat 7.
>
> --
> Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. (GCC group)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bloody Viking)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Fun With Parallel Ports.
Date: 30 Mar 2001 03:09:19 GMT
I'm currently building a light show machine to hook to a parallel port. The
idea is the ol' cable/transistors/relays type device to be controlled by
poking a byte into the port's memory address. (using C, of course!)
I have an old add-a-parallel-port card which I pulled out. I put it in the
computer to use it as my light show card, as it can add two parallel ports.
(imagine 16 relays chattering like mad!)
Now, for the fun part. The lame BIOS sets the card as LPT1 and the original as
LPT2. That last port is disabled. I tried setting it in the BIOS to make the
original LPT1and have the ISA card with the parallel ports (the "light show
card") as LPT2.
I would like the computer's original parallel port be LPT1 so the light show
relays can be attached to an ISA card instead of the mainboard in case a
disaster happens.
An alternative is to set the printer driver to use the computer's original
port instead of the ISA card port, leaving it open to mess with. Which file
would I have to edit so as to switch the printer to the LPT2 port?
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