Linux-Hardware Digest #555, Volume #14 Sun, 1 Apr 01 09:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: What UPSs does RHL7 support out of the box? (Ronald Cole)
MAXTOR Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card (jimbo)
Re: RedHat 6.2 rescue mode and tape drives (Ronald Cole)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Robert Redelmeier)
Re: HP Scanjet 5P + SANE = No Luck....HELP! (Mick Barry)
Re: scanner hp deskjet 4300c (Mick Barry)
Re: Agfa SCSI Scanner 1236. Xsane hangs (Mick Barry)
Re: UPS for Linux/Winblows (Chris Elvidge)
compaq cpqhealth 1.2.0-1 on 2.4.x kernel ("Shadow")
Re: P4 & LINUX, Any Problem? (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: Fun With Parallel Ports. ("green")
Re: Fun With Parallel Ports. ("green")
Re: Support for LCD Monitors? (Markku Kolkka)
Re: HP Scanjet 5P + SANE = No Luck....HELP! ("David M. Bartusik")
Asus A7A266 hardware bug + Linux 2.4.3 problem (Rafal Wysocki)
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From: Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What UPSs does RHL7 support out of the box?
Date: 31 Mar 2001 20:10:56 -0800
Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Red Hat 7 has switched to 'nut' (Network UPS Tools) to support UPSes. The
> homepage for nut is:
>
> http://www.exploits.org/nut/
>
> There are 3 rpms of interest on the second cd:
>
> nut-0.44.0-4.i386.rpm
> nut-client-0.44.0-4.i386.rpm
> nut-cgi-0.44.0-4.i386.rpm
Ah! Thank you!! That blurb in /etc/inittab should be taken out back
and shot. And so should RedHat's web site since searching for "UPS"
didn't turn up anything other than the stale HOWTO.
I'm beginning to thing that I have to become a RHCE to get
documentation worth a damn out of Red Hat. But they'd probably prove
me wrong there, too!
--
Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412
Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (760) 499-9142
President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152
My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
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From: jimbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: MAXTOR Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:19:28 +0000
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Can anyone help me get my MAXTOR Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card working?
It has a promise chipset.
When slack boots it recognizes the card is there. But that's it.
I'm using Slackware 7.1
Booted and installed from the CD
THX,
jimbo
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Can anyone help me get my MAXTOR Ultra ATA/100 PCI Adapter Card working?
It has a promise chipset.
<p>When slack boots it recognizes the card is there. But that's it.
<p>I'm using Slackware 7.1
<br>Booted and installed from the CD
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From: Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.2 rescue mode and tape drives
Date: 31 Mar 2001 20:22:01 -0800
Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 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?
>
> 1. What's the difference between rescue and single user? Stick with
> init 1.
>
> 2. If you need tape in rescue mode, check the dmesg output just after a
> normal boot. That should tell you the tape devices, for example:
>
> ...scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> scsi : 2 hosts.
> Vendor: HP Model: COLORADO 20GB Rev: 4.01
> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> ...
>
> In rescue mode I would create st0 & nst0 (norewind).
He did. I had the same problem. The trouble was that there is no
tape module on the rescue filesystem to load into the kernel. That's
a big LOSE in my book.
Sometimes I wonder if anybody at RedHat actually *uses* their product.
Or maybe they don't do backups.
--
Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412
Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (760) 499-9142
President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152
My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 23:22:04 -0600
From: Robert Redelmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Keith R. Williams wrote:
>
> Good grief. I can tell what mode a monitor is running at up
> to 80-85Hz. In normal light it takes diverted vision to
> detect above 72-75Hz, but I can tell. I'm serious. I
> simply cannot look at a monitor set at 60Hz. It makes my
> physically ill.
Even with continuous ambient lighting (incandescents, daylight)?
60 Hz works fine for me provided there are *NO* fluorescents
or arc lighting in the area. When there are, the display
pulses and it's very hard to take for long.
Still, I prefer mono SVGA. Sharper and no flicker.
-- Robert
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Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:26:21 +1000
From: Mick Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Scanjet 5P + SANE = No Luck....HELP!
Clarissa,
We have a ScanJet 5P running here no worries (though using our own
frontend via saned).
Have you checked the SANE mailing list. It's probably your best bet for
sorting out SANE backend issues http://panda.mostang.com/sane/mail.html.
A couple of things:
- My hp.conf contains:
scsi HP
/dev/scanner
- Just noticed that scanimage -L hangs here too.
- The device you specified for scanimage does not actually appear in the
list of available devices. Try using /dev/sg1 or /dev/sgb instead of
/dev/scanner.
Mick Barry
http://www.objects.com.au
Clarissa Knight wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I'm running a Redhat 7.0 box with the standard 2.2.16 default kernel.
>
> I recently got an HP Scanjet 5P scanner which the SANE website says is
> compatible.
>
> I tried the sane version that came with the Redhat distribution with no
> luck.
>
> So, I followed the advice on the SANE website to remove all old SANE
> files and recompile.
>
> Recompile went fine. The SCSI card that came with the scanner is a
> SYM53C416.
> I load the corresponding SCSI modules (sym53c416.o and sg.o). lsmod
> reports these are loaded and ready.
>
> cat /proc/scsi/scsi reports:
>
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
> Vendor: HP Model: C5110A Rev: 3701
> Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> I run "find-scanner" and it reports:
>
> find-scanner: found processor "HP C5110A 3701" at device /dev/sg1
> find-scanner: found processor "HP C5110A 3701" at device /dev/sgb
>
> I have /dev/sg1 symlinked to /dev/scanner.
>
> I have /usr/local/etc/sane.d/hp.conf configured to use /dev/scanner and
> use option "connect-scsi".
>
> I have power turned on for the scanner.
>
> If I run "/usr/local/bin/scanimage -L" it just hangs and reports
> nothing.
>
> I try /usr/local/bin/scanimage -d hp:/dev/scanner and it hangs
> permanently, but isn't using CPU cycles. A kill -9 on the PID does
> nothing.
>
> I ran through some previous newsgroup postings and found several people
> who said they were running the Scanjet 5P using the SYM53C416 card that
> came with the scanner with complete success.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> -Michael
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:26:42 +1000
From: Mick Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scanner hp deskjet 4300c
Have you tried the SANE mailing list. It's probably your best bet for
sorting out configuration issues:
http://panda.mostang.com/sane/mail.html
Mick Barry
http://www.objects.com.au
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> i've installed the SANE and Xsane program by RPM format, but Xsane don't
> work because it tell me that don't find devices. I Think to have done all
> that I should have to do, but my scanner don't work. there is someone that
> can halp me? thanks..
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
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Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:27:09 +1000
From: Mick Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Agfa SCSI Scanner 1236. Xsane hangs
Have you tried the SANE mailing list. It's probably your best bet for
sorting out configuration issues:
http://panda.mostang.com/sane/mail.html
Mick Barry
http://www.objects.com.au
Leo McManus wrote:
>
> Problem: Xsane hangs.
>
> SETUP: SuSE 7.1, 800MHz AMD 750Mb.
>
> When I run the ISA config, I get the following problems:
>
> /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
> Board 1 has Identity 3b 8a 7b e0 4d 05 15 90 04: ADP1505 Serial No
> 2323374157
> [checksum 3b]
> /etc/isapnp.conf:49 -- Fatal - IO range check attempted while device
> activated
> /etc/isapnp.conf:49 -- Fatal - Error occurred executing request
> '<IORESCHECK> '
> --- further action aborted
>
> I can install my AHA152x moduls without errors.
>
> insmod aha152x aha152x=0x140,9,7,0
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/kernel/drivers/scsi/aha152x.o
>
> After this I can see my Scanner with scanimage:
>
> scanlist --list-devices
> bash: scanlist: command not found
> root@linux:/var/log > scanimage --list-devices
> device `snapscan:/dev/scanner' is a AGFA SNAPSCAN 1236 flatbed scanner
> device `snapscan:/dev/sg1' is a AGFA SNAPSCAN 1236 flatbed scanner
>
> And I can see my SCSI's in /proc:
>
> cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
> Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 9200 Rev: 1.0e
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 04
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
> Vendor: AGFA Model: SNAPSCAN 1236 Rev: 1.50
> Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> When I run Xsane, it hangs. I suspect that I may need a SCSI terminator
> on the
> scanner, but in the documentation it does not mention that you have to
> purchase
> one.
>
> Has anyone got any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Leo
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From: Chris Elvidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UPS for Linux/Winblows
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 09:40:23 +0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In <MHRw6.354$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>writes:
>
> >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 $25...
>
> OK, I should have been more specific. APC has not given away info about
> the interface they use on their serial port, I don't know who wrote
> apcupsd and where he/she/them got their information, but it surely wasn't
> easy (I tried it once).
>
> HTH,
> Uli
> --
> Dipl. Inf. Ulrich Teichert|e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Stormweg 24 |listening to:Something Good To Go By(The Decibels)
> 24539 Neumuenster, Germany|Cheap Excitement (Stratford Mercenaries)
I use APC, but NUT for monitoring:
Internet resources:
The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page is at
http://www.exploits.org/nut. The user mailing list is
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Shadow")
Subject: compaq cpqhealth 1.2.0-1 on 2.4.x kernel
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 05:51:33 +0000 (UTC)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Subject: Re: P4 & LINUX, Any Problem?
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 06:08:33 GMT
"news.ulak.net.tr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anybody used P4 for LINUX?
> Is there any problem? Or shall I buy one?
> Any comments appreciated...
I saw a review of the P4 that was pretty uncomplementary...
[Digs around for ULR] Ah, here it is.
http://www.emulators.com/pentium4.htm
I'm not saying this is 100% right, but you might want to
look it over and at least evaluate it before you get one.
- jonadab
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From: "green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Fun With Parallel Ports.
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 18:57:47 +1000
how do you read from them though since the kit I got can read in through it
as well e.g. analog to digital voltages?
"Bloody Viking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9a5tm0$qcj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> green ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> : no not lost qbasic it is called visual basic
> : the ability to easily write to p-ports.
>
> No matter, C can do it on Linux. (: Now, hooking up shift registers to a
> printer fitting should be fun.
>
> --
> FOOD FOR THOUGHT: 100 calories are used up in the course of a mile run.
> The USDA guidelines for dietary fibre is equal to one ounce of sawdust.
> The liver makes the vast majority of the cholesterol in your bloodstream.
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From: "green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Fun With Parallel Ports.
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:23:21 +1000
"Bloody Viking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9a5unk$qps$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> But despite my limited abilities at the time, it shows that on the
Commodore
> it was fully possible to code a TSR becuse the interrupt was documented in
the
> programmer's reference guide. On the PC, the same thing is not so easy.
The
> stuff in DOS's kernel is a secret held by Microshit. TSR coders have to
crack
> the kernel to code one now.
>
> With Linux, however, coding a daemon is easy as everything is documented
in
> some way shape or form. A crude method is to make an account to run it and
> give it sudo root permission to run the device in question. Can't do that
on
> DOS.
>
I would have thought microsoft would have encouraged people to develop so
they could sell more copies of <loud deep voice >THE DISK OPERATING SYSTEM
</loud deep voice >
sorry.
getting back to the point microsort weren't a monopoly then were they?
I remember seeing in Borland turbo c++ 3 how to code a tsr in c including
memory size stuff in a template form.
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Support for LCD Monitors?
Date: 01 Apr 2001 12:53:08 +0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Buzzard) writes:
> > I think PnP
> > just means the monitor can identify its model to the PC through the VGA
> > connector.
>
> It can do a bit more than that I believe it can also signal what 'modes'
> it can cope with.
If you are running XFree86 4.0.x, you can check in the file
/var/log/XFree86.0.log to see all the information your monitor gives
through DDC. For example (with some stuff deleted):
(II) R128(0): VESA VBE DDC read successfully
(II) R128(0): Manufacturer: ICL Model: 700 Serial#: 909
(II) R128(0): Year: 1995 Week: 45
(II) R128(0): EDID Version: 1.0
(II) R128(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
(II) R128(0): Sync: Separate
(II) R128(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 26 vert.: 20
(II) R128(0): Gamma: 2.20
(II) R128(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
(II) R128(0): redX: 0.625 redY: 0.340 greenX: 0.310 greenY: 0.592
(II) R128(0): blueX: 0.150 blueY: 0.063 whiteX: 0.303 whiteY: 0.325
(II) R128(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
[... long list of video modes ...]
(II) R128(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) R128(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
[... even more video modes ...]
(==) R128(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) R128(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 30.00-64.00 kHz
(II) R128(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 48.00-100.00 Hz
(II) R128(0): Clock range: 12.50 to 400.00 MHz
[... list of modes rejected because of incompatible sync frequencies ...]
(--) R128(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
(**) R128(0): Default mode "1024x768": 78.8 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz
(--) R128(0): Display dimensions: (26, 20) cm
(--) R128(0): DPI set to (100, 97)
--
Markku Kolkka
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From: "David M. Bartusik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Scanjet 5P + SANE = No Luck....HELP!
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 12:43:47 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mick Barry
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Clarissa,
>
> We have a ScanJet 5P running here no worries (though using our own
> frontend via saned). Have you checked the SANE mailing list. It's
> probably your best bet for sorting out SANE backend issues
> http://panda.mostang.com/sane/mail.html.
Check the permissions for /dev/sga!
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valuable. -- Thomas Jefferson
10:55pm up 14 days, 14:56, 3 users, load average: 0.25, 1.04, 0.97
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From: Rafal Wysocki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Asus A7A266 hardware bug + Linux 2.4.3 problem
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:03:47 +0200
Hi all,
It seems there is a problem with new Asus A7A266 MBs. Namely the clock
configuration is lost by the MB and the system clock is slowed down (4 or
5 times). Strangely enough, the 2.2.19 kernel is capable of handling the
bug:
probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a
VIA686a.
probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration.
(from logs), although the board has an ALiMaGiK 1 (not VIA!) chipset, but
the 2.4.3 kernel goes through it like a fool. There are no BIOS updates
available for these boards, AFAIK, and the problem makes an A7A266-based
system unusable with 2.4.3 (probably 2.4.x) kernels.
If anyone can tell me whether it is possible to cause a 2.4.3 kernel to
handle this bug, I will be grateful. Probably You know kernel internals
better than me - please pass this information to the kernel list.
Regards
Rafael
PS
FYI, There is also a problem with USB vs AT keyboard (when USB is enabled
in the BIOS, AT keyboard is often not detected, even if the USB support is
not enabled in the kernel!).
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