Linux-Hardware Digest #563, Volume #14 Tue, 3 Apr 01 09:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: USB Scanner -Scanjet 6200C w SuSE 7.1 (Drew Roedersheimer)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Anthony Hill)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Anthony Hill)
Re: Question: Anyone got ide2 *and* ide3 working on Promise ata100? (jazbo)
Re: AC97 audio VT82C686 Epox 8KTA3 (Kevin Chu)
Re: Highpoint Technology Inc HPT366 Ultra DMA 66 Controller ("srv")
VIA AC97 Audio onboard Abit vh6-2...Possible??? (Randy)
Re: VIA AC97 Audio onboard Abit vh6-2...Possible??? (Peter Christy)
need help with tv tuner card and xaw tv ("Andrew Diaczyk")
SCSI+Ecrix VXA with RedHat ("John P")
Re: need help with tv tuner card and xaw tv ("Andy Walker")
Re: SCSI+Ecrix VXA with RedHat (Michael McConnell)
networked hp laserjet printer printing under redhat Linux 6.2
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Looking for Phoneline networking help (Aaron)
Re: networked hp laserjet printer printing under redhat Linux 6.2 (Dean Thompson)
keyboard lockz up ("Joost Molenaar")
Re: need help with tv tuner card and xaw tv (Kenneth R�rvik)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Drew Roedersheimer)
Subject: Re: USB Scanner -Scanjet 6200C w SuSE 7.1
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 07:15:36 GMT
On Tue, 03 Apr 2001 01:30:09 -0000, Shreyas wrote:
>SuSE 7.1 has already configured my USB controller and i've already
>inserted the kernel 2.4 usb-scanner.o module. Now i try typinng:
>
># scanimage --device-name=hp:/dev/usbscanner -T
>
>And i get:
>
>Segmentation fault
>
>Have i incorrectly setup sane or is my scanner unsupported?
>
>--
>Posted via CNET Help.com
>http://www.help.com/
I have the same scanner, and I've gotten it to work under both a patched
version of 2.2.17 and the 2.4.* series. I found some useful information at
http://www.linux-usb.org (a direct link to devices that are supported is
http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/). Also, the Documentation directory under
your kernel source tree gives some good info regarding both USB and scanners.
Check out /your/path/to-kernel-source/Documentation/usb:
usb-help.txt
scanner-hp-sane.txt
There's probably some other useful documentation under there, but those
were the two I found most useful.
BTW, I just checked the modules I have running on my 2.4.2 system (compiled
from clean source from www.kernel.org), and the usb/scanner related modules
that I have loaded are:
usb-uhci
usbcore
scanner
Not sure if you rolled your own kernel, or if that's one that Suse puts out,
but that could possibly be your problem too...
Sorry I can't give you specific advice, but hopefully these sources of info
will get you on your way
HTH
-DR
--
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
-- Victor Hugo
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From: Anthony Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 07:20:18 GMT
On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 19:58:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the
Unsightly One) wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter) wrote:
>
>> Linux is smarter than Win9x/NT about networking. You can bring network
>> interfaces up and down all day long, change IP addresses, twiddle MAC
>> addresses, etc., and not have to reboot. Win2K sometimes lets you get away
>> with some network changes without rebooting (you can usually set/change an
>> IP address), so it seems to have caught up with Linux somewhat in that
>> regard. I've also heard that NetWare is fairly smart about dealing with
>> changes in network configuration, but I don't have much experience with it.
>
>Out of curiousity, if you've unplugged the line from your NIC (let's
>say it's eth0) and plugged it back in and connection isn't working,
>short of rebooting, what's the easy way to restart that network
>interface and get it working again? I know in the BeOS you can
>restart networking in the Networking preferences app, but what's
>the Linux way to it?
Well, first of all, if the line is unplugged and then plugged back in,
99 times out of a 100 the network connection will be properly detected
and automatically come back up under Linux. I don't know about BeOS
(tried it, didn't like it, deleted it), but I know that Linux is
definitely much better at redetecting and reconnecting lost networking
connections than Windows it.
The Linux way to do it depends on your distribution (or the specific
script that you set up to do this). On my Debian system, there are
some scripts called "ifup" and "ifdown" (if = InterFace). For
example, "ifdown -a" followed by an "ifup -a" brings all my
connections down and then back up. More typically I would do
something like "ifdown eth0", "ifup eth0" to only bring the eth0
connection down and then back up though (occasionally when my cable
modem goes to lala land and needs to be power cycled I telnet into my
gateway and do the above to bring the network connection back up right
away instead of waiting for the next time that the system will poll
for DHCP servers).
Alternatively you can do it the manual way with a combination of
"ifconfig" and "route" commands, which is all that the above scripts
do.
Hmm.. current uptime on the above mentioned gateway system is 73 days
and counting :> Ahh, I do like Linux for applications like this.
=======================
Tony Hill
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From: Anthony Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 07:20:18 GMT
On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 23:22:04 -0600, Robert Redelmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>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.
Not a single fluorescent light in my room and I CAN'T STAND 60Hz, I
feel like I'm going to yack! Even when I just have to reboot into
safe mode to change a messed up setting or have load up new video
drivers that kill my video settings, those few minutes of flicker
really do not agree with me. It's funny because when looking straight
on I don't actually SEE any flicker, my head just starts to hurt
really quickly and my stomach starts doing gymnastics. 75Hz and I'm
fine, 85Hz and I'm happy. Unfortunately my new video card and my
monitor don't agree at all at anything higher then 75Hz, anything
higher and my screen starts to warble just slightly.
That being said, I've known plenty of people who never notice the
slightest problem with their refresh rate set at 60Hz. Just one of
those subtle differences between people I guess.
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Tony Hill
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From: jazbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question: Anyone got ide2 *and* ide3 working on Promise ata100?
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 03:26:00 -0400
Nader wrote:
> You may want to try kernel 2.4.2. There have been many improvements to the ide
> code since 2.2.x.
I have been thinking about that.
Just now I tried a couple of different configurations in my grub boot menu,
explicitly stating the PDC20267's i/o addresses. Still same old thing: connect one
channel and things are fine - plug in second cable to ide3 and it won't boot.
I'm a little wary of compiling 2.4 for this VIA chipset. I did that a bunch for
another MVP-3 based system during the 2.3.4x through 2.4test12 series and had
massive fs corruption with the via82cxxx driver all along the way. Each time the
driver changed or something related changed I was sure it *had* to be the cure.
That system is back on a Mandrake compiled 2.2 kernel and may stay there forever.
Or since disk access is so abysmally slow using the generic ide driver, it may
soon relapse to Windows. Things are not as rosey in Linuxland as they like to make
out.
Mandrake being a patch happy distro I am sort of hoping that the distribute latest
kernel sources somewhere with their own patches applied in advance, otherwise I
fear breaking something.
I do appreciate your advice.
Thx
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Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 23:36:31 -0700
From: Kevin Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AC97 audio VT82C686 Epox 8KTA3
Peter Christy wrote:
> I'm currently using the Alsa 0.9.0beta3 drivers which overcome
> some problems I was having with the "stable" 0.5.10 drivers.
Okay, I read the docs more thoroughly, and I now don't get the "can't
open dsp" message. That linuxnewbie link was quite helpful. I think
the ALSA drivers are the way to go now. I've downloaded the utils and
libraries so that I actually get sound, but installation of those will
have to wait until I get some sleep.
Thanks for the pointers.
Kevin
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From: "srv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Highpoint Technology Inc HPT366 Ultra DMA 66 Controller
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 05:04:47 -0400
Mandrake 7.2 works for me!
SRV
"John Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Excellent, this is what I wanted to know. Thank you very much for
> that......
>
> Cheers
>
> John Murray
>
>
>
> On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:05:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (Kenneth R�rvik) wrote:
>
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nader) wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >>If the kernel doesn't support HPT366 (e.g., 2.2.x), then you'll have to
> >>pass ide parameters to the kernel during installation. See this web
site
> >
> >Fortunately, Mandrake 7.2 has a patched kernel, so he should be fine out-
> >of-the-box :)
>
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From: Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VIA AC97 Audio onboard Abit vh6-2...Possible???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 08:50:06 GMT
I cannot seem to get any sound by compiling the kernel w/ support for
82c686 chipset. I have kernel 2.2.16 on a slackware box. I believe the chipset
is vt82c686B and have checked the alsa homepage and their drivers list support for
the via82c686a but not the vt82c686b so I don't guess that is an option.
Does anyone know if a kernel upgrade would help here?
Anyone have this working on the Abit vh6-2 board or should I just put a soundcard in
and be done with it.
TIA for any replies,
Randy.
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From: Peter Christy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA AC97 Audio onboard Abit vh6-2...Possible???
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:16:50 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Randy wrote:
> I cannot seem to get any sound by compiling the kernel w/ support for
> 82c686 chipset. I have kernel 2.2.16 on a slackware box. I believe the
> chipset is vt82c686B and have checked the alsa homepage and their drivers
> list support for the via82c686a but not the vt82c686b so I don't guess
> that is an option.
>
> Does anyone know if a kernel upgrade would help here?
> Anyone have this working on the Abit vh6-2 board or should I just put a
> soundcard in and be done with it.
I *think* the difference between the 686a and 686b chips is their support
for UDMA 100, and that the sound bit is the same. In otherwords, the Alsa
drivers should work.
Be warned, the AC97 support is VERY system dependent. Some people swear by
the kernel drivers, but I've never got a squeak out of them! I've had most
success with the latest Alsa beta drivers (0.9.0beta3) which are working
for me extremely well.
There is a good "idiots guide" at www.linuxnewbie.org, but be aware that
you will probably have to do some fine tweaking to get it to work for you!
When it works, it works very well!
--
Pete
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From: "Andrew Diaczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.binaries.warez.linux,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: need help with tv tuner card and xaw tv
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 11:21:26 GMT
I have a pinacle systems studio pc tv card. My computer runs red hat 6.2.
It seems to find the card when it starts up. How do I setup the tuner and
xawtv. Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "John P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: SCSI+Ecrix VXA with RedHat
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 12:26:40 +0100
Hi All,
RedHat 7.0, Kernel 2.2.16 on a P3/1000.
I have installed an Ecrix VXA-1 SCSI drive and I think it's registered OK by
the system..
(scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 31.
Vendor: ECRIX Model: VXA-1 Rev: 2524
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
...
st: bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max buffers 5, s/g segs 16.
Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
..
- but I'm not sure how to use it!
A search on Ecrix's web site reveals I need to use
mt -f /dev/st0 status
but I don't have the mt command. SCSI is installed in the kernel - the
system hard discs run off a hardware RAID device that connects to an
external Adaptec adapter. The Ecrix drive is connected to the motherboard's
SCSI channel. Although, I have just used a SCSI cable going from the
connector on the motherboard straight to the Ecrix drive as there's nothing
else on that SCSI channel. Do I need to use a terminator?
TIA
John
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From: "Andy Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need help with tv tuner card and xaw tv
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 12:30:50 -0000
Andrew Diaczyk wrote in message ...
>I have a pinacle systems studio pc tv card. My computer runs red hat 6.2.
>It seems to find the card when it starts up. How do I setup the tuner and
>xawtv. Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
I have the same card and cannot get it to work with anything although the OS
recognises it. I've tried RedHat6.2, Mandrake7.2 and SuSe7 but nothing
works.
At best I get xawtv to display and play static then the x-server locks up!
I've tried installing the latest binaries, recompiled the kernel and even
built from source code but I always get the same result.
H--E--L--PPPPPP!
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: SCSI+Ecrix VXA with RedHat
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 12:43:32 +0100
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, John P wrote:
> A search on Ecrix's web site reveals I need to use
>
> mt -f /dev/st0 status
>
> but I don't have the mt command.
IIRC you need to install the mt-st RPM from the RedHat CD.
> SCSI is installed in the kernel - the
> system hard discs run off a hardware RAID device that connects to an
> external Adaptec adapter. The Ecrix drive is connected to the motherboard's
> SCSI channel. Although, I have just used a SCSI cable going from the
> connector on the motherboard straight to the Ecrix drive as there's nothing
> else on that SCSI channel. Do I need to use a terminator?
Can't help you there, sorry.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Eridani Linux 6.3 Now!]
Eridani Linux -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat-based Linux CDROMs Available
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: networked hp laserjet printer printing under redhat Linux 6.2
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 11:45:32 GMT
hi,
A hp laserjet 5000 printer with hp JetDirect 600N(J3113A type)
card is installed in my local network.It has been given its IP
address.I can print documents to it from windows 2000 or win95.
Now I try to print from a machine equiped with Redhat linux 6.2.
I can telnet to the hp printer,but when I use (printtool) to add
it as "Direct to port" or "remote lpd queue" printer ,either method
fails,output is "connection failed."So,can someone give me some
information on how I can print to this printer under redhat 6.2?
Thanks a lot.
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From: Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Looking for Phoneline networking help
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 12:15:14 GMT
I was told by someone at Broadcom that they have developed Linux
drivers. However they do not want to handle support to they have
provide the drivers to Linksys. The trouble is Linksys seems less
than willing to post them. I have had several unsuccessful email
request to them.
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 01:09:14 -0800, Fr�d�rique Vernhes
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for the info - I have had to correct my decision on using the Linksys bridge,
>as it only handles 1Mbps phoneline network. Instead, I will go with the netgear
>bridge. I have also decided to get a router/firewall so that all my boxes are behind
>a separate firewall + I hope to be able to add some wireless laptops in the end.
>
>Frederique.
>
>Aaron wrote:
>
>> As far as I am aware there is no support yet for cards based on the
>> PNA2.0 standard. These cards are based on the broadcom chip. No card
>> manufacturers have written Linux drivers for these cards.
>>
>> You can get an older card based on the older PNA 1meg standard. I
>> believe people have gotten the card from AMD to work and maybe the
>> Diamond card. PNA 2.0 cards are supposed to be backward compatible.
>> I keep hoping for drivers though (fingers crossed).
>>
>> On 15 Mar 2001 12:41:51 -0500, Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >enkidu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >
>> >> Fr�d�rique Vernhes wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > - I have 2 other Pentium running Win 98. These 2 pentiums
>> >> > are networked using our home phoneline. We used Linksys
>> >> > USB phoneline network adapters. Works great.
>> >> >
>> >> How do these work? Do they send IP packets over the phone
>> >> wires, probably using a different pair to the phones? How
>> >> do you connect them to the Internet?
>> >
>> >As I understand it, they use the same 2 pair as your phone lines, but use a
>> >frequency above or below human speech, so that it can coexist on the same wire.
>> >DSL is sent the same way, which is why you have all the restrictions about who
>> >can get DSL (ie, length from office, only travelling over copper wire, etc.).
>> >The encoding within the frequency should be the same as ethernet normally uses
>> >over UTP (unshielded twisted pair). Because of using part of the frequency
>> >spectrum, and the fact that voice grade wiring is cat3 (and even then in the
>> >real world you probably have a lot of sub-cat3 wiring) and not cat5 spec (which
>> >100Mbs uses), is why you you only get 10Mbs max. Also going over a USB
>> >connection is another potential bottleneck to speed. Obviously, if you only
>> >use a home network for sharing an internet connection, than it won't matter
>> >that you can only get 10Mbs, unless you have a T3 connection to your house.
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: networked hp laserjet printer printing under redhat Linux 6.2
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 22:16:26 +1000
Hi!,
> A hp laserjet 5000 printer with hp JetDirect 600N(J3113A type)
> card is installed in my local network.It has been given its IP
> address.I can print documents to it from windows 2000 or win95.
> Now I try to print from a machine equiped with Redhat linux 6.2.
> I can telnet to the hp printer,but when I use (printtool) to add
> it as "Direct to port" or "remote lpd queue" printer ,either method
> fails,output is "connection failed."So,can someone give me some
> information on how I can print to this printer under redhat 6.2?
You should end up with a printcap entry which looks like the following:
printername:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/printername:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=IP Addr/DNS name of printer:\
:rp=raw:
You should be able to connect to port 515 on the printer to confirm whether or
not it has its lpd spooler working. If it doesn't respond to this port, you
might want to telnet to the system and make sure that its lpd spooler is
listening to you. Additionally, make sure that it knows how to get back to
you as well. Normally HP printers aren't a problem to connect to Linux. The
trick is normally in the queue name.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: "Joost Molenaar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: keyboard lockz up
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 12:32:47 GMT
dear all,
every now & then my laptop keyboard stops functioning. i have to do a hard
reset to get it working again. what's so strange about it, is that it only
happens in the Linux console, never in XFree86 (w/ XKB disabled) and not in
(excusez le mot) windows.
it seems to affect something in the BIOS too, because sometimes when the
keyboard hangs, the BIOS complains about a keyboard controller failure
during the power-on selftest. but that doesn't happen very often, like once
every ten times the keyboard dies.
so what is this, a hardware or a config problem? and most of all: how might
i solve it?
thx 4 reading this,
joost
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Subject: Re: need help with tv tuner card and xaw tv
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 12:42:10 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Walker) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>I have the same card and cannot get it to work with anything although
>the OS recognises it. I've tried RedHat6.2, Mandrake7.2 and SuSe7 but
>nothing works.
>At best I get xawtv to display and play static then the x-server locks
>up! I've tried installing the latest binaries, recompiled the kernel and
>even built from source code but I always get the same result.
I have a BT878 based card that would not function properly until I upgraded
the kernel to 2.4. Might be worth a try.
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