Linux-Hardware Digest #569, Volume #14 Wed, 4 Apr 01 16:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: No Mouse after changing video card from an ISA card to Jaton TNT2 (Tim)
Re: Q: GeForce2MX on i810 MB - howto enable AGP and bypass i810? (Jan Just Keijser)
Re: How Can I Troubleshoot Memory Problems (Frank Miller)
DLink DFE-530TX+ Revision Problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Distorted sound output, what's wrong? ("Electrode")
Re: need help with tv tuner card and xaw tv (root)
Problems with cdrdao and LG CD-RW CED-8080B (Iiro Harjunkoski)
Does the remote for Pinnacle PCTVpro work in Linux? (Lars Luthman)
Re: Win Modems (John Thompson)
USB CDR? ("Richard Ashkettle")
Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question (Jesus Manuel NAVARRO
LOPEZ)
Re: K7V133A & RH7.0 (Konstantinos Agouros)
Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question (Travis Casey)
Kernel Panic in Network Interface (James Stephens)
Can�t find a Printer Driver ("Klaus Amereller")
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From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No Mouse after changing video card from an ISA card to Jaton TNT2
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 12:15:53 -0400
Hi Mike,
mike wrote:
>
> I had been using an old ISA Trident video card that worked fine
> with Redhat 6.1. After booting the system with the new card
> Kudzu detected the new card and I installed the X windows
> with 16-bit color and 1024 x 768 resolution. When
> startx was executed KDE came up but there is no mouse cursor.
> My system is a Celeron 300 with a PS/2 type mouse. The
> mouse and the port have not been changed.
Try logging in as "root" and running mouseconfig.
Good Luck!
Tim
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Timothy J. Schutte
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wwnet.net/~kc8hr
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam!" --Popeye the Sailor-Man
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Just Keijser)
Subject: Re: Q: GeForce2MX on i810 MB - howto enable AGP and bypass i810?
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 16:40:41 GMT
the agpgart module does not like an external AGP display adapter on i810 mobo
- you need a modifed agpgart module for fix that issue; the fix is
horrendously stupid and is integrated into the 2.4.2 and 2.4.3 kernels.
HTH,
JJK
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have Abit motherboard with integrated i810 AGP display "card".
>After getting tired of the low performance I installed GeForce2MX
>display card. Now the problem is that AGPGART module does not install
>but just complains that it finds only i810 and it is not correct.
> In my modules.conf are lines:
>alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
>options agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1
>alias char-major-195 NVdriver
> And I am using:
> NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6
> NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6
>
> So the question is how to bypass the i810 detection and use only the
>AGP card in AGP slot.
>
>
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JJK / Jan Just Keijser
Unix/Linux Systems Engineer
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From: Frank Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How Can I Troubleshoot Memory Problems
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 16:52:15 GMT
Cory Phillips wrote:
>
> I have a 200 MHz pentium that I had dual booting with Red Hat and Win 98
> for over a year. I decided to buy another PC for Linux and made my 200
> a Win 98 only box. I have tried installing 98 several times and get DLL
> errors when I try to open Explorer (which is basically the whole OS in
> Windows). I then tried to install Win 95 and I get errors with Explorer
> but with a different DLL. These errors occur after a clean install of
> 98/95 some I'm betting it's something hardware related. I ran a
> diagnostic tool and it did not find any errors. Both 98 and 95 report
> my full amount of memory (64 Megs). My wife says she took the RAM out a
> few days ago to see if some RAM from another machine could be added to
> the 200.
>
> I'm guessing it's a memory issue since I get DLL errors with Explorer.
> I also removed two of the SIMMS and the DLL problems went away, at least
> with Win 95.
>
> Could she have fried the computer doing this? Our manual says not to
> mix Fast Page memory w/ EDO. What would happen if she did?
>
> I can I tell the difference between EDO and Fast Page memory? I have
> two SIMMS labeled as EDO, but two more that came w/ the computer that
> are not labeled.
>
> Note: I also used a Slackware live boot CD-ROM and after it booted, it
> reported 64 Megs.
>
> --
> Cory Phillips
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Could be the memory has been "fried". Also, make sure that it has been
seated properly.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: DLink DFE-530TX+ Revision Problems
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 13:06:08 -0400
I'm trying to use DLink DEF-530TX+ NIC but no success. At boot time
the card does not seem to be recogized. Now the strange thing of it all
is that I previouly had the same model of card working on the same
hardware a few months ago. In fact I pulled it out and have been I
testing it along side the new card and found it still works. Now the
working card is label, DFE-530TX+ Rev.A1, and the newer ( non-working )
card is labeled DFE-530TX+ Rev. D1. So I've got two differenct versions
of the NIC...one works, one doesn't. I've notice the non-working card
does not seem to be recognize at boot time unlike the working card which
is. There does not appear to be anything wrong hardware wise with the
NICs as both of them work under Windows 98 and 2000.
With the working card I had to turn off PNP OS in the BIOS before it
would work. Of course I've done this the new card as well but no
success. As well, I've updated to the latest rtl8139.c file ( 1.13 )
but still no success.
Has anyone run into this problem??? Better yet anyone soved it?
The hardware is an Intel PIII 550 on an ASUS P3B-F motherboard. The OS
is SUSE 6.4, kernel 2.2.14.
Mark Lightfoot
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From: "Electrode" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Distorted sound output, what's wrong?
Date: 4 Apr 2001 17:29:36 GMT
Hey all. I recently got Mandrake 7.2 up and running, with only one problem:
The sound is distorted and has a lot of background noise. I really have no
idea what the cause could be, as I am such a newbie.
The only thing I could think of is to mute all the unused inputs and adjust
the volume, but that didn't change anything. Any suggestions at all would be
appreciated.
-Joe V.
-joevld(at)novagate(dot com)
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From: root <[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: Re: need help with tv tuner card and xaw tv
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 17:32:45 GMT
Andrew Diaczyk wrote:
>
> 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 also use the pinnacle studio pctv card.
Here part of my /etc/modules.conf
alias char-major-81 bttv
pre-install bttv modprobe -k tuner; modprobe -k i2c-core; modprobe -k
i2c-algo-bit
options bttv pll=1 radio=0 card=39
options tuner type=8
also if you can hear the TV card audio (from the TV tuner audio out) but
only see a black TV window, try starting xawtv with a different bpp
value:
#xawtv -b 16
Bob
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From: Iiro Harjunkoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with cdrdao and LG CD-RW CED-8080B
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 13:42:26 -0400
Hi!
I have tried to get a LG CD-RW CED-8080B to work on a DELL Optiplex GX110
running RH-6.2 (with 2.2.18).
I have a normal IDE-cd driver and compiled the kernel drivers for SCSI as
modules and they are not loaded automatically at bootup (added some
options into /etc/conf.modules) but this can be fixed by putting insmods
into /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
cdrecord-scanbus produces:
###############
# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 2.1.39
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'LG ' 'CD-RW CED-8080B ' '1.04' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
###############
I got xcdroast to work and burned a CD-RW. However, when I try to use
cdrdao for audio, it fails after 170Mb/580Mb... with the error message:
###############
# cdrdao write --simulate --speed 2 --driver generic-mmc cd.toc
Cdrdao version 1.1.4 - (C) Andreas Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
SCSI interface library - (C) Joerg Schilling
L-EC encoding library - (C) Heiko Eissfeldt
Paranoia DAE library - (C) Monty
Check http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/drives.html#dt for actual driver
tables.
/dev/cdrecorder: LG CD-RW CED-8080B Rev: 1.04
Using driver: Generic SCSI-3/MMC - Version 1.0 (data) (options 0x0000)
Starting write simulation at speed 2...
Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort.
Process can be aborted with QUIT signal (usually CTRL-\).
Using POSIX real time scheduling.
Writing track 01 (mode AUDIO/AUDIO)...
cdrdao: Input/output error. : scsi sendcmd: retryable error
CDB: 2A 00 00 01 3A 82 00 00 0D 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 04 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x4 Hardware Error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x09 Qual 0x00 (track following error) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
ERROR: Write data failed.
ERROR: Writing failed - buffer under run?
ERROR: Simulation failed.
###############
Is this a hardware error and should I contact the vendor or does anybody
know howto get this work?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Regards,
Iiro
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Iiro Harjunkoski
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Iiro Harjunkoski
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone (office): (412) 268 3775
Phone (home): (412) 521 5751
http://egon.cheme.cmu.edu/~iiro
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From: Lars Luthman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Does the remote for Pinnacle PCTVpro work in Linux?
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 19:57:54 +0200
Does it?
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win Modems
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 09:17:23 -0500
Johan Kullstam wrote:
> "LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > It seems as if more and more people using Windows
> > are very dissapointed over the performance of there Lucent Winmodems. In the
> > last week I have met 3 people that have taken back there Lucent Winmodem
> > because it drops out regularly. If your machine is slower 300Mhz or is
> > running a CPU intensive task in the background you can bet that it will drop
> > out. Give me a real modem anyday!! By the way real internal modems are
> > getting hard to source. Does anyone have suggestions for a Internal Fax
> > Voice Data modem?
>
> one word _EXTERNAL_. yes, i know you said internal but why not expand
> your possibilities? since most mice these days are ps/2 or usb, you
> probably have nothing on your rs232 ports. why not use it?
That option may also become limited as Microsoft pushes for their
new PC hardware "standard" which includes no ISA slots, no serial
ports and no parallel ports. MS sees the future in peripheral
devices as USB and/or firewire and although it is conceivable
that such devices might be made to work in linux it may be a
while before they are fully supported in linux. Like it or not,
MS has a great deal of clout in the hardware development arena.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Richard Ashkettle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB CDR?
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 18:40:11 GMT
Anyone know what the support is for a USB CD-R in the 2.4.x Kernel? I'm
putting together a laptop system right now and would like to use my Acer
CDRW with it.
Thanks
Richard Ashkettle
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From: Jesus Manuel NAVARRO LOPEZ <[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: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 19:51:55 +0200
Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.networking Jimi Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am. First of all, 3X32 = 96 GB. Personally, I prefer to run RAID 5 with
> > 4 disks,
>
> Raid % runs with 3 or 5 Diks where one can fail. If you use 4 disks one will
> not be used (HotSpare) until one of the Disks fail. With Raid 5 you can use
> about 2x32GB if you have 3x32GB Disks
>
Who said you can't use 4 or 6 disks? (says our star, writing this from a
9*4 RAID5box with, uhu! 27GB avaliable space)
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SALUD,
Jes�s
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Konstantinos Agouros)
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: K7V133A & RH7.0
Date: 4 Apr 2001 07:41:39 +0200
In <2Qsy6.118698$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Jeffrey Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Hi, just want to find out if anyone has installed RH7.0 on an ASUS K7V133A
>mboard, and would like to know of your opinion of such a combination.
>Thanks in advance.
Yes, it works. If You want ATA100, You will need to build Your own kernel.
Konstantin
>Jeff
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Otkerstr. 28, 81547 Muenchen, Germany. Tel +49 89 69370185
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"Captain, this ship will not sustain the forming of the cosmos." B'Elana Torres
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From: Travis Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.admin
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 19:34:52 GMT
Jesus Manuel NAVARRO LOPEZ wrote:
> Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
>> Jimi Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > I am. First of all, 3X32 = 96 GB. Personally, I prefer to run RAID 5
>> > with 4 disks,
>>
>> Raid % runs with 3 or 5 Diks where one can fail. If you use 4 disks one
>> will not be used (HotSpare) until one of the Disks fail. With Raid 5 you
>> can use about 2x32GB if you have 3x32GB Disks
>
> Who said you can't use 4 or 6 disks? (says our star, writing this from a
> 9*4 RAID5box with, uhu! 27GB avaliable space)
The only guess I can make is that the poster knows that RAID 3 and RAID 5
are the two RAID levels that are multiple disks with parity, and for some
reason thinks that the RAID level is the number of disks that are used.
That's simply incorrect -- the RAID "levels" are simply a set of numbers
used to describe different layouts. RAID 3 is N disks, with N-1 disks
having data and 1 disk having parity. RAID 5 is N disks, with all disks
having a mixture of parity and data (e.g., Disk 1 might have parity for
sector 1, disk 2 parity for sector 2, ... disk N for sector N, disk 1 for
sector N+1, and so on). Neither RAID 3 nor RAID 5 has any requirement for
how many disks you use, except that there has to be more than one. (Yes,
you can do RAID 5 with two disks... why you'd want to, I don't know, but
you can.)
Now, some RAID implementations may place other limits, but the RAID
standards themselves do not.
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From: James Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel Panic in Network Interface
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 15:25:01 -0400
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Orig posting on comp.os.linux.networking but I thought someone viewwing
this list may have an idea... thanks
Problem : when I attempt to use the route command, loopback works BUT
the route to the gateway MOST
(90%) often chokes... and crashes the entire box with the following
error...
Kernel Panic: skput: over: d0070fe4: 4096 put 4096 dev:tr0
In swapper task - not syncing
Details : I have a dual processor box running Linux kernel version
2.2.16 and a token ring adapter. I can
ping the lo device just fine, but when I ping anything outside the box I
get a crash or sometimes Network
unreachable. I believe I have correctly configured the box using
ifconfig and route. My hosts and host.conf
file pretty much just says "go talk to DNS" and the resolv.conf file
reads
nameserver aa.bb.cc.dd
nameserver ee.ff.gg.hh
where there letters are the correct ip addresses for DNS servers.
Ofcourse, if I ping those DNS servers I
get a crash. BTW, all of theses addresses (except the server with the
tr0 problem) can be hit by my
workstation (the gateway->dnsserver-> target)
If anyone has a suggestion, I would appreciate the idea(s)...
Thanks,
James
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Orig posting on comp.os.linux.networking but I thought someone viewwing
this list may have an idea... thanks
<p>Problem : when I attempt to use the route command, loopback works BUT
the route to the gateway MOST
<br>(90%) often chokes... and crashes the entire box with the following
error...
<p><b><u>Kernel Panic: skput: over: d0070fe4: 4096 put 4096 dev:tr0</u></b>
<br><b><u>In swapper task - not syncing</u></b>
<p>Details : I have a dual processor box running Linux kernel version 2.2.16
and a token ring adapter. I can
<br>ping the lo device just fine, but when I ping anything outside the
box I get a crash or sometimes Network
<br>unreachable. I believe I have correctly configured the box using
ifconfig and route. My hosts and host.conf
<br>file pretty much just says "go talk to DNS" and the resolv.conf file
reads
<p>nameserver aa.bb.cc.dd
<br>nameserver ee.ff.gg.hh
<p>where there letters are the correct ip addresses for DNS servers.
Ofcourse, if I ping those DNS servers I
<br>get a crash. BTW, all of theses addresses (except the server
with the tr0 problem) can be hit by my
<br>workstation (the gateway->dnsserver-> target)
<p>If anyone has a suggestion, I would appreciate the idea(s)...
<p>Thanks,
<p>James
<p>e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]</html>
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From: "Klaus Amereller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can�t find a Printer Driver
Date: 04 Apr 2001 22:06:09 +0200
Hi
i have Linux 7.1 and the Kernal is 2.4
my Problem is i can�t find a driver for my XEROX DocuPrint C8
Can you are help me
Have fun
Klaus
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