Linux-Hardware Digest #580, Volume #14 Sat, 7 Apr 01 02:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Lucent AMR modem on suse (kernel 2.4.0-4GB) (Dances With Crows)
Re: Isa and pci problems (Dances With Crows)
Experience with KVM switches? (TJ Snider)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Keith R. Williams)
Re: K7V133A & RH7.0 (Alan P. Kennedy, Sr)
Re: Experience with KVM switches? ("BetrOffDed")
RH7.0 on A7M266, worth it? ("Jeffrey Yu")
2 network cards - 1 cannot ping ("ceddz@garage")
Re: I can't install RH6.2 on UDMA HD ("BG")
ide-scsi module not loading at boot ("Arash Sayadi")
linux installation on acer travelmate 345t ("ks")
Re: patching the kernel (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: Recommended Tape Drive & Software (Frank Miles)
Re: RH7.0 on A7M266, worth it? (E J)
Pcmcia driver needed (Demondognet)
Re: Win Modems (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: ide-scsi module not loading at boot ("BetrOffDed")
Re: Q: GeForce2MX on i810 MB - howto enable AGP and bypass i810? ("Jason G")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Lucent AMR modem on suse (kernel 2.4.0-4GB)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 07 Apr 2001 00:19:20 GMT
On Fri, 06 Apr 2001 14:43:10 GMT, Roberto staggered into the Black Sun
and said:
>A friend bought an Acer travelmate 201T equipped with one of this
>@#$!%^@#!% lucent AMR winmodems. It seems there are no drivers for it.
>SOB SOB... Any clue?
AMR? On a laptop? Hmm, I thought AMR was a specification for a slot
that combination audio/modem hardware could fit into. Anyway, if you
misspoke and meant to say "Internal Lucent LoseModem", then go to
http://www.walbran.org/sean/linux/stodolsk/ and try that out. Works
with just about any 2.2 series kernel, 2.4 also if you read the
1ST.README and follow the directions.
"cat /proc/pci" should return something about a Lucent Unknown Device,
vendor ID 11c1, device id 449 or thereabouts. Full list is in the
package at the URL mentioned above. 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!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Isa and pci problems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 07 Apr 2001 00:19:24 GMT
On Fri, 06 Apr 2001 21:29:40 GMT, Blushade staggered into the Black Sun
and said:
>"Eric P. McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> "Blushade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> Somebody give me a web page on how to install an isa or a pci
>>> card...or
>>>help me out with the pci card, installation....
>>
>> Your motherboard or computer manual almost certainly has the
>> documentation you need.
> What does installing an expansion card have to do with Linux? Well
> maybe because I have to install it on linux box, the full story, I
> have an isa card that is not seen bye the bios or pnpdump. I have a
> pci card that is seen be the bios, and is not seen bye linux. can
> anyone piont my to a program in run level 3 that will help me install
> my isa or pci in linux.
"Full story"? I notice you mentioned neither the makes+models of
these cards nor what functions they perform. That is kind of like going
to a doctor and saying, "It hurts!" while neglecting to mention what
hurts, and where, and how much. Therefore, post the makes and models of
these problem cards, the output of "cat /proc/pci" that relates to the
PCI card that "isn't getting seen", and the distro you're using. Then
someone will probably be able to help you instead of blindly flailing in
the dark.
Anyway, you're obviously new to this. ISA cards are a royal pain in the
arse if they're "PnP", so set the BIOS to "Non-PnP OS INstalled", and
set each individual ISA card to a fixed IRQ and I/O value, using
whatever tools you can find. Many cards have jumpers on them, so set
the jumpers. Other cards have manufacturer-supplied utilities, usually
meant to be run from a DOS bootdisk, that can fiddle with the EEPROM on
an ISA card.
PCI cards are easier to handle, as all PCI cards must report certain
information when probed in a standard way. "cat /proc/pci" or "lspci"
will show you a dump of which devices are connected to the PCI bus. If
the problem card does not show up here, then the card is seriously
br0ken or not plugged in all the way.
Go visit http://linuxnewbies.org/ and http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/ while
you're at it... many questions can be answered there. 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!
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Subject: Experience with KVM switches?
From: TJ Snider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.pc.hardware
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 00:43:39 GMT
Hi folks,
I'm trying to avoid desktop clutter and so am considering getting on of
those Keyboard/Mouse/Video aka KVM switches.
My machines would be Macintosh and Linux(Wintel HW), I'd like to have
support for about 4 machines and preferably the option of having an ADB
keyboard as the controlling keyboard (I really like my split keyboard).
Does anyone have any positive experiences with these, I've seen a wide range
of products out there, most are over $300 and I'd like to hear some
recommendations before I put down the $$$.
Anyone have any suggestions or pointers to reviews?
Thanks,
TJ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 01:19:49 GMT
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001 05:10:20, "B.Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips Keith R. Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 12:38:03, chrisv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :> "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :> >Time to go for lcd flatscreens.
> :> Yuck. None for me, thanks. They're fine if you only use the one
> :> native resolution, otherwise, not so good.
>
> : Wrong. They are perfect, as long as you have a good one.
> : I wish I could find another 1600x1200 flatscreen display
> : (and have the boss pay for it) to replace my P200. ...
> : Need glasses: get them. Font too small: make it bigger (or
> : get glasses). TFT displays are *good*, though expensive.
> : If I could find a 17" TFT display that would do 1600x1200
>
> Anything wrong with wide aspect?
Likely, yes. ...though I haven't done this. Does
WinWhatever support a dual-screen whith this widget? It's
not likely that management would buy such a thing for me
anyway.
> The SGI 1600SW seems perfect
> for editing needs (two pages or large windows, side by side).
Dual displays work, though text editing isn't my primary
interest. It really *is* nice to run my simulator and
synthisizer on one screen as I keep the output of the
simulator (waveforms) on the other. That's the biggie,
though looking t the output of the synth on one screen and
the source code on the other is also very useful.
We're not talking about text editing here, though FrameMaker
tool windows have been been seen on my secondary display.
;-) Give me a desktop and I'll fill it!
----
Keith
----
Keith
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Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: K7V133A & RH7.0
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan P. Kennedy, Sr)
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 01:51:55 GMT
>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tom> Konstantinos Agouros wrote:
>> 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.
Tom> I thought that Promise chip was a RAID controller.
The promise controller does raid or works as a standard ide
controller, but only use one interrupt. Works well but you have to
make a custom kernel for kernels less than 2.4.x.
Tom> I just connected my drives to the IDE controller, used "hdparm
Tom> -d 1 /dev/hda" and got 32 MByte/sec (hdparm -Tt /dev/hda). This
Tom> is an ATA-100 7200 RPM drive; I also got a significant increase
Tom> in performance and "feel". Will the Promise interface do
Tom> significantly better than that? Is it worth the hassle?
No difference unless you use the raid option. The raid option is setup
with a jumper on the motherboard. See your manual.
Later,
Alan
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From: "BetrOffDed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Experience with KVM switches?
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 02:01:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "TJ Snider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to avoid desktop clutter and so am considering getting on of
> those Keyboard/Mouse/Video aka KVM switches.
>
> My machines would be Macintosh and Linux(Wintel HW), I'd like to have
> support for about 4 machines and preferably the option of having an ADB
> keyboard as the controlling keyboard (I really like my split keyboard).
>
> Does anyone have any positive experiences with these, I've seen a wide
> range of products out there, most are over $300 and I'd like to hear
> some recommendations before I put down the $$$.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions or pointers to reviews?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> TJ
I only have experience with the Cybex SwitchView. It works fine for me.
The only problem I can think of is that you will probably want the best
monitor cables you can find if you're running at 1600x1200.
I had to upgrade the cables after installing it due to ghosting. The KVM
itself is rated to support 1600x1200 (forgot at what refresh rate it
specifies) but I believe that the video signal is still degraded as I
think its not as sharp as without the KVM (no objective data, just my
impression). Anything less than 1600x1200 works flawlessly IMO. I looked
in my area and on the net for a good 3' cable to go from the monitor to
KVM but was unable to locate one. (Dont happen to have any leads to where
I could find one, do you?)
Unfortunately, I have no idea what an ADB keyboard is, so I'm no help
there.
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From: "Jeffrey Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: RH7.0 on A7M266, worth it?
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 02:02:49 GMT
Yes, the question is whether it is worth to have RH7.0 installed on a
A7M266 motherboard, the CPU in mind is the 1.33G, and 512MB RAM.
The alternative is the A7V133A, any comment at all? TIA.
J.
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From: "ceddz@garage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 network cards - 1 cannot ping
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 02:09:26 GMT
Hi everyone
I have a linux mandrake box with a 10mbits(eth0) etherface acting as a
router on a hub and another 100mbit(eth1) etherface also on a hub...
My linuxbox acts as a dhcp server and a lot of other stuff
The Dhcp server is working very well on both networks, but the big problem
is i can't ping at all on the 100mbit network (both directions) or do
anything else...
Both cards are working very well
dhcp server logs match everything is okay on both netw...
I've tried a lot of stuff with firewalling, ending with a 'accept all' btw
both networks
My problem IS NOT i can't link both networks, i just can't reach one of
them, out of dhcp...
Maybe because it's eth2 ???
Did i forget to enable something like dual networking....?
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From: "BG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I can't install RH6.2 on UDMA HD
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 21:18:18 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Yves Le Floch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> The bios does not detect hard disk so I can't instal my Red Hat 6.2
> from the CDROM.
> If we change, in the bios setup manager, the boot sequence to begin with
> EXT, and
> EXT to be UDMA66.
> Unfortunately, we have already a master Windows 98 boot on the disk. So
> we must first boot on
> A: to install Linux. In this case, EXT is not recognized by the Linux
> install program.
> Do you know (with the slackware we have a boot ata66.i who detect HD)
> an easy solution with red hat 6.2 ?
>
I wouldn't call it easy, but it works. Go to http://www.linuxdoc.org,
and check out the mini-howto for installing on a UDMA66 system. If you
want to email me, take out the "-nosp" from my email address. Good luck.
Bob
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From: "Arash Sayadi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ide-scsi module not loading at boot
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 19:20:05 +0700
Hi there,
I am running RH Linux 6.1 with Linux Kernel 2.2.12.
In my attempt to setup all my original hardware to work with
Linux, I am trying to setup my CD-RW. I have read the CD-RW
HOW-TO and know that my kernel was compiled with the ide-scsi
module.
Although after boot time in an xterm I can type:
# insmod ide-scsi
to get the CD-RW to work properly, I do not know how to
automate this task for bootup. Can anyone give me a
hand here. I would greatly appriciate it.
--
Arash Sayadi
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.iengineer.net
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From: "ks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux installation on acer travelmate 345t
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 11:43:35 +0800
is it possible to install linux on that notebook?
Any reference document in the web?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Subject: Re: patching the kernel
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 04:02:07 GMT
Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hey
> when i run the command to patch a kernel I get the question what file to
> patch? what do i say here
Make a copy of your kernel first, then patch the copy. You can find
the path to your current kernel in the /etc/lilo.conf file.
As an example, my lilo.conf has this line:
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
So if I were going to patch my kernel I'd do this:
cp /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15 /boot/vmlinuz-patched
Then the file to patch is this:
/boot/vmlinuz-patched
Your filenames may vary a bit, as it seems your kernel is newer
than mine. Also, all of this assumes that you're planning to
patch the actual kernel. If what you really want is to apply
a context diff patch to the kernel source, then everything I've
said above is incorrect.
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Miles)
Subject: Re: Recommended Tape Drive & Software
Date: 7 Apr 2001 03:57:33 GMT
In article <suoz6.7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chris Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Frank Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:9akkve$10f0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> In article <X9%y6.387$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> Chris Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I'm setting up a relatively low volume RH 7 mailserver for someone. I'm
>> >interested in users' recommendations regarding compatible tape backup
>> >systems and backup software. Travan, DAT, DLT? Which would you
>recommend.
>> >I don't want to spend a lot of money, but I want something which will
>> >efficiently back up a moderate amount of data.
>> >
>> >As far as backup software goes, I want something relatively easy to use,
>but
>> >flexible and reliable. The user is experienced with SCO Unix, but
>doesn't
>> >want to spend all of his time learning and executing commands. I'd like
>> >something that will allow him to easily configure scheduled backups with
>a
>> >minimum of effort.
>> >
>> >Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> You may want to consider a DVD-RAM drive. About the same price as a
>Travan
>> drive of similar capacity, but you (theoretically) can mount the device,
>> and get far better access to individual files. Media costs are lower,
>too,
>> and will probably get cheaper with time. There are ATAPI (IDE) and SCSI
>> versions. You can also use many of these to generate bootable CDROMs
>which
>> could serve as an emergency boot/restore device. The only question
>involves
>> drivers/kernel compatibility.
>
>The last time I looked, DVD-RAM drives were something like $2000. What are
>they running now? A decent Travan drive runs in the $200-$300 range these
>days.
>
>Got any more information? I'm interested.
A quick assessment (via www.pricewatch.com) shows SCSI DVD-RAM drives from
$280 on up; ATAPI/IDE a bit more. Toshiba and Panasonic (and perhaps others)
have devices in this range.
-frank
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH7.0 on A7M266, worth it?
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 04:38:24 GMT
What are you doing with it? If it is for a heavy duty server, sounds
fine.
For personal use, I got the A7V133A, because the 266Mhz DDR memories are
4 times more expensive than
133Mhz SDRAM.
Jeffrey Yu wrote:
> Yes, the question is whether it is worth to have RH7.0 installed on a
> A7M266 motherboard, the CPU in mind is the 1.33G, and 512MB RAM.
>
> The alternative is the A7V133A, any comment at all? TIA.
>
> J.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Demondognet)
Date: 07 Apr 2001 04:37:35 GMT
Subject: Pcmcia driver needed
I'm tryin to install rh 7.0 on my compac laptop with a exp-940 cdrom and can't
seem to find a driver that is linux compatible, any one have any ideas?
Thanks,
DD
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Subject: Re: Win Modems
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 04:02:06 GMT
John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MS has a great deal of clout in the hardware development arena.
So does IBM, but when was the last time you saw a motherboard
with MicroChannel Architecture? How many years ago was that
supposed to replace ISA? Clout or no, if it ain't backward
compatible, it don't sell, and you can take that to the bank.
Serial ports are going to be around for a good little while.
Heck, they still sell adaptors from PS/2 to XT for keyboards...
- jonadab
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From: "BetrOffDed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ide-scsi module not loading at boot
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 05:29:22 GMT
In article <9alv74$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Arash Sayadi"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am running RH Linux 6.1 with Linux Kernel 2.2.12.
>
> In my attempt to setup all my original hardware to work with Linux, I am
> trying to setup my CD-RW. I have read the CD-RW HOW-TO and know that my
> kernel was compiled with the ide-scsi module.
>
> Although after boot time in an xterm I can type:
>
> # insmod ide-scsi
>
> to get the CD-RW to work properly, I do not know how to automate this
> task for bootup. Can anyone give me a hand here. I would greatly
> appriciate it.
quick and dirty way would be to add
/sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
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From: "Jason G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: GeForce2MX on i810 MB - howto enable AGP and bypass i810?
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 01:41:24 -0700
The 810 does not have an agp slot. Intel released the 815 to include agp
support.
Jan Just Keijser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:986402615.35793@sj-nntpcache-3...
> 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.
> >
> >
>
> ---------------------------
> JJK / Jan Just Keijser
> Unix/Linux Systems Engineer
> smtp: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> flames > /dev/null 2>&1
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