Linux-Hardware Digest #645, Volume #14 Wed, 18 Apr 01 12:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Zyxel Prestige 630 ADSL Modem (Rod Smith)
can't install DLink DFE-530TX ("Dieter Wachters")
Re: Reach maximum mount count? (Ian Pilcher)
2.4.3 kernel / new aic7xxx driver problem ("Bruce S. Garlock")
Re: Modem trouble (Earl Lewis)
Re: 2.4.3 kernel / new aic7xxx driver problem ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: linux and cray j90 (Martha H Adams)
Re: networked hp laserjet printer printing under redhat Linux 6.2 ("Richard A.
Bilonick")
Recommendation for Inexpensive CD-RW ("Richard A. Bilonick")
Info about Lexmark Z42, please ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: linux and cray j90 (Lew Pitcher)
Re: 2.4.3 kernel / new aic7xxx driver problem ("Bruce S. Garlock")
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: Partitioning problem (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: make config (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: winking screen (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: today's harddrives will surely fail before dialup users manage to fill them up?
(Jonadab the Unsightly One)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Zyxel Prestige 630 ADSL Modem
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:17:52 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone have information about using a Zyxel Prestige 630 USB ADSL modem
> with Linux?
All USB devices require drivers, in addition to generic USB support.
ZyXEL's Web page gives *NO* indication that they've got Linux drivers
for the P630, and I've never heard of such drivers. AFAIK, the *ONLY*
USB DSL modem with Linux drivers is an Alcatel model. For Linux use, I'd
recommend that you go with an Ethernet-interfaced device. ZyXEL makes
these (I believe the P642), if you want a ZyXEL product.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Dieter Wachters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't install DLink DFE-530TX
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:33:50 +0200
Hi,
Suse Linux 7.0 (linux is totally new to mee) doesn't seem to find my
networkcard. I have a Dlink DFE-530TX.
I just use Yast2, but he always tells me he can't find any networkcard and
it's doesn't seem to be possible to install it manually (probably I just
don't now how).
Can someone help me?
Tnx
Dieter
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From: Ian Pilcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reach maximum mount count?
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:37:16 GMT
Hartmann Schaffer wrote:
>
> since over time some problems can accumulate in a file system, most file
> systems do the check periodically when the system has been rebooted often
> enough. it is just a precaution (i never had problems on those checks)
>
> no reaso to worry. the system designer was just cautious (though 2 or 3
> times a week seems a little bit high. how often do you reboot?)
>
The default ext2 setup assumes that you won't be rebooting very often.
If you are, you can use tune2fs to change this behavior.
--
========================================================================
Ian Pilcher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
========================================================================
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From: "Bruce S. Garlock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.4.3 kernel / new aic7xxx driver problem
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 09:55:45 -0400
My 2.4.3 kernel comes with version 6.1.5 of the new Adaptec driver. I
have tried to update this to the most recent version, 6.1.11 as seen on
http://people.freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux/ however, this site does not have
the patches for 6.1.6, 6.1.7, or 6.1.8 for the 2.4.3 kernel. Does
anyone know how to get in touch with the site maintainer (his email is
not listed on the site), or how I can get these patches to bring my
driver to 6.1.11?
Thanks for any information on patching my kernel to the latest Adaptec
aic7xxx driver.
Bruce
--
Bruce S. Garlock
Garlock Printing
http://www.satinwrap.com
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From: Earl Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Modem trouble
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:56:35 GMT
Roy,
Thanks for the explanation of the way ISA modems duplicate a COM port.
I'd never seen it explained that way before, and if finally makes
sense to me now.
I do have a 56k ISA Modem - the Zoom 2919. It has a controller on the
board. I have COM 1 turned off in BIOS. Works in Win98, WinNT4, Linux.
Before that I used a USR Sprortser ISA card. It was also 56K, after
being upgraded twice. It would only work in Win9x. That one being a
"software" modem that used the controller on the motherboard, I did
not have to turn the COM off in the BIOS. Or anyway I didn't. When I
got the Zoom to use in Linux I was instructed to turn the COM off in
the BIOS. Since COM 1 is the only one I can play with in BIOS, that's
where the modem would up installed. I did try a PCI modem, but
couldn't get it to work in RedHat7.
Earl
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:59:52 +0100, "Roy Bamford"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Krstanovic,
>
>You shouldn't have a ISA modem on COM2 unless your PC has only one COM port,
>which is very unusual.
>
>If you have two COM ports on the motherboard, you must disable the
>motherboard COM2: as it will clash with the ISA card. It may or may not work
>then.
>What other serial devices do you have?
>
>Most ISA modems were modems and COM ports on the same card, so you must get
>Linux to see your ISA COM port before it will see the modem. However, I have
>never come across a 56k ISA card. Are you sure its not a PCI card?
>
>Regards,
>
>Roy Bamford
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4.3 kernel / new aic7xxx driver problem
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:29:20 GMT
Bruce S. Garlock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My 2.4.3 kernel comes with version 6.1.5 of the new Adaptec driver. I
> have tried to update this to the most recent version, 6.1.11 as seen on
> http://people.freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux/ however, this site does not have
> the patches for 6.1.6, 6.1.7, or 6.1.8 for the 2.4.3 kernel. Does
Use the 2.4.2 ones, and mend the differences. I had no problem
patching 2.4.0 and 2.4.1 (and 2.4.2, as I recall) with 6.1.8.
> anyone know how to get in touch with the site maintainer (his email is
It's justin gibbs, himself, I think.
> not listed on the site), or how I can get these patches to bring my
> driver to 6.1.11?
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martha H Adams)
Subject: Re: linux and cray j90
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:30:58 GMT
I see some discussion about water cooling. Why might this be a problem?
Have a look at Junkyard Wars television, if you're in an informal
environment, there are lots of ways to do things. Didn't someone make
a regular firehose-filling pump out of an old tire in Junkyard Wars?
(I missed that one, owing to no cable here.) So find a circulator pump,
a non-leaking car radiator, some flexible tubing (look around for old
dairy stuff) and teach yourself to solder plumbing stuff (it's easy, if
you clean surfaces and use 50/50 solder). I'd put some conditioner into
the water, after reviewing what you maybe shouldn't put into your Cray's
innards) and I do think I'd use *distilled water* in the system. Melted
snow used to be good, but nowadays it's probably too acid.
Just remember *fuses are important* (or circuit breakers) and they should
be rated not awful far above what the circuit carries.
This still sounds to me like a group project.
Cheers -- Martha Adams
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:28:04 -0400
From: "Richard A. Bilonick" <[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
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sent by from yahoo in field com
> This is a spam protected message. Please answer with reference header.
> Posted via http://www.usenet-replayer.com/cgi/content/new
Here are the six entries I have in printtool using "REMOTE lpd queue":
lp
/var/spool/lpd/lp
0
10.110.214.1
raw
*auto* - PostScript
I'm using RH 7.0. I seem to remember problems from time to time under RH
6.1, something to do with having to clear the queue of print requests.
Rick Bilonick
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:30:56 -0400
From: "Richard A. Bilonick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recommendation for Inexpensive CD-RW
Can anyone recommend an inexpensive cd burner, either SCSI or IDE?
I could get a new Toshiba SD R1002 which is a CD-RW and DVD (using the
Freecard distributed under the court settlement) but am not certain it
will work under Linux (RH 7.0) .
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Rick Bilonick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Info about Lexmark Z42, please
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:33:05 -0400
Lexmark does not provide a Linux driver for the Z42 inkjet printer.
Does anyone know whether someone is developing one? This seems to be a
good-value printer, if only it had a Linux driver.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: linux and cray j90
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:43:24 GMT
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:30:58 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martha H Adams)
wrote:
>I see some discussion about water cooling. Why might this be a problem?
[snipped interesting thoughts on how to build a water-cooling system]
I don't think that the mechanisms of water cooling are the issue here.
Instead, the problem is one of what to do with the waste heat you
extract from the system. Having worked on water-cooled mainframes for
a while, I can tell you that the waste heat can really cause a
problem. So much so that datacentre design takes great pains to make
sure that cooling is properly managed (HVAC, raised flooring,
electrical requirements, etc.).
Anyway, if waste heat is a concern, then so will the electrical
requirements be <g>. It takes a _lot_ of electricity to make a CPU
generate enough heat to be a cooling concern.
Lew Pitcher, Information Technology Consultant, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: "Bruce S. Garlock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4.3 kernel / new aic7xxx driver problem
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:46:59 -0400
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> Bruce S. Garlock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My 2.4.3 kernel comes with version 6.1.5 of the new Adaptec driver. I
> > have tried to update this to the most recent version, 6.1.11 as seen on
> > http://people.freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux/ however, this site does not have
> > the patches for 6.1.6, 6.1.7, or 6.1.8 for the 2.4.3 kernel. Does
>
> Use the 2.4.2 ones, and mend the differences. I had no problem
> patching 2.4.0 and 2.4.1 (and 2.4.2, as I recall) with 6.1.8.
>
Forgive me for asking this, but what do you mean by "mend"? Should I just d/l
all the 2.4.2 ones, and patch them to my 2.4.3? Or should I d/l the 2.4.2
patches for 6.1.6, 6.1.7, 6.1.8, and then use the provided 2.4.3 patches for
6.1.9, 6.1.10, and 6.1.11?
>
> > anyone know how to get in touch with the site maintainer (his email is
>
> It's justin gibbs, himself, I think.
>
Yes, I believe so too, but there was no email on his page.
Thanks for all your help,
Bruce
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:38:59 GMT
chrisv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy) wrote:
>
> >I also like the copyright date on the bottom of 1983. PC keyboard
> >perfection was attained 17 years ago.
>
> Just like music, eh? 8)
Music attained perfection about 270 years ago (give or take
twenty years). HTH.HAND.
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Subject: Re: Partitioning problem
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:38:59 GMT
Neeraj - Khandelwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to install linux mandrake 7.1 on my machine. I am
> running a Windows Me system. When I try to partition my hard
> drive using fips it reports the following
Nobody else is answering him, so I'll give it a shot...
> FIPS has detected that the 'physical' start or end sector (head/cylinder/
> sector) do not match with the 'logical' start/end sector. This is not
> an error since the 'physical' values are redundant and not used anyway.
> There are many configurations where the values differ. This message is
> meant only to inform you that FIPS has adapted the 'physical' values
> according to the current drive geometry.
I'm no a head/cylinder guru, but I think it's a touch more
complicated than that, although perhaps FIPS is trying to
keep things simple for the layman.
> and then it prints the following and then dies:
>
> ****
> Checking boot sector ...
> Error: Invalid jump instruction in boot sector: 00 00 00
>
> The first three bytes of the boot sector must be a 3-byte jump (E9 xx xx)
> or a 2-byte jump (EB xx 90). Perhaps the partition is not yet formatted.
> FIPS can only split DOS-formatted partitions.
> ****
Hmmm. This is over my head, particularly since I don't know
jack diddley about FIPS (what's that?). I always do all my
partitioning with fdisk. However, fdisk cannot resize an
extant partition without losing everything on it. I've heard
tell that there are tools that can do this, such as Partition
Magic, but I think they cost money, though I don't know how
much, and I've heard some rather scary stories about when
they fail (although I haven't heard any of these since the
current version came out, but that's an argument from silence);
whereas, fdisk is AFAIK reliable. (Well, the linux version
of fdisk is AFAIK reliable. The Windoze version is reliable
AFAIK as long as there are no non-FAT logical partitions
and the old cylinder limit is not exceeded; newer versions
(e.g., WinMe; I have '95 OSR2) probably remove this second
qualification, since you don't buy new 4GB drives anymore
and Microsoft knows this.)
> I then tried to partition the drive using the mandrake instal partition
> program. It refuses to partition and gives the following error:
>
> Invalid signature for a MS -based filesystem.
> I also tried using fdisk /mbr under dos. even that hasnt help. I am
> clueless , please help.
Can you boot Me? See what scandisk says. Also, try booting
from a Windoze Me bootable floppy and do a SYS C: and see if
that makes any difference.
If worst comes to worst and you can't resize your existing
Windoze partition, you'll be left with three choices:
1. Back everything up, delete your Windoze partition (using
fdisk), then recreate it at a smaller size and restore
from your backups. This is a definite pain.
2. Use the "Linux for Windows" thingy. It's not as good
as having real partitions for Linux, but it doesn't
require you to repartition anything.
3. Buy a second hard drive and install Linux there.
You'll be able to boot it either via floppy (which
can use your partition on the second hard drive for
the root filesystem) or else by putting LILO on the
MBR of the first hard drive. (If you go the second
route, keep the boot floppy around anyway, because
if you ever have to reinstall Windoze it will
overwrite the MBR.)
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Subject: Re: make config
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:39:01 GMT
"ja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 8. Linux source directory [/usr/src/linux]: /usr/src/linux
> Error Message occured:
> Linux source tree /usr/src/linux is incomplete or missing!
> See the HOWTO for a list of FTP sites for current kernel sources.
> Configuration failed.
> make: *** [config] Error 1
>
> What should I do?
Find an RPM of the kernel source, then do this:
rpm -U kernel-source-2.n.n-whatever.rpm
(Substitute the filename of the kernel source RPM you get.)
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: winking screen
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:38:58 GMT
Mark Fardal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My monitor screen has started winking at me. [...] At the same
> time, I hear a rapid whirring sound that sounds like it's coming
> from the direction of my computer or my UPS power supply; both
> are on the floor. [...] The operation of the computer itself
> is not affected in any way. Nothing in particular appears in
> my console log window.
Plug the monitor into the wall, bypassing the UPS, and see if
it still happens. If so, you can eliminate the UPS as the
source of the problem.
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Crossposted-To: comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: today's harddrives will surely fail before dialup users manage to fill
them up?
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:59:41 GMT
J. Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > What difference does the number of bytes make? It's the number of
> > > directory entries that matters.
> >
> > The number of directory entries is a linear function of the number of bytes,
> > (since web pages are not indefinitely small or indefinitely large), so it's
> > logN either way.
>
> Fraid that linearity is a poor assumption. You can have 1 megabyte of
> data stored, and depending on how it's broken up it can take one
> directory entry or a million.
It doesn't matter which. Okay, if you were running a benchmark
suite it would matter, but in real life a user would be unable
to tell the difference in the time it takes to find a page.
Although if you have a one-megabyte web page most browsers
will take forever (possibly literally) to start displaying
it, but that's true regardless of whether it's coming out
of a cache or the user doubleclicks on the page or whatever.
> > > And this takes how long?
Not enough time to bother measuring.
> > > How much RAM do you need to do this?
> >
> > Enough to hold the key and one directory name.
>
> Care to provide some _numbers_?
What, you don't know how much RAM it would take to hold a
128-bit key and a long URL? What kind of cave are you
coming out of? One where they don't have computers,
obviously.
A few kilobytes would be _plenty_ for the code and
data and everything related to the cache. A megabyte
would be way more than overkill.
- jonadab
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