Linux-Hardware Digest #671, Volume #14 Sun, 22 Apr 01 21:13:04 EDT
Contents:
insmod/modprobe STILL not responding ("Dr. Marcus Naraidoo")
Re: NICs for multi-multihomed hosts (Michael Meissner)
append="mem=128m" makes my kernel crash (Noe Nieto)
Re: append="mem=128m" makes my kernel crash (Bit Twister)
Re: zip 100 setup in KDE, RH6.2 (Andi Machovec)
Re: oldest terminal you have used ("Paul Ryan")
Newbie question ("Ryan M. McConahy")
Re: Newbie question (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Re: append="mem=128m" makes my kernel crash (Bryan)
Re: Brother printers on Linux (Andrew Thorne)
Re: oldest terminal you have used (Fred Brooks)
Re: How to setup Proxim Symphony PnP ISA Wireless NIC under RedHat 7.1? (Bob Hauck)
Re: Where can I buy bridgeboards? (B'ichela)
Re: Where can I buy bridgeboards? (B'ichela)
Sony Spressa USB CRX-100E/X 2-4-6 (not the "plus) ("M. Sean Duffy")
Re: Where can I buy bridgeboards? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: USB CDR? ("M. Sean Duffy")
Re: Compaq nic support ??? (Eric P. McCoy)
Red Hat 7.0 on IBM Thinkpad 600E ("Adam Nicely")
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From: "Dr. Marcus Naraidoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: insmod/modprobe STILL not responding
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:30:15 +0100
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"Carsten Cimander,,," wrote:
> > When my computer boots, I want to do the following:
> >
> > LILO boot: linux aic7xxx=no_reset.seltime:0.extended.verbose:0x39
> >
> > but these commands are never executed. I have tried to add
> >
> > append "aic7xxx='seltime:0.extended.no_reset.verbose:0x39'"
> >
> > to the /etc/lilo.conf file.
> >
> > I have also tried
> >
> > options aic7xxx aic7xxx=no_reset.seltime:0.verbose:0x39.extended
> >
> > to /etc/modules.conf.
>
> Both of the above options tries to load the aic7xxx module (driver) at
> boot time.
> You decided to configure your startup machinery initrd startup
> processing first
> and appending lilo startup machinery afterwards.
>
> initrd is intended to load drivers which are needed to boot correctly
> i.e. a scsi
> driver if you have a pure scsi system.
>
> Be aware that you must not configure your /etc/modules.conf to load the
> aic7xxx
> as a module because it is to be integrated in initrd machinery.
> Loading a modules twice must result in a kernel error.
>
> So compile aic7xxx into your kernel and do
> # /sbin/mk_initrd
> # /sbin/lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf
>
> Please, anyone, correct me if I have told only half of the truth :-)
>
> regards,
> Carsten
Thank you for the advice. I have done the following.
1. I have left the following line in /etc/lilo.conf
append "aic7xxx='seltime:0.verbose:0x39.no_reset.extended'" (is the syntax
correct?)
2. I have removed the following line from /etc/modules.conf
options aic7xxx aic7xxx=seltime:0.verbose:0x39.no_reset.extended (is this
syntax correct also?)
3. I have compiled the kernel with aic7xxx.o supported as a module.
I have run the following commands (in this order) in /usr/src/linux
make mrproper
make xconfig
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
make bzlilo
/sbin/mk_initrd
/sbin/lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf
4. shutdown -r now
I still cannot get the module options to be obeyed. It is interesting that
when I type mk_initrd I get the following messages.
bash-2.03# mk_initrd
using "/dev/hda3" as root device (mounted on "/")
creating initrd "//boot/initrd" for kernel "//boot/vmlinuz" (2.2.13)
adding module "/lib/modules/2.2.13/scsi/aic7xxx.o"
adding module "/lib/modules/2.2.13/scsi/aic7xxx.o"
Why does it say "adding module" twice? How can I get it to do this once
only?
Can you help some more?
Thanks, Marcus
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Subject: Re: NICs for multi-multihomed hosts
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 22 Apr 2001 17:29:36 -0400
"Vik Heyndrickx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Carsten Cimander,,," <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > AFAIK 3Com and intel and DEC offer PCI-Cards with 4 LAN interfaces on one
> > single card. each card is treated as a single interface. But I am not
> > shure if this
> > works like LUN-numbers (subnumbers) of SCSI-IDs (mainnumbers) i.e. if the
> > interfaces must be invoked as a subinstance of the main/carrier card.
>
> As long as I can treat the four LAN Interfaces completely separately as e.g.
> eth0 up to eth3, I would be very happy. Anyone, any experience with this?
> Could this work that way?
I picked up a card at a PC show that has 4 DEC 21140's on it (there are 4 RJ45
connectors on the PC card). I've not had any problems, though I notice my hubs
autosense it as a 10Mbs device. I suspect I could hardwire it to 100Mbs
(possibly going to a newer kernel than 2.2.17 will properly handle autosensing
to 100Mbs). As far as the Linux kernel is concerned, it was like I have 4
cards in the PC.
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. (GCC group)
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
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From: Noe Nieto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: append="mem=128m" makes my kernel crash
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:30:09 -0000
hello.. i got a problem with my box... I bought it last december.. so i
gues a bios upgrade is not neccesary...
It has a SiS 530 Motherboard... you know a all in one motherboard.. I
installed Mandrake 7.2... and everything goes well. but the instalation
program (in expert mode) says that only 64 Mb of ram were detected.. but i
have 128M(two 64 MB dimms PC133 on banks 1 and 2)..
Well.. putting the well known append="mem=xxxM" in /etc/lilo.conf kakes
when i boot linux... i got a kernel panic:
...
...
127668k/131072K available
113k kernel code / 416 k reserved, 1724 k data, 128k init, ok bigmem
general protection fault:0000
cpu:0
.
.
.
.
Process swapper(pid:0, process:nr, stackpage=c024d000)
.
.
.
kernel panic: Attempted to kill the iddle task! In swaper task-not syncing
after that the system halts..
I have seen that removing append="mem=128M" from /etc/lilo.conf all runs
without problem, except that it only detects 65 MB of ram....
Also: My video card shares his memory, with main memory...
thanks.. for your time.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: append="mem=128m" makes my kernel crash
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:38:18 GMT
You might look here
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/ramdetect.html
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:30:09 -0000, Noe Nieto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hello.. i got a problem with my box... I bought it last december.. so i
>gues a bios upgrade is not neccesary...
>It has a SiS 530 Motherboard... you know a all in one motherboard.. I
>installed Mandrake 7.2... and everything goes well. but the instalation
>program (in expert mode) says that only 64 Mb of ram were detected.. but i
>have 128M(two 64 MB dimms PC133 on banks 1 and 2)..
>Well.. putting the well known append="mem=xxxM" in /etc/lilo.conf kakes
>when i boot linux... i got a kernel panic:
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From: Andi Machovec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: zip 100 setup in KDE, RH6.2
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 23:48:39 +0200
Who actually is the owner of /dev/fd0 on your system ?
Andi
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From: "Paul Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: oldest terminal you have used
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:49:06 +0100
> fwiw i've used an ADM3A. i have a DEC VT320 here at home. dunno the
> ages on them.
I would love to get hold of a real VT100.
Paul
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From: "Ryan M. McConahy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie question
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 18:34:20 -0400
Greetings!
I just installed RedHat Linux 6.0. I have a Windows 98 computer, and have a
plug-n-play modem. Is there a command in Linux to display all the used COM &
IRQ ports so I can find one for my modem?
And where can I go to change my screen resolution?
Thanks in advance,
Ryan M. McConahy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Subject: Re: Newbie question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:55:32 GMT
Ryan M. McConahy wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I just installed RedHat Linux 6.0. I have a Windows 98 computer, and have a
> plug-n-play modem. Is there a command in Linux to display all the used COM &
> IRQ ports so I can find one for my modem?
>
> And where can I go to change my screen resolution?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ryan M. McConahy
If you have a winmodem, lots a luck. Try modemtool and minicom after you
get the device recognized.
lspci will give you a list of pci stuff. man isapnp will give info on
configuring the isa stuff.
As root, (exit X windows) and type Setup at the prompt. This is one way
to reconfigure. There are others.
Rinaldi
--
We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
--Linus Torvalds
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From: Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: append="mem=128m" makes my kernel crash
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 23:17:44 -0000
subtract your video ram from your total physmem and use THAT as the 'append'
value.
Noe Nieto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello.. i got a problem with my box... I bought it last december.. so i
> gues a bios upgrade is not neccesary...
> It has a SiS 530 Motherboard... you know a all in one motherboard.. I
> installed Mandrake 7.2... and everything goes well. but the instalation
> program (in expert mode) says that only 64 Mb of ram were detected.. but i
> have 128M(two 64 MB dimms PC133 on banks 1 and 2)..
> Well.. putting the well known append="mem=xxxM" in /etc/lilo.conf kakes
> when i boot linux... i got a kernel panic:
> ...
> ...
> 127668k/131072K available
> 113k kernel code / 416 k reserved, 1724 k data, 128k init, ok bigmem
> general protection fault:0000
> cpu:0
> .
> .
> .
> .
> Process swapper(pid:0, process:nr, stackpage=c024d000)
> .
> .
> .
> kernel panic: Attempted to kill the iddle task! In swaper task-not syncing
> after that the system halts..
> I have seen that removing append="mem=128M" from /etc/lilo.conf all runs
> without problem, except that it only detects 65 MB of ram....
> Also: My video card shares his memory, with main memory...
> thanks.. for your time.
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: Andrew Thorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Brother printers on Linux
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:19:59 +0100
Dick Wisan wrote:
> Is there any particular difficulty running Brother printers on
> Linux? I'm looking at the 1250, 1270, or 1650 models, because
> they have an Epson Esc/P2 emulation and I can afford them.
>
> Advice? Warnings? Alternatives?
>
I've been using an HL-1030 with the 1240/1250 driver for a few weeks now.
Jim Skelton made a patched ghostscript-5.5 RPM for redhat 6.2 which I've
successfully used with 7.0 and 7.1. If you're interested I'll post it to my
website.
You might try linuxprinting.org for further information.
--
www.canned-music.co.uk
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From: Fred Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: oldest terminal you have used
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 23:24:47 GMT
Teletype Corp model 15 teletype. (1942)
Complete with 5 level tape punch.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to setup Proxim Symphony PnP ISA Wireless NIC under RedHat 7.1?
Reply-To: bobh = haucks dot org
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 23:43:55 GMT
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 11:37:45 -0400, Peter Mahnke
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't know how, can someone give me set by set help?
Start by getting the driver from one of these sites:
http://www.komacke.com/
or if that is unreachable, try my site (see below). Look in the
downloads area. After unpacking, follow the directions in the
./docs/README directory. Then if you can't figure something out, ask
again.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.cpm,comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Where can I buy bridgeboards?
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:23:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:13:19 +0200, Rob Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"B'ichela" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>It's identical to the first. Only the response to non-existing LUN's is
>different. If you see that the host is trying to talk LUN's higher than 1,
>still return the Inquiry data, but make the first byte 0xFF.
Ok, as I said in my prior posting right now I only have one
drive. Seems that I am kinda responsible for the maintanence of this
package. I got this package from a Linux site. The other maintainer is
awol. For those who are interested look on
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming soon you will see
adaptec-40XX-1.02.tar.gz. this is my package. OH BTW my park command
has a slight bug. I read the info on the scsi stop command backwards.
if the 4th byte is zero it does a unit shutdown, this includes parking
the heads, on newer scsi drives, the drives also spin down. 1 in the 4th
byte turns the drives back on (spins up on those
that spin down).
I will be trying to improve this package by adding software
emulation for the SCSI-2 information commands. Good way for me to
learn C at the same time!
>Just build a SCSI Mode Select and Format CDB that use the SCSI-1 methode of
>specifying the LUN. The upper 3 bits of the second byte in each CDB should
>indicate the LUN. Simply do a logical OR with 0x20 and you're talking to LUN
Thanks, I thought that would work too. Since the drive is nice
and cozy in its case it would be much easier to do it by making
changes in the format/rezero and mode select commands.
--
B'ichela
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.cpm,comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Where can I buy bridgeboards?
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 23:59:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:20:24 +0200, Rob Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Maxtor had a version with higher capacity (XT-4380) which comes pretty close
>to your maximum. You may want to search the internet for a document called
>'TheREF', which used to be the golden guide on harddisks.
Off topic but... I have the SCSI-1 version of that drive! Two
of them to be exact. one is now deceased (bearings finally died out)
and the other is on the way to the funeral home.
--
B'ichela
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From: "M. Sean Duffy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sony Spressa USB CRX-100E/X 2-4-6 (not the "plus)
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:01:55 -0400
I've read that this USB drive can be made to work to r/wr/rw under Red
Hat 7.0. Does anyone have any experience/ tips/ suggestions?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Where can I buy bridgeboards?
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 18:28:32 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: But the bigger problem -- which someone already alluded to earlier
: in this thread -- is that an RLL drive is built to different technical
: and material specifications than is an MFM drive.
: If you connect an MFM drive to an RLL controller, you can usually expect
: to get an inordinate number of physical disk errors at the time you low-
: level format the drive.
: Even if the low-level format completes without an outrageously large
: number of errors, you generally find that disk errors begin to creep in
: as the disk is used on a day-to-day basis.
As a sidenote: Around that time some companies have sold "special"
RRL controllers, which allowed to use certain "supportet" MFM
drives as RLL drives. They called it something like ARRL, if I
remember it right. It worked by using a dramatically improved
error correction logic on the controller, and you had to use their
supplied low level formating routine on the drive prior to using it.
Regards,
Friedhelm
--
Microsoft is NOT the answer. Microsoft is the Question.
The answer is: "NO!"
===================================================================
Friedhelm Mehnert, Berliner Allee 42, 22850 Norderstedt, Germany
phone + fax: +49-40-5236562 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "M. Sean Duffy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB CDR?
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:11:46 -0400
Richard Ashkettle wrote:
> 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
I'm also trying to get my Sony USB 2/4/6 to work under RH...You might want
to look at this site:
www.qbik.ch/usb/devices
Best of luck, please post any luck you have, since I'm working in the dark
too.
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Subject: Re: Compaq nic support ???
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 22 Apr 2001 20:24:56 -0400
"thebross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have an Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX embedded UTP controler int 5
> i/o adres 1020 and want to use it in an freesco router, but is this
> nic supported by linux ?
I believe the "Netelligent" line is based on the Intel 82557 chips, in
which case yes, it is supported - under the Intel EtherExpress/PRO+
driver.
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
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From: "Adam Nicely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat 7.0 on IBM Thinkpad 600E
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:17:05 -0400
I installed Red Hat Linux 7.0 on my Thinkpad 600E. Does anyone know how to
get the IBM EtherJet 10/100 PCMCIA Card to work? What about the Crystal
Audio PnP sound card? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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