Linux-Hardware Digest #673, Volume #14 Mon, 23 Apr 01 09:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: How to make up a boot cd rom of redhat 7.1 from its *.iso ?? (Paul Colquhoun)
Re: Is AMD 760 chipset now working? (Kelledin Tane)
Re: DVD players for Linux? (Kelledin Tane)
Re: Newbie question (Drew Roedersheimer)
AX88190 PCMCIA NIC and 2.4 kernel ("Patrice Fabre")
Ensoniq 5880 (AudioPCI)? (Ben Feinstein)
Re: Newbie question (John Thompson)
SuSE 7.1: Modem not responding ("Markus Kiener")
binding network cards under linux. (ashley pestkowski)
Re: Is AMD 760 chipset now working? ("Pavan")
Re: Modem trouble (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Modem trouble (M. Buchenrieder)
TV-out under Linux / ATI Expert PLay 2000 card (Jayne)
Webcam ADI C-350 (Mirko Leschikar)
Re: SBLive Problems... (Andy Collinson)
Compiling 2.4.3 kernel with new Aic7xxx support. ("Morten Frederiksen")
Re: 2.4.3, ATA100 & Hedrick's patches (David Balazic)
Re: UMDA/66 support (David Balazic)
Re: SuSE 7.1: Modem not responding ("Carsten Cimander,,,")
Re: 2.4.3, ATA100 & Hedrick's patches (Philipp Lehman)
Re: TV-out under Linux / ATI Expert PLay 2000 card (David Balazic)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Colquhoun)
Subject: Re: How to make up a boot cd rom of redhat 7.1 from its *.iso ??
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 05:40:05 GMT
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 12:22:49 +0800, stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|
|I have downlaod the redhat7.1 two *.iso , and extrace the 2
|*.iso . Then use nero5.0 to burn it to cdrom disk. I can
|boot from redhat7.1 from the cdrom disk. After about 4 steps
|of the installation, the boot disk tell me that it can't find
|any redhat7.1 cdrom disk in the cd rom drive. But I can see
|the whole source of the disk under windows system.
|
|Did anybody encounter the same problem as mine ?
|What should I do now or what should I burn it with nero5.0?
|
|At nero setting: I choose "cd-rom (boot)"
|
|In the "Boot" 's tab, I choose "Image files"
| ==> D:\rehat71\Images\boot.img
|
|I disable "Enable expert settings(for advanced users only!)
The .iso images are already bootable, there should be no need
to do anything apart from burn them onto the CD.
I don't know what potentially 2 boot sectors will do to a CD,
but it could cause the problems you are having.
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Reverend Paul Colquhoun, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Kelledin Tane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is AMD 760 chipset now working?
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 07:23:18 GMT
I've got Linux 2.4.3 installed on an AMD760 motherboard in my main box.
Works like a champ.
Most (all?) AMD760 motherboards out there are hybrid motherboards--an
AMD761 Northbridge paired with a VIA 686B Southbridge. You'll need to
enable AGP support for the Irongate chipset, and you'll probably have to
load the AGP driver with agp_try_unsupported=1. No worries though, it's
quite stable.
The rest of the setup is VIA-centric. Just get the system BIOS patched
up to get rid of the VIA 686B IDE DMA bug, and enable VIA IDE support.
Also, if you are using an aic7000 family SCSI controller, make sure you
pass "aic7xxx=no_probe" to the aic7xxx driver--otherwise, the aic7xxx
driver is liable to lock the system hard scanning for EISA/VLB SCSI
controllers. This gave me major headaches for a while.
Kelledin, the Dreaming Minstrel
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bash-2.04$ kill -9 1
init: Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?
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From: Kelledin Tane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD players for Linux?
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 07:38:18 GMT
I've been using xine 0.37 from http://xine.sourceforge.net and adding in
a CSS decryption plugin from http://members.nbci.com/captain_css/
xine has considerably better playback quality than the current
OMS (linuxvideo.org) player, mainly because it has better mpeg2 sync.
The OMS player is usable but suffers from jerky stop-n-go video
playback.
Kelledin, the Dreaming Minstrel
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bash-2.04$ kill -9 1
init: Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Drew Roedersheimer)
Subject: Re: Newbie question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:38:15 GMT
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 18:34:20 -0400, 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
>
>
Kind of off subject, but I'd consider getting a newer version of RH if
at all possible. IIRC, one of the older versions (maybe it was 6.1) had
some security flaws in the stock kernel that was shipped. Of course, if
you roll your own bleeding edge kernel, this won't necessarily apply.
regards
-DR
--
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
-- Victor Hugo
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From: "Patrice Fabre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: AX88190 PCMCIA NIC and 2.4 kernel
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:27:00 +0100
Hi,
I have a Pcmcia NIC based on the AX88190 chipset - it's branded Sitecom, but
uses the same chipset as the Billionton Lna100, Unex MD011, and others.
This chip is currently unsupported by pcnet_cs, but a driver exists from the
manufacturer that works with the 2.2.x kernels.
Unfortunately, it doesn't compile with a 2.4.x kernel (RH 7.1 or SuSE 7.1
for what I tried).
I am looking for some help on this matter - I really need a 2.4 kernel, and
a network card !
Thanks.
Patrice Fabre
- Inspired Technologist
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From: Ben Feinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ensoniq 5880 (AudioPCI)?
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 02:22:55 -0700
Hello all,
I'm having trouble getting kernel support for my new soundcard labeled
"Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI." Based on the PCI info below, I think I
have an Ensoniq 5880 chipset, not an es1370 or es1371. I can load the
'soundcore' and 'es1371' kernel mods just fine, but the 'es1371' module
doesn't find my hardware. I'm running kernel 2.2.18pre21 with Debian
GNU/Linux 2.2r3. Any suggestions as to getting this so called
"AudioPCI" 5880 to work?
$>cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
[...]
Bus 0, device 16, function 0:
Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq Unknown device (rev 2).
Vendor id=1274. Device id=5880.
Slow devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=96. Min
Gnt=12.Max Lat=128
[...]
Thanks much!,
Ben Feinstein
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie question
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:24:18 -0500
"Ryan M. McConahy" wrote:
> 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?
"cat /proc/ioports"
"cat /proc/interrupts"
> And where can I go to change my screen resolution?
Run XConfigurator and select the resolution(s) you wish to use.
Restart X and use "ALT-CTRL-[+/-]" to select between them.
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-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Markus Kiener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE 7.1: Modem not responding
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:27:46 +0200
Hello!
When I start PC+Linux and try to open modem connection the protocol gives me
the
message:
"Modem not responding!"
and something about "modem not initiallized" ...
When I switch the modem off and on (or when I first start Linux and then
switch the modem on) everything works fine.
configuration:
SuSE 7.1.
Else 56k Modem
Has anyone an idea how I can avoid this problem? How to initialize the modem
by a command in the wvdial.conf script?
Thanks in advance!
Markus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ashley pestkowski)
Subject: binding network cards under linux.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:21:27 GMT
Is there anyway to bind two network cards together under Linux to
create a redundant connection to a switch? If one of the cards fails
the other one takes over, reducing the link from 200Mb to 100Mb.
I am trying to keep this as simple as possible. I understand the ideal
solution would be by using a cluster but I am only interested in doing
this on a single machine. I know for a fact this can be done under NT.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks
Ashley.
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From: "Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is AMD 760 chipset now working?
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:51:50 +0530
>
> The rest of the setup is VIA-centric. Just get the system BIOS
patched
> up to get rid of the VIA 686B IDE DMA bug, and enable VIA IDE
support.
What is the VIA 686B IDE DMA bug? I have this chipset and it enables
DMA for my drives.
Thanks,
Pavan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Modem trouble
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 05:55:42 GMT
Dougie Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Mark Bratcher wrote:
>> Anyway, I think the Rockwell chip set _might_ be for a Windows-modem
>> (winmodem). In other words, all signal processing functions are performed
>> on the PC's driver for the OS. Windows OS driver model uses "special"
>> drivers for devices like this in which the complexity of the device is
>> programmed into the driver.
>The rockwell chipset is a winmodem
[...]
That's total nonsense. You've either been mistaken by the fact that
Rockwell manufactures winmodem chipsets as well, or you just don't
know what you're talking about.
Rockwell chipsets have been used on a
huge variety of modems, and only _one_ of these chipsets is a winmodem.
I've been running modems with a fully functional Rockwell chipset
for years under Linux. Most of the cheaper hardware modems are based
on some flavour of the Rockwell chipset.
Michael
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Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Modem trouble
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 05:57:56 GMT
"Roy Bamford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Keith,
>I think you are being a bit harsh on Krstanovics' modem. As its ISA, it's
>unlikely to be a winmodem - you would really struggle to get the bandwidth
>down the ISA bus. I go along with the 'upgrade' instructions for winmodems
>though.
[...]
Argh. No. 8 MHz are more than enough to keep up with modem-to-modem
communications. And there are _plenty_ of ISA Winmodems out there.
But that's not the point here. If it works in DOS, it's not a winmodem.
Michael
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From: Jayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TV-out under Linux / ATI Expert PLay 2000 card
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:46:06 +0100
OK, a couple of questions...
- we've set up a Suse 7.1 PC with an ATI Expert Play 2000 card with
tv out. Does anyone know if its possible to enable the tv-out
feature?
We need to hook the PC up to a big colour TV for teletext-like
information screens
- or failing that, can anyone recommend a PC video card with TV out
which is
known to work under Linux?
Thanks!
Jayne.
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From: Mirko Leschikar<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Webcam ADI C-350
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 13:19:42 +0200
Hi,
I�ve recently bought a cheap USB webcam, a ADI c-350. Now I want to
use it under Linux. I tried to find this camera type on all the linux
webcam/v4l/usb sites, but with no result.
Now I wonder if it contains a common sensor and/or bridge. Does anybody
know what kind of sensor and bridge is in this camera ? Has anyone
experiences with this webcam under Linux ?
Thanks in advance
Mirko
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From: Andy Collinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.dev.sound
Subject: Re: SBLive Problems...
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 09:36:25 +0100
MegaSurge wrote:
> I'm not really a big sound/multimedia expert and I'm having some issues
> with my new SoundBlaster Live card I got. Anyway, I just purchased a
> new SBLive card for my linux system. I run SuSE 7.1 with the 2.4
> kernel. I tried compiling the drivers directly into the kernel, using
> modules and using modules with Alsa. Every configuration produces the
> same results. I can play cd music fine however if I try to play wav or
> mp3 files I get a squeeling noise as output. Does anybody have any idea
> why this might be happening?
>
> I read about two things in FAQ's and other material I found online that
> may
> be attributed. One is the SMP kernel thing. I do not have a
> multiproccessor system and I don't have SMP compiled into the kernel as
> module or otherwise. I've read a couple of things that indicated some
> people were having issues where the emu10k1 driver seems to think the
> system is SMP despite that it's not and it's not compiled in. Is there
> any merit to this? Is SMP with the emu10k1 even an issue that might
> cause this
> problem?
>
> The other thing that may be attributed is that I have an Abit Be6
> motherboard with the HPT366 onboard controller. My system for the most
> part is all scsi (using a PCI adaptec card), however I do have one ATA66
> drive
> for storage so I do use this driver. Is there some compatibility issue
> between these two that would cause problems?
>
> I did check to verify I do not have any irq or dma conflicts with
> anything
> and I don't. The SBLive card has IRQ 10 designated for it and nothing
> else
> is sharing that irq. There are no other reports that I see in my log
> files
> or anywhere else either that would indicate there is a hardware conflict
> so
> I'm thinking it's software/driver related. Any assistance in this
> matter
> is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> P.S. I did download the latest CVS snapshot for the emu10k1 module,
> compiled it and tried using that just tonight but I got the same results
> of distorted noise.
>
>
I have the same kernal and Suse version 7.1 as yourself, so I should be
able to help. I also have an Abit 6BE II (mine is revision 2). You
shouldnt have to compile the alsa sound drivers, SuSe installation
configured the card correctly and my CD, MP3 and wav files played correctly.
I had a problem with midi, but solution was to load package awesfx and a
soundfont.
Back to your problem, what volume levels have you configured the card with?
I have 70% set with yast2, it is possible you may be overdriving your
amplifier and causing distortion or feedback. You can email me direct if
you like
Regards
Andy
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From: "Morten Frederiksen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compiling 2.4.3 kernel with new Aic7xxx support.
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 13:42:07 +0200
I have recently donwloaded, compiled and installed the 2.4.3 kernel on my
Redhat 7.0 box and most things seem to work just fine (even though I used
the version of the gcc compiler which comes with RH 7.0, which, I know, is
not recommended). However, I have an Adaptec AHA2910 SCSI controller so I
need AIC7xxx support in the kernel. But when I try to compile the kernel
with this enabled, compilation stops and reports that some files are
missing. Has any one had this problem?
Regards
Morten
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From: David Balazic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4.3, ATA100 & Hedrick's patches
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:08:22 +0200
Pavan wrote:
>
> >
> > Who said that they are required ?
> > I am running linux since 2.4.0 at it works at ATA/100, no problems.
> >
> > IBM DTLA 307045 ( Deskstar 75GXP 45 GB ) : 35 MB/s in hdparm -t
> >
>
> Then what are the patches for the 2.4.x kernels. The hedrick directory
> has no readme.
>
> And I get only 25 MB/s on my IBM DTLA-307030 with via686b chipset.
> Which chipset do you have? Yes, I have a 80-conductor cable.
>
> -Pavan
All of latest kernels since approximatelly januar 2001 ( including
redhat kernels ) run my disk at 35 MB/s ATA/100.
No custom setting needed at all.
I have a VIA KT133 + 686B southbridge.
Needed kernel options :
CONFIG_??AUTO??IDE?????DMA??? YES
VIA IDE DRIVER YES ( read the help text, it tell you you MUST turn on the
CONFIG*IDE*DMA option
otherwise DMA won't work. You can turn it on with
hdparm either in that case )
compile , install , reboot , enjoy DMA.
--
David Balazic
==============
"Be excellent to each other." - Bill & Ted
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From: David Balazic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UMDA/66 support
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:09:59 +0200
Nader wrote:
>
> Todd Siegel wrote:
>
> > Does the 2.2 kernel support UMDA/66?
> >
>
> Not without a patch.
>
> >
> > Does the 2.4 kernel support UMDA/66?
> >
>
> Yes, it can be configured to do so.
No special configuration is needed.
With the VIA IDE driver you don't even need to run hdparm -d1,
because it starts up in DMA mode.
--
David Balazic
==============
"Be excellent to each other." - Bill & Ted
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From: "Carsten Cimander,,," <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 7.1: Modem not responding
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:13:00 +0200
What does minicom report?
You can try to start
# minicom
on console and then "setup" your modem on
the appropriate serial port. Perhaps you have to install this tool first.
regards,
Carsten
Markus Kiener wrote:
> Hello!
>
> When I start PC+Linux and try to open modem connection the protocol gives me
> the
> message:
> "Modem not responding!"
> and something about "modem not initiallized" ...
> When I switch the modem off and on (or when I first start Linux and then
> switch the modem on) everything works fine.
>
> configuration:
> SuSE 7.1.
> Else 56k Modem
>
> Has anyone an idea how I can avoid this problem? How to initialize the modem
> by a command in the wvdial.conf script?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Markus
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philipp Lehman)
Subject: Re: 2.4.3, ATA100 & Hedrick's patches
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:16:54 +0200
David Balazic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>All of latest kernels since approximatelly januar 2001 ( including
>redhat kernels ) run my disk at 35 MB/s ATA/100.
>No custom setting needed at all.
>
>I have a VIA KT133 + 686B southbridge.
Can you comment on 2.2 kernels, by change?
--
Philipp Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: David Balazic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TV-out under Linux / ATI Expert PLay 2000 card
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:22:32 +0200
Jayne wrote:
>
> OK, a couple of questions...
>
> - we've set up a Suse 7.1 PC with an ATI Expert Play 2000 card with
> tv out. Does anyone know if its possible to enable the tv-out feature?
There is no TV-out support for ant ATI card and never will be.
Quoting the FAQ from http://linuxvideo.org/gatos/ :
> 1.8. Is TV-Out supported?
> No, TV-Out is not supported at this time, mostly due to a lack of
>documentation. Some users have reported success in using frame buffer support to turn
>on
> TV-Out. Someone has contributed a set of instructions on setting up the frame
>buffer, and Fabio Giovagnini has reported success using VGA=781,784 (the
> values making resolution 640x480@depth=16 or 800x600@depth=16). The most
>important thing appears to be using a refresh rate of 60 Hz.
The only way to get TV-out working is to boot up with no monitor connected but a TV,
so that the BIOS screen appears on TV. Then in linux you must use the vesafb driver.
You can not change resolutions then.
> We need to hook the PC up to a big colour TV for teletext-like
> information screens
Try connecting using the RGB lines, works with every VGA card !
( connect the R,G,B and GND + the sync ; the TV requeires a single
composyte sync line , while most VGA cards use separate horizontal
and vertical sync, some may produce a composyte sync too, otherwise
you can combine the hsync and vsync to a c-sync with a simple circuit )
Don't forget to use a TV compatible resolution ! :-)
>
> - or failing that, can anyone recommend a PC video card with TV out
> which is known to work under Linux?
I think voodoo3 with TV-out works. But check before paying any money !!!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jayne.
>
> --
--
David Balazic
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