Linux-Hardware Digest #676, Volume #14 Mon, 23 Apr 01 23:13:07 EDT
Contents:
BP6 + Mandrake + reboot problem (Jerry Broszkowski)
Re: Modem trouble ("LittleFish")
Re: Help with RH7 cannot detect USR/3com ISA 56k modem model 005687-03 ("LittleFish")
Re: Help with RH7.0 did not detect USRobotics/3com 56k model 005687-03 ("LittleFish")
Re: Ensonique sound card troubles... ("lobotomy")
Re: Kernel 2.4.3 questions... ("Helmut Steinwender")
Re: Kernel 2.4.3 questions... ("Helmut Steinwender")
Floppy controller tapes ("Roberto Migliorati")
Re: oldest terminal you have used ("Paul Ryan")
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Keith R. Williams)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Keith R. Williams)
Re: BP6 + Mandrake + reboot problem (Dances With Crows)
Re: Floppy controller tapes (Juergen Pfann)
Re: Floppy controller tapes ("Roberto Migliorati")
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From: Jerry Broszkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BP6 + Mandrake + reboot problem
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:08:14 GMT
I've had this problem since Mandrake 7.1, now
running LM8.0.
When I get into a console & su then do a reboot,
services shut down properly but then my machine "hangs".
Reset button does not work neither does power off. I have
to turn off the power supply, wait 6 secs, turn the
power supply on then use the "On" button. Everything
boots fine after this. "Restart" from WinME does not
cause this behavior. Anyone know what causes this?
MB: ABit BP6
CPU: dual 366Cel's overclocked to 550
RAM: 512M
OS: LM8.0
(It seems shutdown is being invoked with -h (runlevel 0)
rather than runlevel 6.)
--
Take Care,
..jb
// Jerry Broszkowski // (403)245-5131 // [EMAIL PROTECTED] //
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From: "LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Modem trouble
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 00:10:33 +1000
I have a Puretek PT 3911 that is a ISA 56k V90 fax/voice modem works great
with linux and windows. It getting long in the tooth now though.
littlefish
"Roy Bamford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:472D6.29174$I5.120002@stones...
> 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
> --
> There are two classes of computer users,
> those who do backups and
> those who have never had a hard drive fail.
> Anon.
>
> "Krstanovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9beqeg$8er$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have Rockvell 56k ISA modem.It works on IRQ#3 and COM2 port under Win
Me
> > and DOS,but will not work under Red Hat 7
> > Help me to configure it.Without the modem Linux is not so useful,in my
> > opinion :)
> > Thanx!
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Help with RH7 cannot detect USR/3com ISA 56k modem model 005687-03
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 00:14:01 +1000
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if you have Gnome running from the menu bar select RUN...then in the new =
popup window type modemtool then enter. Follow the destructions and you =
sould be going in no time.
Littlefish
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ISA modem it is installed in an ISA plug, this is not winmodem or PCI.
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From: "LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Help with RH7.0 did not detect USRobotics/3com 56k model 005687-03
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 00:14:52 +1000
is it a ISA, PCI, Internal or external modem?????
Littlefish
"silveraxe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I would appreciate your help to this newbie who is given linux a try.
>
> Thanks
>
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From: "lobotomy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ensonique sound card troubles...
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:45:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Adam Balgach"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So i tried to install the alsa drivers for my soundcard (ensonique 128)
> and it worked for a while, and then i did a kernel recompile to get scsi
> elim working, and now im having a terribly hard time with the drivers.
> basically ive stripped down my kernel so right now just the es1370.o is
> the only sound driver, and its loaded as a module... however when i try
> and do a
Did you move to a different kernel version? If so, you'll have to
recompile alsa as well, against the new kernel.
>
> modprobe es1370 i get these errors:
>
If you are using alsa, the module you will want to load is
snd-card-ens1370. The alsa and kernel drivers are different, and its
totally possible that whatever you have isn't supported by the kernel
drivers (although I doubt it). Also, it is possible that you have an
ES1371 or 1373, in which case you will need to use the es1371 driver
(snd-card-ens1371 if you are using ALSA).
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From: "Helmut Steinwender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.3 questions...
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:59:20 GMT
I am not sure, but would modprobe know where your vfat is? Shouldn't you
give the full path?
"Adam Balgach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> so i just made the jump from the 2.2.16 kernel to the 2.4.3 and honestly
> im having a ton of problems with it. First and most importantly for
> some reason it will not load anything i build as a module... for example
> i have the vfat.o module built seperatly... i do:
>
> make menuconfig - and setup how i want everything
> make dep
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules-install
>
> this will install all of my modules in the /lib/modules/2.4.3/...
> directories... example vfat.o is in
>
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/fs/vfat/vfat.o
>
> and then in my /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file i put in the line:
>
> /sbin/modprobe vfat
>
> and at boot up (or any other time, it gives me this error:
>
> bash-2.04# modprobe vfat
> modprobe: Can't locate module vfat
>
> so i basically cant load any modules at all! which is terrible.. WHY ?
> anyone have any thoughts? email me. thanks.
>
> adam balgach.
>
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From: "Helmut Steinwender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.3 questions...
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:59:20 GMT
I am not sure, but would modprobe know where your vfat is? Shouldn't you
give the full path?
"Adam Balgach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> so i just made the jump from the 2.2.16 kernel to the 2.4.3 and honestly
> im having a ton of problems with it. First and most importantly for
> some reason it will not load anything i build as a module... for example
> i have the vfat.o module built seperatly... i do:
>
> make menuconfig - and setup how i want everything
> make dep
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules-install
>
> this will install all of my modules in the /lib/modules/2.4.3/...
> directories... example vfat.o is in
>
> /lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/fs/vfat/vfat.o
>
> and then in my /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file i put in the line:
>
> /sbin/modprobe vfat
>
> and at boot up (or any other time, it gives me this error:
>
> bash-2.04# modprobe vfat
> modprobe: Can't locate module vfat
>
> so i basically cant load any modules at all! which is terrible.. WHY ?
> anyone have any thoughts? email me. thanks.
>
> adam balgach.
>
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From: "Roberto Migliorati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Floppy controller tapes
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:03:04 +1000
Hi,
I have an old Seagate CTT3200 floppy controller tape drive (Travan TR3) with
its own Conner 2MB/s controller card. I'd like to test it (and possibly use
it!) under RH7.1 and/or Mandrake 8.0.
Does anybody use a similar tape drive?? Any particular problems I should be
aware of??
Please don't suggest I use a SCSI drive instead, I already have a Sony DDS3
tape drive that works like a charm...just want to resurrect an old piece of
equipment.
Thanks in advance,
Roberto.
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From: "Paul Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: oldest terminal you have used
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 02:20:01 +0100
> I was gonna throw in an ASR33, but I'm whupped at the gate <g>.
I would love to get hold of one of them. Anybody in UK got one they don't
want?
Paul
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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: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 01:36:25 GMT
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 07:20:51, Robert Redelmeier
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eric P. McCoy wrote:
> >
> > chrisv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Hell 16-bit looks as good as 24-bit. Extremely close, anyway.
>
> I used to think like you, too! Then I started looking
> at some DVDs.
There is a difference between color memory and comparison,
as there is for brightness.
> > The human eye can perceive, what, a few million colors? 16-bit (which
> > is generally 15-bit) gives you 65,536 (or 32,768). That's a very
> > noticeable difference, especially if you crank up the brightness or
> > gamma correction.
>
> I'm highly skeptical of quantifications of any continuous
> scale. I very much doubt the human eye can accurately
> discern "a few million colors." But read on ...
I doubt it, even next to each other. Color memory, no way!
> > Maybe _you_ can't see it, but I sure can.
> And so can I! What I see is a contrast of two colors that
> are not-quite-the-same. On 16bit color, a smooth transition
> between two colors can produce a jaggy, digitized pixel line
> (isochrom?) when one color flops over to another. This
> can be highly disconcerting.
Try it with something better than a computer display.
Jaggies are the norm here. Also note that the color
rendition is highly dependant on the software.
----
Keith
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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: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 01:42:13 GMT
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:24:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P.
McCoy) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams) writes:
>
> > > Both in locations where they can only realistically be hit
> > > with the pinky, which must be extended well beyond its normal
> > > range of motion. Ick.
>
> > Not for me. However, I've noticed my technique doesn't work
> > well on mushy keyboards. The CNTL button gets pressed
> > unintentionally. I rarely use the keyboard on my laptop for
> > that (and other) reasons.
>
> I usually work where there's a riser of some sort that I rest my palms
> on - currently, it's a computer desk with the keyboard in a tray,
> where's there a 1.5" piece of wood there. On my laptop, I rest the
> heel (?) of my palm on the front, which gets me the height I need.
If I'm going to carry a riser, I'll carry a keyboard. My
ThinkPad A21p has space to rest the palms, but it doesn't
keep me off the CNTL key.
> > Windows key. ...don't need no stinkin' Windows key! Never.
>
> Actually, I kind of like it. The one that does Ctrl+Esc (not the
> context menu key), I mean. I'm a die-hard command line junkie, so in
> Windows it's Ctrl+Esc, up, up, enter, command name - I use it a lot
> for calc and notepad.
When you'r not using WinBlows? I don't even want it when I
am! I don't like WinBlows specific hardware in any form.
The WB key is just another example.
>
> Ctrl+Esc is pretty easy since I can reach the two keys with my left
> hand, but if I can use the Windows key I can get my hand in position
> to hit the C and A keys.
CNTL-ESC is simple - right palm-left esc. Not a problem.
..don't need no stinkin' WinKey. My version works in OS/2
and Linux too.
> > > The only thing I'll probably leave untouched are
> > > the cursor movement keys on the keypad. I like
> > > them just like they are.
>
> > Home and End could be done better.
>
> That's why God gave us C-a and C-e. (By the way, do not try to use
> those in Windows - bad things, like erasing the entire message, will
> happen. I do it all the time, and it drives me crazy.)
Cntl-Home and Cntl-End? ...I'm sure Billy has figured out a
convoluted way of doing this too.
----
Keith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: BP6 + Mandrake + reboot problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 24 Apr 2001 01:42:30 GMT
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:08:14 GMT, Jerry Broszkowski staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>I've had this problem since Mandrake 7.1, now running LM8.0.
>
>When I get into a console & su then do a reboot, services shut down
>properly but then my machine "hangs". Reset button does not work
>neither does power off. I have to turn off the power supply, wait 6
>secs, turn the power supply on then use the "On" button. Everything
>boots fine after this. "Restart" from WinME does not cause this
>behavior. Anyone know what causes this?
>
>MB: ABit BP6
>CPU: dual 366Cel's overclocked to 550
>
>(It seems shutdown is being invoked with -h (runlevel 0) rather than
>runlevel 6.)
Well, yes. "init 6" reboots the machine; "init 0" halts it. How are
you doing this reboot? "shutdown -r now" will do it, as will calling
/etc/rc.d/init.d/reboot or /sbin/reboot .
Automatic power-off on shutdown requires APM running. APM is not
SMP-safe, so it is disabled. This problem is not there in LoseME, as
LoseME does not support SMP.
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From: Juergen Pfann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy controller tapes
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 03:51:12 +0200
Roberto Migliorati wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an old Seagate CTT3200 floppy controller tape drive (Travan TR3) with
> its own Conner 2MB/s controller card. I'd like to test it (and possibly use
> it!) under RH7.1 and/or Mandrake 8.0.
>
IMHO, with modern distros, this config should work out of the box,
as there are the appropriate module(s) and device nodes by default.
One possible problem might be the controller card; IIRC most of these
cards are supported - but you might check the HW settings for I/O port
and IRQ, and might have to specify this to the "modprobe ftape" command.
If the card - and thus the drive - isn't recognized, you might have to
build a custom kernel in that case, after manually editing
/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ftape/Makefile (or are these settings
editable
by "make menuconfig" in the meantime ? - don't think so).
If you need to re-build the ftape driver, however, I'd highly recommend
you get the ftape-4.x source from freshmeat or similar, and use that
instead of the kernel-included driver, which is still V. 3.0.4 IIRC.
This promises more stability and possibly performance in some cases,
transparent compression, and introduces the facility to format tapes
in Linux by included utilities. Beware : the devices nodes with 4.x
have undergone some changes, but there's an included script to create
these.
> Does anybody use a similar tape drive?? Any particular problems I should be
> aware of??
My Seagate/Conner TST800 TR-1 is working fine - apart from it's slowness
and noise - but with the normal floppy controller. Used to work as 3rd
device with a 3.5" and 5.25" drive, but when the latter (finally) seemed
to have died last week, I had to re-jumper the tape drive to become 2nd
device. Guess you won't have such problems with your dedicated
controller.
> Please don't suggest I use a SCSI drive instead, I already have a Sony DDS3
> tape drive that works like a charm...just want to resurrect an old piece of
> equipment.
>
;-) ... but the Sony _is_ a fine piece of HW...
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Roberto.
HTH
Juergen
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From: "Roberto Migliorati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy controller tapes
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:14:52 +1000
Juergen,
Thanks a lot for your extensive help!! I'll put the drive in my box tonight
and we'll see hot it goes.
Roberto.
"Juergen Pfann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Roberto Migliorati wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an old Seagate CTT3200 floppy controller tape drive (Travan TR3)
with
> > its own Conner 2MB/s controller card. I'd like to test it (and possibly
use
> > it!) under RH7.1 and/or Mandrake 8.0.
> >
>
> IMHO, with modern distros, this config should work out of the box,
> as there are the appropriate module(s) and device nodes by default.
> One possible problem might be the controller card; IIRC most of these
> cards are supported - but you might check the HW settings for I/O port
> and IRQ, and might have to specify this to the "modprobe ftape" command.
> If the card - and thus the drive - isn't recognized, you might have to
> build a custom kernel in that case, after manually editing
> /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ftape/Makefile (or are these settings
> editable
> by "make menuconfig" in the meantime ? - don't think so).
> If you need to re-build the ftape driver, however, I'd highly recommend
> you get the ftape-4.x source from freshmeat or similar, and use that
> instead of the kernel-included driver, which is still V. 3.0.4 IIRC.
> This promises more stability and possibly performance in some cases,
> transparent compression, and introduces the facility to format tapes
> in Linux by included utilities. Beware : the devices nodes with 4.x
> have undergone some changes, but there's an included script to create
> these.
>
> > Does anybody use a similar tape drive?? Any particular problems I should
be
> > aware of??
>
> My Seagate/Conner TST800 TR-1 is working fine - apart from it's slowness
> and noise - but with the normal floppy controller. Used to work as 3rd
> device with a 3.5" and 5.25" drive, but when the latter (finally) seemed
> to have died last week, I had to re-jumper the tape drive to become 2nd
> device. Guess you won't have such problems with your dedicated
> controller.
>
> > Please don't suggest I use a SCSI drive instead, I already have a Sony
DDS3
> > tape drive that works like a charm...just want to resurrect an old piece
of
> > equipment.
> >
>
> ;-) ... but the Sony _is_ a fine piece of HW...
>
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Roberto.
>
> HTH
>
> Juergen
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