Linux-Hardware Digest #683, Volume #14 Wed, 25 Apr 01 02:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Manual SCSI Drive spindown (Dan Smith)
DVD-RAM on linux (Eugene Grayver)
Re: AMD and CPU idle state (Robert Redelmeier)
can't boot off iso(no dir struct) (iksrazal)
Active ISDN ICN card doesn't work with Kernels 2.4.x (Dr. Michael Rietz)
ASUS A7M266 motherboard incompatible? ("Richard J. Shank")
Re: Pentium I 133 +32 MB enough ? (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: 3c905-tx-m and linux red hat 6.2 problems (collisions and no 100 full duplex)
("A.C. 'Static' Stadt")
X and RH 6.2 on laptop, cyberblade driver/1024x768 (Joe Phabeetz)
Re: Radeon 64mb ddr under linux ("A.C. 'Static' Stadt")
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz RedHat 7.0 ("Brennan W. Flora")
Re: Manual SCSI Drive spindown ("Ron Reaugh")
Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX ("Bastiaan Schaap")
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From: Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Manual SCSI Drive spindown
Date: 24 Apr 2001 20:31:42 -0400
How can I, in linux, manually make a scsi drive spindown and/or power
off? I know IDE drives do this after a certain amount of time.
If I'm going to hot-swap a drive, can't I make it spindown?
Thanks!
--Dan
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From: Eugene Grayver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DVD-RAM on linux
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 20:25:34 -0700
Has anyone used an EIDE (not SCSI) dvd-ram on linux? If so, are there
every problems with buffer underruns (ala cdr)? What file system did
you use ext2 or udf?
Thanks.
--
_____________________________
InnovICs Corp.
Eugene Grayver
Sr. Design Engineer
11500 Olympic Blvd., Suite 398
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel: (310) 445-9899
_____________________________
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:36:06 -0500
From: Robert Redelmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD and CPU idle state
lino wrote:
>
> System: Abit KT7A-RAID, Athlon TB 900, 256 MB ram, Linux 2.2.17 and
> 2.4.2, Mandrake 7.2.
>
> Problem: I'm testing the lm-sensors package under Mandrake 7.2, with
> both the kernels (recompiled from scratch) and I've noticed that the
> temperatures agree with both the Bios and the Win98 Utility.
> The problem is the following: when the computer isn't working, under
> Win98 the CPU temp. goes slowly to 32C, while when I play a nice game it
> grows to 45C.
> Under Linux, whatever I do (with both the kernels and with a load of
> zero% (no running program)), the CPU temp goes to 45C and stops there!
> I've tried to insert the apm support with the idle calls abilied in the
> kernel, but the CPU temp is always that of a system working at 100%.
> With kernel 2.4.2 the process "kapm-idled" (pid=3) uses 60% CPU.
It shouldn't be that hot! Are you sure you have nothing running?
Kill X and it's pesky brats, and nearly all daemons. Your `ps`
output should be very clean.
Check that your kernel dmesg shows the HLT instruction testing line,
and try not to use any APM, ACPI or other alphabet soup particularly
not in the BIOS.
-- Robert
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From: iksrazal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't boot off iso(no dir struct)
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:00:35 -0400
I downloaded a rh iso via ncftp, and burned it to a disk via cdrecord. I
can mount it. But all I see is the one iso file, and not a directory
listing. Anyone know how to use md5sum? Any other ideas?
Thanks,
iksrazal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr. Michael Rietz)
Subject: Active ISDN ICN card doesn't work with Kernels 2.4.x
Date: 24 Apr 2001 23:09:57 +0100
Hi,
i've been using an ICN ISDN card since several years. Now started
using the 2.4.x kernels and the iomem region is used by something
called "000cd000-000d17ff : Extension ROM" 0xd0000 is exactly what I
need to feed the card with it's firmware. ;(( How can I get rid of
this "Extension ROM" in that area??
Any help is welcome
Yours
Michael
--
Michael Rietz e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MR1574-RIPE
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From: "Richard J. Shank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ASUS A7M266 motherboard incompatible?
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 03:34:23 GMT
Help, I have the subject motherboard and I can't install Mandrake Linux 7.2.
The system
just hangs at the beginning of the install. I can't find any info on the
board other than Red
Hat says it's not a goodness. Has anyone successfully installed any Linux
on this system?
Rick
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Subject: Re: Pentium I 133 +32 MB enough ?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 25 Apr 2001 00:13:34 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David E. Lamy) writes:
> >I'm planning to install Linux Suse 6.0 on a P133 with 32 mb. I'd like to use
> >the KDE desktop. Will it work or will I get just as frustrated with it as I
> >am with win9x etc.
> If you use a lighter weight window manager such as Sawfish, Blackbox, or FVWM
> (others probably exist in addition to these), then X will run just fine. Just
> avoid Netscape and Mozilla as well.
Definitely seconded on the Mozilla recommendation. It's intolerably
slow on a dual PPro-200/256 with 64MB RAM.
Memory is dirt cheap. Get up to between 64MB and 128MB, inclusive,
and you'll be very happy. 32MB is usable, but with the low prices of
RAM nowadays ($54 for 128MB)...
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 25 Apr 2001 00:17:22 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams) writes:
> Actually, no. QWERTY was specifically desigened to slow
> down touch-typists. Note that the most commonly used keys
> are on the least powerful fingers on the left hand. Try
> typing anything without a left hand.
That reminds me of a `fortune' joke. It went something like this, for
those who haven't seen it:
The QWERTY keyboard layout is designed for both hands to be used
equally when typing. Yet the word "database" is typed using only the
left hand. This suggests that writing about databases is not only
unnatural, but a lot harder than it looks.
I don't know who it was attributed to, if anyone.
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
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From: "A.C. 'Static' Stadt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: 3c905-tx-m and linux red hat 6.2 problems (collisions and no 100 full
duplex)
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 04:31:54 GMT
cande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9c3a3h$m4h$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a workstation with red hat 6.2 and 3c905-tx-m ethernet card (3C59x
> driver) connected to a switch.
> Both of them are capable of using autonegotiation, but however It doesn't
> work fine.
>
> I can't get 100 Mps full duplex and besides there are too many
collisions.
> What can i do to solve the problem?
>
> Update linux kernel, update driver, modify driver kernel ...
This is way outside my field of expertiese. The last time I checked, the
only time you can enable full duplex is if everything in your network and
support full duplex. I had an older 3C509 card, and a vortex card (can't
remember the card number), in both cases, the number of collisions/errors
almost disappeared when I disables full duplex mode, and the throughput
almost doubled, don't know why, but it worked for me.
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From: Joe Phabeetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: X and RH 6.2 on laptop, cyberblade driver/1024x768
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 06:02:34 GMT
X-posted to find help.
Sorry about using Win box to post - NMC (not my computer).
network is sneakernet (until I get the PCMCIA ethernet card going)
Hello Everybody!
I have a KDS Valiant 6480 laptop and a copy of RH6.2. The laptop is
supposed to do (and did under WinME) 16.7 million colors at 1024x768. I
would be happy with X running at 800x600 @ 8bpp, elated at 1024x768 @
16bpp.
Vid card is claimed to be a Trident Cyberblade. The Wme driver was a
Trident Cyberblade A1i AGP with 8MB video shared from RAM (128MB).
Startx messages identify the chipset as TGUI 9420DGI and TGUI9430DGI.
This confuses me.
XF86Setup, Xconfigurator and setup selected XF_SVGA as the Xserver. I
can't get it to run at even 640x480 8bpp. If I choose XF_VGA16 as the
server, I get a really junk screen at 640x480 8bpp, but it does function
properly (like using a microscope to read a billboard).
Here are the startx messages:
XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 8 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than
the above date, look for
a newer version before reporting problems.
(see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.5-22smp i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1):
s3_savage, NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
RIVA ULTRA TNT2, RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA
INTEGRATED, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, ET4000, ET4000W32,
ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p,
ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b, ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d,
ET6000, ET6100,
et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31,
wd90c33,
gvga, r128, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215,
sis86c225, sis5597, sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630,
sis540, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl,
tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr,
tgui9400cxi,tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320,
tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388,
cyber9397, cyber9520, cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd,
blade3d, cyberblade, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428,
clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462,
clgd5464, clgd5465, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541,
clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e,
cpq_avga, mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100,
mgag400, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301,
ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440,
video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek,
s3_virge, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097,
NM2160, NM2200, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545,
ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200,
ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740,
i740_pci, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, i810, i810-dc100, i810e, smi, generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: types: "default"
(**) XKB: compat: "default"
(**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc101)"
(**) XKB: geometry: "pc"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3
(**) Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "My Video Card"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "LCD Panel 1024x768"
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs vert refresh rate of 100.02 Hz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs vert refresh rate of 100.03 Hz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs vert refresh rate of 100.01 Hz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType" does not
exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1"
(--) SVGA: PCI: Trident Unknown chipset (0x8620) rev 93, Memory @
0xef800000, 0xee900000
(--) Trident chipset version: 0xf3 (TGUI9430DGi)
(--) SVGA: Revision 122.
(--) SVGA: chipset: tgui9420dgi
(**) SVGA: videoram: 8192k
(--) SVGA: clocks: 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32
28.32
(--) SVGA: clocks: 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32
28.32
(**) SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 666
No modes supplied in XF86Config
*** A configured device found, but display modes could not be
resolved.***
Fatal server error:
no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
TIA,
Joe
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From: "A.C. 'Static' Stadt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Radeon 64mb ddr under linux
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 04:39:19 GMT
Helmut Steinwender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:oPfF6.52606$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a Radeon and it works under SuSe and Mandrake, I don't know about
> redhat. No 3D acceleration, though!
> "Snowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:09eF6.4189$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi,
> > I find myself in the market for a new video card, and I'm
considering
> > the ATI radeon 64Mb ddr with video in/out. Anyone know if it'll run
under
> > linux, and more specifically if it'll be much hassle to set up under RH
> 7.1,
> > Xfree86 4.0.3?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Snowman
Strange, IIRC the xfree86 website lists that they support 3d accelleration
on the Radeon cards, but I've also read that the TV out is not supported,
nor is there likely to be support in the near/far future.
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From: "Brennan W. Flora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz RedHat 7.0
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 04:45:12 GMT
I've got RedHat 7.0 and a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz.
Anybody got drivers?
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Manual SCSI Drive spindown
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 05:40:35 GMT
Dan Smith wrote in message ...
>How can I, in linux, manually make a scsi drive spindown and/or power
>off? I know IDE drives do this after a certain amount of time.
Not on their own they don't.
>If I'm going to hot-swap a drive, can't I make it spindown?
It'll spindown when power is removed.
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From: "Bastiaan Schaap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:47:26 +0200
Heyz,
Archisman is right, create a little partition at the beginning of your disk,
that has a maximum of 1024 cylinders. Make it mountpoint /boot, and install
your kernel there (some (or all?) distributions install the default kernel
there during installation too). Install LILO in the MBR, and you'll have no
problems. If you intend to install Windows NT, or Windows 2000 on the same
machine read the NT/Linux mini-HOWTO... It has a very clear explanation on
how to make this a good working dual boot. It involves creating an image of
the bootsector of your linux-partition, and using that as a bootfile with
your NT bootmanager.... It's so easy that even I could do it ;-)
FYI: I had exactly the same problem on my machine here at work (SuSE 6.4 /
Win2K AS). I used these two solutions and I'm running with zero downtime
(except for the reboot's offcourse) since october last year.... I'd love to
work with just linux, but since I'm an Oracle consultant I need windows for
my tools to work..
HTH,
Bastiaan Schaap
________________________________
"Cover me. I'm changing lanes."
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