Linux-Hardware Digest #717, Volume #14 Wed, 2 May 01 14:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: red hat7.1 ("Nunya")
Re: No sound on Redhat (Tim)
Re: Dell Dimension 8100 ("Nunya")
Hangs during ftp on Redhat 7.0 on old Compaq DP4000 (198.26.123.37
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]])
Hangs during ftp on Redhat 7.0 on old Compaq DP4000 (198.26.123.37
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]])
Re: Matrox G450 in Intel LX motherboard (Michael Meissner)
Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected (Michael Meissner)
what are the parameters for scsi aic7xxx (ultra160) card ("Akram Abu-Odeh")
Accton EN2242 ("Bruno Morais")
Re: what are the parameters for scsi aic7xxx (ultra160) card (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Adaptec AHA1920B and aic7xxx module (Morten Frederiksen)
Okipage 4w ("Sten Ahlberg")
Re: adding an IDE hard disk - ok, call me stupid... ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (Brent R)
Re: adding an IDE hard disk - ok, call me stupid... (John)
Re: kppp say Modem is busy (John Todd)
Re: Dell Dimension 8100 ("Timmy")
Re: Deskjet 950 C - printing software ? (Markus Kossmann)
EFA E5TX-AT Motherboard Spontaneously Reboots When Probed ("Mike Ritchey")
Re: A (hopefully helpful ! ) suggestion for Linux installs ... an auto-generated
inventory file (Markku Kolkka)
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From: "Nunya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: red hat7.1
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 10:08:36 -0500
I had the free cd's from Linux Systems Labs shipped in and upgraded my
RedHat 7.0 system.
Printing no longer works, and I haven't chased down why yet.
alik blochin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9ckli7$7rm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> by the way has somebody tried Red hat 7.1 ?
> is it in some ways preferreble over mandrake 8.0 ?
>
>
>
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From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No sound on Redhat
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 11:11:51 -0400
Hi KR,
Kristjan Runarsson wrote:
> Here comes a nugget from the allmos dried up fountain of my wisdom. I
> have a soundblaster SB64 bulk and it works wonderfully just the way it
> is autodetected by sndconfig. The joke is that I had a similar
> experience with the thing as you did, no sound. For quite a while I
> sat cussing like a sailor in front of my PC fighting an intense desire
> to throw the PC out the window. Then out of sheer desperation I upped
> the Volume and presto! The thing is that at least on my ole broken
> down Pentium III the WAV file sndconfig plays is REALLY muffeled. I
> had to max out the volume of my loudspeakers inbuilt amplifier to hear
> the message clearly, something about "pronouncing linux as linux".
I had the exact same experience!
I had installed Redhat 6.0, and the card was recognized, but when I ran
sndconfig, no sound. Redhat installs no less than 3 (!) volume control
applets under X: xmix(the generic X-window applet), gmix for Gnome and
kmix for KDE, and they interact, but xmixer seems to be the "boss". I
finally fiddled with xmixer, and bang--Linus said ". . .I pronounce
Linux as Leenoox."
Also, if your system has amplified speakers with a volume knob, set it
at about midrange.
Later--
Tim
--
Timothy J. Schutte
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wwnet.net/~kc8hr
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam!" --Popeye the Sailor-Man
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From: "Nunya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dell Dimension 8100
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 10:14:57 -0500
The best luck with modems is get an external modem. Minimum amounts of
weirdness, easy to setup.
Dude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Wed, 2 May 2001 11:31:59 +0100, "Timmy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Thanks for the reply. I have just bought "The Complete Reference to
Linux,
> >4th Edidition" by Osbourne/McGraww Hill and it came with RedHat 7
Publishers
> >Edition and Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4.
> > I know these are not the latest
> Those publications are very current. You'll soon discover that Linux
> moves very slowly. If it covers kernel 2.4.xx, then its as current as
> you can get.
> >versions and I was thinking of getting SuSE Linux Professional Edition
V7.1
> >from Jungle.com - the add says "SuSE Linux 7.1 Professional is the
complete
> >Linux package, comprising more than 2000 programs on DVD and CD", I
thought
> >this was a good package but then again I'm very new to this - any
opinions?
> >
> SusePro7.1 comes with 7 cds and if you install all the apps, it will
> take about 6 gigabyte on your harddrive. Just install the ones that
> you think you need. You can always add more apps later. Suse has a
> reputation for being one of the easiest to setup as oppose to the
> other linux flavor, but the others are catching up fast.
> >Also the modem I have is a Conexant Hardware modem. It's chipset
reference
> >is RHP56D/SP - R6789-51 (and on the hardware IC 11235-14). It is listed
as a
> >harware modem but on query it says HCF V.90 56k.... and I thought the
HCF
> >prefix meant it wasn't hardware - can anyone shed any light on this. I
would
> >like to keep this modem as I have tried a few modems in this machine and
> >this one gives outstanding performance. If it it not Linux compatible,
what
> >is the best one to get?
> I have the same modem on my 8100. I'm almost sure it's hardware as it
> occupies a pc slot. Mandrake detected it as conexant but didn't have a
> driver for it. It's not something urgent for me as I'm using cable to
> get on the net. Do a search, someone might have a driver for it
> already. As far as modems, stay away from WINMODEM. 3com (formerly
> USR) works fine.
> We might both need the Intel chip driver 810 also. I found about 5
> unknown devices and I think they're for the intel chipset. Intel site
> don't have anything for linux. P4 is fairly new and it might take a
> good while before we start seeing any driver for it.
> I'm in the process of downloading the Redhat7.1 iso. I'll give that a
> try also. I haven't decided which flavor I'll stay with yet. I've been
> away from linux for a couple years. The last one I had was redhat5.2.
> Visit the dellTalk forum, you might get a few pointers there also,
> although it's not heavily populated.
> good luck
>
>
>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: 198.26.123.37 [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Subject: Hangs during ftp on Redhat 7.0 on old Compaq DP4000
Date: 2 May 2001 14:33:49 GMT
At work I have installed RH 7.0 on an old Compaq DP4000. This machine has a built in
ethernet card that appears to be based on the ThunderLan. We had problems with system
hangs during ftp access (total lock-up) so we got a plug-in 3Com card. We still have
these problems with the new card though. I have removed the module line for the old
card and also deloaded the USB (which was sharing the irq with the card). Any ideas
about this?
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From: 198.26.123.37 [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Subject: Hangs during ftp on Redhat 7.0 on old Compaq DP4000
Date: 2 May 2001 14:33:50 GMT
At work I have installed RH 7.0 on an old Compaq DP4000. This machine has a built in
ethernet card that appears to be based on the ThunderLan. We had problems with system
hangs during ftp access (total lock-up) so we got a plug-in 3Com card. We still have
these problems with the new card though. I have removed the module line for the old
card and also deloaded the USB (which was sharing the irq with the card). Any ideas
about this?
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Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Re: Matrox G450 in Intel LX motherboard
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 02 May 2001 11:48:07 -0400
Chris Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Michael Meissner wrote:
>
> > FWIW, I could not get an AGP G400 to work in my 233Mhz Pentium-II that uses an
> > LX motherboard (which as you say, only supports 1x AGP slots). So I would
>
> May I ask what your problem was?
The monitor was totally unreadable. My memory says it looked like it didn't
sync up properly, and was covered with snow, but its been some time since I did
it.
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. (GCC group)
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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Subject: Re: two harddisks crashed and third one expected
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 02 May 2001 11:52:08 -0400
"Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Now, there is the fact that a motor draws MUCH more power when it starts
> than at full speed, so if you have a large number of hard drives to spin up,
> you'll need significantly more power - but then again, these little machines
> can spin up two IDE drives without any problems. Unless you're running a
> terribly fast CPU (especially the AMD's) and have plenty of hard drives, a
> 220- or 250-watt power supply is much more than enough.
This is the reason why some hard drives (particularly SCSI where you are likely
to have lots of spindles) have an option to either wait n seconds before
spinning up or wait until the BIOS initiates the spin up. In the SCSI drives
I've seen, the wait n seconds is often based on the SCSI device ID (ie, drive
#0 would wait 5 seconds, drive #1 would wait 10 seconds, etc.).
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. (GCC group)
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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From: "Akram Abu-Odeh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: what are the parameters for scsi aic7xxx (ultra160) card
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 10:51:25 -0500
Hey everybody,
I am trying to add a scsi tape (dat) to a dual processor RH7.0
2.2.16-22smp) linux box.
The onboard scsi adapter is Adaptec aic-7899 ultra160 pci. It was not
configured since the disks are ide. I am trying to load the module for it
(aic7xxx.o) by running insmod
=============================
/sbin/insmod aic7xxx
Using /lib/modules/2.2.16-22smp/scsi/aic7xxx.o
/lib/modules/2.2.16-22smp/scsi/aic7xxx.o: init_module: Device or resource
busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
inva
lid IO or IRQ parameters
=============================
Any idea what parameters I need for the adapter module to work!
Thanks
Akram
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From: "Bruno Morais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Accton EN2242
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 17:00:53 +0100
I bought a HP Omnibook XE3.
The lan card is an Accton EN2242 MiniPCI and i dont find drivers for this
lan card.
Annyone help???
Bruno Morais
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what are the parameters for scsi aic7xxx (ultra160) card
Date: 2 May 2001 16:16:33 GMT
Akram Abu-Odeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to add a scsi tape (dat) to a dual processor RH7.0
> 2.2.16-22smp) linux box.
> The onboard scsi adapter is Adaptec aic-7899 ultra160 pci. It was not
> configured since the disks are ide. I am trying to load the module for it
> (aic7xxx.o) by running insmod
> -----------------------------
> /sbin/insmod aic7xxx
> Using /lib/modules/2.2.16-22smp/scsi/aic7xxx.o
> /lib/modules/2.2.16-22smp/scsi/aic7xxx.o: init_module: Device or resource
> busy
Are you sure that the module isn't loaded already? On every RH box I've
installed, if there's a controller, the module is loaded regardless of
whether or not anything is actually hooked to the controller. You can
list loaded modules via 'lsmod'.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: Morten Frederiksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec AHA1920B and aic7xxx module
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:45:02 +0200
I have an Adaptec AHA-1920B controller with two CD-ROM drives and a DAT
tape drive connected to it, but i am experiencing some problems with
them. I have previously installed Redhat 7.0 without problems, but as I
recently attempted to install Debian 2.2r3 the installation crashed when
I tried to install the aic7xxx module. I had the same problem when I
tried compiling the 2.4.3 kernel under Redhat 7.0 --- upon succesfully
compiling the system hang during reboot right after detecting the SCSI
adapter. I am running Win ME too, and it also has problems with my SCSI
controller (hangs during boot), so I simply disabled the device here.
However, Win2K seems to have no problems, which is the part that really
mystifies me... Of course I have checked whether everything was
connected properly and terminated correctly and that seems to be the
case.
My motherboard (ASUS) has a Promise ATA controller using IRQ 10, which
apparently is the same IRQ used by my SCSI controller (according to
/proc/pci under Redhat). But in Win2K the control panel tells me that
the SCSI controller is using IRQ 9!!!
Could the IRQ conflict be the problem? Can I give any parameters to the
aic7xxx module to force it to use another IRQ?
When I was experimenting with the 2.4.3 kernel, I did try to changed the
IRQ of the SCSI controller to 9 (with Adaptecs SCSI select utility) but
that did not solve the problem (much to my surprise, really).
I hope somebody out there can help me as I am getting quite frustrated.
Regards
Morten
--
Med venlig hilsen
Morten Frederiksen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Sten Ahlberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Okipage 4w
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 16:54:39 +0200
Can anyone help with getting an Okipage 4w to work?
Have Red Hat Linux 6.1, printer works fine on Windows.
The printtool even suggests a filter for Oki 4w
But the printer doesn't do anything at all. Not even blink the light.
Sten Ahlberg
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: adding an IDE hard disk - ok, call me stupid...
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 10:47:13 -0600
William, you're stupid!
(Just kidding, but hey, you asked for it)
> I installed Mandrake 8.0 on a mchine with a 1Gb drive and CDROM (from a
> CD). I want to remove the cdrom and put an 18Gb IDE hard disk in its
> place as /dev/hdb.
>
> I [thought] it would be simple however when I connect the hard disk it
> shows up correctly in the messages file but if I try to access through
> fdisk I get an error about a driver not having been loaded for it.
>
> Mandrake 8 install kernel 2.4.3 by default - is the driver thing new with
> 2.4? I don't remember having this trouble under 2.2.
Give us some more detail.... like the messages from the kernel, and the
output from fdisk. And the new drive is the slave on the primary IDE
channel, correct?
steve
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From: Brent R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 17:12:43 GMT
Paul Repacholi wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake) writes:
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonadab the Unsightly
> > One wrote:
>
> > >Above all, you don't want the computer stopping for no reason, so
> > >run it on Unix or VMS, and you won't go down unless there's a
> > >hardware problem or some idiot runs a forkbomb.
>
> VMS is not affected by this sort of thing, the 'bomber' runs out of
> quota and gets an error.
Hmm isn't that why UNIX has killall? Or do I not understand what a
fork() bomb really is?
> > not even then if you use a recent version of linux[1]. If each user
> > has their own login ID then other users won't even notice :)
>
> Problem is, it is normal that peole DON'T log in in a factory. The
> terminals are auto-logged in by station, and run what ever is needed.
> VMS has several ways of doing this, up to AMDS.
>
> The oply use for logins is in the lunch room. A few extra 'unofficail
> unsuported' terminals in the lunch room and some games does wonders
> for the fault call rate, and operator ability to operate a terminal.
>
> --
> Paul Repacholi 1 Crescent Rd.,
> +61 (08) 9257-1001 Kalamunda.
> West Australia 6076
> Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.
> Spam-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
- Brent
http://rotten168.home.att.net
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Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:18:46 +0100
From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: adding an IDE hard disk - ok, call me stupid...
cat /proc/ide/drivers
What's the output?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Todd)
Subject: Re: kppp say Modem is busy
Date: 2 May 2001 16:27:04 GMT
"Modem busy" often indicates an IRQ problem...
On Wed, 2 May 2001 16:09:56 +0200, Eitan Berkovich
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a ess modem. Linux doesn't auto-recognize it but when I configure it
>in kppp it finds it and says the the modem is busy.
>why? how? etc.
>
>JShard.
>
>
>
--
John E. Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_______________________________
possibly posted on $5 XT clone.
Internet for All!
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From: "Timmy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dell Dimension 8100
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 18:41:35 +0100
Just a thought, this 8100 has 4 usb slots so is there a top banana usb modem
that will work if the pci one doesn't?
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Deskjet 950 C - printing software ?
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:40:26 +0200
Alexander Eisenhuth wrote:
>
> Hallo,
>
> is there anybody using HP Deskjet 950 C under Linux ? I also appreciate any hint
> to other printing software than GS
>
There is turboprint ( www.turboprint.de) and there is the patched
ghostscript from HP (http://sourceforge.net/projects/hpinkjet/)
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Mike Ritchey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: EFA E5TX-AT Motherboard Spontaneously Reboots When Probed
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 13:59:24 -0400
I have been pulling my hair out for a couple weeks now over this problem. I
know the Linux Hardware HOW-TO mentions this motherboard specifically and
says that this problem is "solvable" by updating the BIOS to v1.01. Then
link however sends you to the EFA website where 1.03 is the most current
BIOS version and the BIOS on my board is 1.02. I flashed the BIOS with 1.03
.... still problems.
I noticed the problem when I upgraded my network card to a Netgear FA311 PCI
card. I could get the network up fine after compiling the driver for that
card and could transfer files TO the E5TX-AT box (running RedHat 7.0) but
transfering files FROM this box to other computers on my network would cause
the E5TX-AT box to immediately reboot. I tried another PCI network card
that uses the tulip.o driver with the same results. Here is the catch when
I put an ISA network card back in the box it works fine....although at
10mbps.
I have traded emails with EFA support but they act as if this was the first
time they have heard of the problem. I have also tried to upgrade the box
to RedHat 7.1 just to see if it helps and I can't get through the
installation/upgrade before the box crashes and reboots (both in a text mode
and graphical mode install.
I know this is old technology but it would be nice to get it up and running
anyway. If anybody has had similar problems with the EFA E5TX-AT
motherboard I would appreciate a shout.
Mike Ritchey
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A (hopefully helpful ! ) suggestion for Linux installs ... an
auto-generated inventory file
Date: 02 May 2001 20:42:46 +0300
"Andy Elvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The idea would be that a user installing Linux could first run an
> ultra-cool "soup-to-nuts" utility in Win9x (or in Dos for that
> matter)
That would require buying and installing Win98 or DOS first to be able
to install Linux. Totally idiotic.
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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