Linux-Hardware Digest #727, Volume #14 Fri, 4 May 01 14:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Bad A7V133 MB (optimator)
Re: Adding Hardrives (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Gigabyte GA-6vxdr7 SMP barfs with 2.2.17 (Dean Carpenter)
Re: i810 and X-windows (Norman Levin)
Problem setting harddisk to UDMA mode ("malawueng")
Re: Bad A7V133 MB ("Sander")
Re: ZIP problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
linux machine croaked :( (Dan Stromberg)
Re: ZIP problems (Friedrich Dimmling)
Re: VTech Helio PDA
Re: Pentium133 down for the count?? (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: any way to make valinux fullon 2230 fans quieter? (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: linux machine croaked :( (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: Problem setting harddisk to UDMA mode (Sebastian Schildt)
Re: linux machine croaked :( (Mark)
Re: linux machine croaked :( ("Ron Freidel")
Re: Bad A7V133 MB (optimator)
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From: optimator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Bad A7V133 MB
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 15:11:20 GMT
Ok, here is the deal. I have been
fighting with my A7V133 motherboard for
about a month trying to get it stable with
no results.
Configuration:
Asus A7V133 w/ audio
BIOS 1004a
Maxtor 30GB ATA/100 HD
- connected to the VIA IDE controller IDE0(master)
Old 24x CDROM
- connect to the VIA IDE controller IDE1(master)
512 MB PC133
Linksys 10/100 Ethernet
I tried installing RedHat7.0 before 7.1 came out
and I have had the same results from both.
If I have any large data transfers the system just
locks. I have tried enabling and disabling all of
the BIOS HD options(PIO/UDMA/multisector/) with
no help.
My question,
How can I tell if its the motherboard that is bad?
Thanks,
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Subject: Re: Adding Hardrives
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 15:12:05 GMT
Joeri Sebrechts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don't try cp -a / /mnt, because that will only give you problems. Things
> like /proc shouldn't be copied, for instance. Try to take it a directory
> at a time.
You can use the -x (or --one-file-system) argument to cp to do
an entire filesystem at a time without stepping over into another
one (like /proc). See man cp
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dean Carpenter)
Subject: Gigabyte GA-6vxdr7 SMP barfs with 2.2.17
Date: 4 May 2001 15:32:13 GMT
Hi All -
Just got some eval equipment in today to play with, with the Gigabyte GA-
6vxdr7 motherboards in them. The NICs show up as EtherExpressPro 10/100
nics, pretty normal. These are dual P3 boards with dual 933 cpus and
512meg memory.
It has RH 6.2 with a custom 2.2.17 kernel on it. During the boot and init
of the dual cpus that it barfs ... It leaves this on screen :
:
:
CPU map: 3
Booting processor 1 eip 2000
Setting warm reset code and vector
1.
2.
3.
Asserting INIT.
Deasserting INIT.
Sending STARTUP #1.
After apic_write.
Before start apic_write.
Startup point 1.
And there it sits.
There's some more above the CPU map: 3 there, I can provide that as well.
I have to run right now, but tomorrow I'll try a non-SMP kernel, see if it
will actually boot.
Otherwise, any ideas ?
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Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 10:57:36 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: i810 and X-windows
Arne wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When i run startx, i get a black screen and the screen only appears when i
> pick a low resolution and then i only see a portion of the screen.
> Aside of this the mouse doesn't work properly, it jumps over the screen
> when i move my mouse.
>
> I can't seem to find the solution.
redhat? If at 6.2, I couldn't do anything but vga. 7.0 handled fine.
Norm
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From: "malawueng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Problem setting harddisk to UDMA mode
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 00:32:32 +0800
hi,
i'm a newbie in linux and had just installed Linux Mandrake 8.0 onto my
system.
i noticed that it took some time for the system to boot up during which i
can hear that the hard drive was being reset for couple of times.
i issued "dmesg" command and saw something strange in the log:
hda: timeout waiting for DMA
ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hda: timeout waiting for DMA
ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hda: timeout waiting for DMA
ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hda: timeout waiting for DMA
ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hda: DMA disabled
after the system booted up, i tried to force the os to turn on dma and 32
bit support for the drive
by issuing "hdparm -c1d1 /dev/hda".
did a "hdparm /dev/hda" and it shows 32bit and dma support turn on.
however after issuing "hdparm -tT /dev/hda" followed by "hdparm /dev/hda",
the dma flag was turned off!!
i am using a Celeron 366 oc to 458 running on Abit BX6 rev 2 mobo with the
latest bios patch and my harddisk is a Maxtor 91020D6
can anybody please help me with this problem?
TIA
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From: "Sander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: Bad A7V133 MB
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 18:44:12 +0200
Hi,
which pci slot does the nic use? Try taking it out and do the data transfer
again, see if the nic is causing this.
Or (I cannot read that from your post...) unless if you are doing the data
transfer over the network. Then using different pci slots
for the nic might help. I use my smc etherpower II 10/100 nic in pci slot 4
without any problem.
Rgds,
Sander
--
#define QUESTION ((bb) || !(bb)) - Shakespeare.
"optimator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ok, here is the deal. I have been
> fighting with my A7V133 motherboard for
> about a month trying to get it stable with
> no results.
>
> Configuration:
> Asus A7V133 w/ audio
> BIOS 1004a
> Maxtor 30GB ATA/100 HD
> - connected to the VIA IDE controller IDE0(master)
> Old 24x CDROM
> - connect to the VIA IDE controller IDE1(master)
> 512 MB PC133
> Linksys 10/100 Ethernet
>
> I tried installing RedHat7.0 before 7.1 came out
> and I have had the same results from both.
> If I have any large data transfers the system just
> locks. I have tried enabling and disabling all of
> the BIOS HD options(PIO/UDMA/multisector/) with
> no help.
>
> My question,
>
> How can I tell if its the motherboard that is bad?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ZIP problems
Date: 04 May 2001 09:45:19 -0700
"J.H.ETTLE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a similar problem. Apparently, Windows 98 formatted the Zip Disk
> FAT (like a floppy). The only machines with Zip drives at university are
> Windows machines (yuck), and it was only after I'd filled it up with
> several downloads and a kernel updated that I discovered that Linux
> (with or without mtools) would refise to mount it.
You mean with no partitions? I haven't seen that before.
Shouldn't Linux still be able to use it, by accessing the correct
device file (/dev/hdd instead of /dev/hdd4, for example)?
--
Eric Backus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://labejb.lks.agilent.com/
(425) 335-2495
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Stromberg)
Subject: linux machine croaked :(
Date: 4 May 2001 16:55:00 GMT
I have a machine at home with runs redhat 7.0.
1) I opened the case to replace the dead cdrom drive, and when I tried
to power it back up, it wouldn't. No PS fan, no LED's, no beeps,
nothing.
2) So I disconnected everything from the powersupply and plugged it
in. Nothing from the powersupply - the fan does nothing. I tried
a different power cable, and still nothing.
3) Thinking maybe a powersupply isn't supposed to activate it's fan
(?) without being hooked to a motherboard, I hooked it to the
motherboard alone, and pushed the powerswitch on the case. Still
nothing.
4) The machine has two simms, so I tried booting with one simm alone,
and then with the other simm alone, and in both cases, nothing. No
PS fan, no LED's, no beeps.
5) I checked the motherboard to see if it's shorted out against the
case, and it doesn't appear to be. It seems to be attached to the
case pretty well - a little flex, but not so much that I can push
it up against the case when trying.
6) I tried a different power cord, and I tried a different outlet in
my (lit up) powerstrip - the outlet that was clearly giving my
modem power. Still nothing.
7) I borrowed a powersupply from a guy at work and plugged that in,
and redid #2 and #3 above. Same result: no PS fan, no LED's, no
beeps.
So what's left? Does this mean I have either a dead CPU or dead
motherboard?
BTW, there's some thick dust in some places on the motherboard. Would
it be productive to get some sort of pressurized air and try cleaning
the dust off? Or should I just give up and get a
motherboard-case-PS-cpu combo and plug my old stuff into that?
Thanks.
--
Dan Stromberg UCI/NACS/DCS
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From: Friedrich Dimmling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ZIP problems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 19:28:59 +0200
I have no problems using Win98 ZIP100 disks as /dev/hdd4 running Suse Linux
7.1 on the same machine.
Friedrich
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VTech Helio PDA
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 17:30:05 -0000
Young4ert wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just bought a VTech Helio PDA for ~$50 (after marked down and rebates)
> and am wondering if it is supported under Linux. TIA.
Hi,
That is a real good price!! Where did you get it from and with what
rebates? I am currently looking for one. I have also heard about Linux
support (as per the following Vtech site
http://www.myhelio.com/developers/HelioSpecSheet.htm ) but am yet to
research in detail.
Supantha
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Pentium133 down for the count??
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 17:48:54 GMT
"Monte Milanuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
Sounds to me like an IDE drive isn't being detected properly
by the BIOS. That will cause massive slowness along with
problems with the drive. Check all your IDE cables and
reseat them; also check the power cables to all your IDE
devices and make sure the drives are all still jumpered
correctly (master/slave/whatever). If you moved recently,
something could have come loose during the move. Unplug
and replug everything.
HTH.
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Subject: Re: any way to make valinux fullon 2230 fans quieter?
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 17:55:04 GMT
"Noah Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have two VALinux FullOn 2230 boxes over my desk. Man, those fans are
> LOUD! It is really hard to work with them next to my head. I realize they
> are important, and maybe this is a dumb question, but is there any way to
> turn them down or replace them with quieter fans?
Make sure they're mounted properly, not loose, and also make sure
the whole case is sitting firmly on a sturdy and level surface to
minimise vibrations.
- jonadab
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Subject: Re: linux machine croaked :(
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 04 May 2001 13:53:07 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Stromberg) writes:
> 1) I opened the case to replace the dead cdrom drive, and when I tried
> to power it back up, it wouldn't. No PS fan, no LED's, no beeps,
> nothing.
I assume there's no chance you knocked loose the wire from the power
button/switch?
> 2) So I disconnected everything from the powersupply and plugged it
> in. Nothing from the powersupply - the fan does nothing. I tried
> a different power cable, and still nothing.
This is normal for an ATX P/S, where power is controlled by the
motherboard (and a lot of things on it). For at AT P/S, it's a simple
switch.
[...]
> 4) The machine has two simms, so I tried booting with one simm alone,
> and then with the other simm alone, and in both cases, nothing. No
> PS fan, no LED's, no beeps.
It's probably not the memory. If there were a problem, the board
would treat it as if there's no memory installed and beep at you. It
should still power up.
> 5) I checked the motherboard to see if it's shorted out against the
> case, and it doesn't appear to be. It seems to be attached to the
> case pretty well - a little flex, but not so much that I can push
> it up against the case when trying.
This is also unlikely to be the problem.
[...]
> 7) I borrowed a powersupply from a guy at work and plugged that in,
> and redid #2 and #3 above. Same result: no PS fan, no LED's, no
> beeps.
That's a bad sign. Did the P/S work elsewhere after you tried it?
> So what's left? Does this mean I have either a dead CPU or dead
> motherboard?
I'm inclined to say it's the motherboard. The board will power up
without a CPU, it'll just beep at you. Since you're talking about
having SIMMs, I'd say it's time for you to just get a new computer.
> BTW, there's some thick dust in some places on the motherboard. Would
> it be productive to get some sort of pressurized air and try cleaning
> the dust off?
I wouldn't worry about it too much. Dust isn't really great to have
in there, it clogs up fans and so on, but it's also highly unlikely to
be the source of your problem.
I would guess that what happened is when you were changing your drive
you sparked and fried the motherboard with some static. Did you have
the P/S unplugged when you were in the case, or just off? You're
supposed to only have it off so that the case is still grounded. (But
you're also supposed to wear an anti-static wrist strap, which I've
never seen anyone actually do.)
> Or should I just give up and get a motherboard-case-PS-cpu combo and
> plug my old stuff into that?
Probably. SIMMs were last used in Pentium boards, right? That means
that pretty much any amount of time over an hour you spend on that
computer is a waste.
--
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: Sebastian Schildt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problem setting harddisk to UDMA mode
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 19:57:45 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
malawueng wrote:
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> hda: DMA disabled
>
> i am using a Celeron 366 oc to 458 running on Abit BX6 rev 2 mobo with the
> latest bios patch and my harddisk is a Maxtor 91020D6
I don't know this configuration, but since it seems quite "normal" your FSB
perhaps is to high. 366@458 is quite risky, since that means a FSB of 83.
Change the FSB to 75. Do it! At least to check, if that is the problem.
Don't say "it works with win". That is irrelevant.
>
> can anybody please help me with this problem?
>
> TIA
Sebastian
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From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux machine croaked :(
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 14:05:07 -0400
An ATX PS? They have stupid, er I mean "smart" power switches that
rely on the case power button being plugged into the motherboard.
It's generally a pretty easy thing to knock loose. Make sure it's
connected.
Dan Stromberg wrote:
>
> I have a machine at home with runs redhat 7.0.
>
> 1) I opened the case to replace the dead cdrom drive, and when I tried
> to power it back up, it wouldn't. No PS fan, no LED's, no beeps,
> nothing.
>
> 2) So I disconnected everything from the powersupply and plugged it
> in. Nothing from the powersupply - the fan does nothing. I tried
> a different power cable, and still nothing.
>
> 3) Thinking maybe a powersupply isn't supposed to activate it's fan
> (?) without being hooked to a motherboard, I hooked it to the
> motherboard alone, and pushed the powerswitch on the case. Still
> nothing.
>
> 4) The machine has two simms, so I tried booting with one simm alone,
> and then with the other simm alone, and in both cases, nothing. No
> PS fan, no LED's, no beeps.
>
> 5) I checked the motherboard to see if it's shorted out against the
> case, and it doesn't appear to be. It seems to be attached to the
> case pretty well - a little flex, but not so much that I can push
> it up against the case when trying.
>
> 6) I tried a different power cord, and I tried a different outlet in
> my (lit up) powerstrip - the outlet that was clearly giving my
> modem power. Still nothing.
>
> 7) I borrowed a powersupply from a guy at work and plugged that in,
> and redid #2 and #3 above. Same result: no PS fan, no LED's, no
> beeps.
>
> So what's left? Does this mean I have either a dead CPU or dead
> motherboard?
>
> BTW, there's some thick dust in some places on the motherboard. Would
> it be productive to get some sort of pressurized air and try cleaning
> the dust off? Or should I just give up and get a
> motherboard-case-PS-cpu combo and plug my old stuff into that?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Dan Stromberg UCI/NACS/DCS
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From: "Ron Freidel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux machine croaked :(
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 12:06:48 -0600
Hi,
The previous reply covered alot of detail but I would also like to
include the possibility of a switch on the ps itself?!!?
With that out of the way.
Check the power switch connection, perhaps a wire came out of the switch
itself? I have seen a few bad switches.
In article <9cumt4$2kk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Dan Stromberg"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--
Ron
That money talks,
I'll not deny,
I heard it once,
It said good-bye.
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From: optimator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: Bad A7V133 MB
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 18:09:32 GMT
Sander wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> which pci slot does the nic use? Try taking it out and do the data transfer
> again, see if the nic is causing this.
> Or (I cannot read that from your post...) unless if you are doing the data
> transfer over the network. Then using different pci slots
> for the nic might help. I use my smc etherpower II 10/100 nic in pci slot 4
> without any problem.
>
> Rgds,
>
> Sander
Nope, good try but I just pulled it out of the system and
got the same HD lockup.
Thanks,
Mike
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