Linux-Hardware Digest #740, Volume #14 Mon, 7 May 01 22:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: avoiding USB support at start-up (Michael Meissner)
Re: linux machine croaked :( (Dan Stromberg)
3Com HomeConnect USB webcam and RHL7.1: no driver? (Ronald Cole)
Re: Backing up Windows on Linux (Ronald Cole)
Re: Backing up Windows on Linux ("Brett I. Holcomb")
NIC setup Please Help ("John Leita")
Re: Sound Blaster 16 PCI ("arthur")
Re: NIC setup Please Help (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Re: BP6 + Mandrake + reboot problem (Jerry Broszkowski)
Re: Linux & AMD--from LHD ("arthur")
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: avoiding USB support at start-up
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 07 May 2001 19:22:36 -0400
"Massimo Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dear community,
>
> Some time ago I have upgraded my linux distribution to include USB support,
> with kernel 2.2.16 from the Red Hat 7.0 distribution. Then I bought a USB
> Iomega Zip Drive, 100 Mb, that I planned to use on my Toshiba Tecra 720 CDT
> laptop. Later on I was told that in order to use the usb-storage module I
> needed to upgrade to kernel 2.4.x, so I compiled 2.4.2 with kgcc and making
> sure that all the packages needed were up to date.
>
> Despite the support received from several newsgroups, I have had little
> success, as I am still unable to mount my zip drives.
>
> The main problem is that, approximately 70% of the times, my laptop would
> not boot at all, freezing when loading the usb-ohci module (I have a NEC
> Corporation USB controller, rev 01) or, if that step is passed, it
> freezes when mounting the USB filesystem, or later, when checking for new
> hardware. Some times I have to try booting my laptop 6 times and more before
> I can start working. If the machine boots, I can work happily but loading
> all
> the relevant modules and mounting the drive has no effect.
>
> I have decided that, on a temporary basis, before I manage to dedicate some
> time to study what is needed to sort out al these problems, I should let my
> laptop boot smoothly, thus I would like to remove USB support completely at
> start-up. I am sure there is a way out, but I have invested so much time to
> date that is time now to meet the deadlines for the work that I have got to
> do.
>
> I don't know whether this has to be done by Kudzu, by chkconfig or what.
>
> Could anyone please help by telling me how to control hardware support at
> start-up?
(Note, I work on GCC, not on Linux, so take what I say about Linux as being
personal opinions).
Assuming you built the USB controller as a module, I believe what you want to
do is edit /etc/modules.conf (it might be under the old name of
/etc/conf.modules) and delete the following line:
alias usb-controller usb-ohci
That would allow you to still load the USB controller by hand, using modprobe.
If you have compiled the USB controller directly into the kernel, you will have
to rebuild the kernel with the USB support either compiled as modules, or not
compiled at all. You probably should remove the lines that refer to the zip
drive from /etc/fstab if they exist.
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Stromberg)
Subject: Re: linux machine croaked :(
Date: 7 May 2001 23:43:40 GMT
Ok, at first I had a dell powersupply, so that of _course_ didn't
work. But later I tried again with a real ATX powersupply, and that
still didn't work.
I also tried shorting out the power switch connector with a bent
paperclip, and that didn't start anything up.
So I got a new motherboard, cpu, case and PS without much regret. I'm
running much faster, and it only set me back about $260.
<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.
My mistake. It's pretty contemporary memory - a mix of pc100 and
pc133, mostly pc133. When I moved to the new motherboard, I tossed
the pc100 and kept the pc133.
<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.)
I had the PS plugged into the wall while doing the initial cdrom work,
but I wasn't using an antistatic wrap.
You can bet that when I did the work of switching over to the new
parts, that I used an antistatic wrap!
So now I'm mostly up and running, but I'm having a little trouble with
the sound on the machine. I plan to start a new thread about that
later.
Thanks much to all who replied.
--
Dan Stromberg UCI/NACS/DCS
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From: Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3Com HomeConnect USB webcam and RHL7.1: no driver?
Date: 07 May 2001 16:50:49 -0700
I purchased a 3Com HomeConnect USB webcam last year because it was
touted as one of the best and you could get a pack of different lenses
for it.
So, I unplug it from my Win98 laptop and plug it into my Linux box
running RHL7.1 and this is what I get in /var/log/messages:
May 7 16:16:33 yakisoba kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/2, assigned
device number 2
May 7 16:16:33 yakisoba kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x4c1/0x9d) is not
claimed by any active driver.
May 7 16:16:33 yakisoba /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no drivers for USB product
4c1/9d/106
So, does anyone know if this cam is supported? Is there a driver
out there somewhere?
--
Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412
Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (760) 499-9142
President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152
My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
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From: Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backing up Windows on Linux
Date: 07 May 2001 16:53:04 -0700
"Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Juergen Sauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:9d6m1h$4nf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Steve Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
> >
> > http://www.arkeia.com
> > Not a script, but a complete and customizeable backup solution.
>
> I haven't been able to reach that site. I get a can't resolve that site
> although I can contact other sites.
How about <http://www.amanda.org/>?
--
Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412
Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (760) 499-9142
President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152
My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
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From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backing up Windows on Linux
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 18:58:19 -0500
Nice. I'll look at it. I finally got through to the arkeia.
--
Brett I. Holcomb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Microsoft MVP
AKA Grunt<><
"Ronald Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > "Juergen Sauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9d6m1h$4nf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Steve Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
> > >
> > > http://www.arkeia.com
> > > Not a script, but a complete and customizeable backup solution.
> >
> > I haven't been able to reach that site. I get a can't resolve that site
> > although I can contact other sites.
>
> How about <http://www.amanda.org/>?
>
> --
> Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412
> Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (760) 499-9142
> President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152
> My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
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From: "John Leita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: NIC setup Please Help
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 00:30:15 GMT
I am tring to get linux up and running with two eexpress ISA cards irq 5
and 9 io 270 and 300 respectively. during RH 6.2 installation neither card
is detected i tried using netconfig two set them up. No dice on either card.
RH 5.2 installation gets one card but not the other. I tried this multiple
times and it will work with either card but only one. Then in 5.2 I try
adding it myself by modifying /etc/conf.modules and adding all the info.
Then I modified lilo.conf and ran lilo like some multi-nic web page said to.
The problem when I do ifconfig eth1 it says unknown interface. In a nutshell
my question is ho do I get ifconfig to acknoledge eth1 ??? PLEASE HELP!!
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From: "arthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster 16 PCI
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 18:14:44 -0700
In article <9d6moa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Marc Rosen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> recently I bought a SB 16 PCI sound card.
>
> anyone have any success in getting this to work?
>
> I am renning redhat 6.1 compiled w/sound enabled
>
> postings indicate that I should be using the es1370.o module, but it
> doesn't seem to work
>
> sndconfig reports es1274:5880
>
> /proc/pci shows:
> Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
> Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq Unknown device (rev 2).
> Vendor id=1274. Device id=5880.
> Slow devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=12.Max
> Lat=128.
> I/O at 0xa400 [0xa401].
>
> Any suggestions?
>
Try using es1371.o if it exists in RH6.1
midi probably won't work - that sndcard uses software midi table(s).
There are (were?) other posts here regarding the SB16 PCI card.
Arthur ( remove .remove for email )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Subject: Re: NIC setup Please Help
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 01:19:18 GMT
John Leita wrote:
> I am tring to get linux up and running with two eexpress ISA cards irq 5
> and 9 io 270 and 300 respectively. during RH 6.2 installation neither card
> is detected i tried using netconfig two set them up. No dice on either card.
> RH 5.2 installation gets one card but not the other. I tried this multiple
> times and it will work with either card but only one. Then in 5.2 I try
> adding it myself by modifying /etc/conf.modules and adding all the info.
> Then I modified lilo.conf and ran lilo like some multi-nic web page said to.
> The problem when I do ifconfig eth1 it says unknown interface. In a nutshell
> my question is ho do I get ifconfig to acknoledge eth1 ??? PLEASE HELP!!
Have you looked at man isapnp?
Rinaldi
--
We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
--Linus Torvalds
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From: Jerry Broszkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BP6 + Mandrake + reboot problem
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 01:20:51 GMT
Jonadab the Unsightly One wrote:
>
> Jerry Broszkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > If the reset and power-off buttons don't even work,
> > > I'd say you have a hardware problem. Those buttons
> > > don't rely on software (e.g., the OS) to do their
> > > thing, UIAGM. They're hardware-level controls.
> > >
> > > Unless you've got a fake "power" button like the
> > > one on the keyboards of some PowerPC-era Macs or
> > > the one-way on-only buttons on accursed iMacs.
> >
> > There are three buttons on the InWin case. On the
> > front, Reset and On/Off. On the power supply, an
> > On/Off.
>
> Ah. Probably the one on the power supply is the hardware
> power switch. I don't know anything about InWin cases,
> but the other switches may be proprietary stuff like the
> extra "internet" buttons on some lower-grade keyboards.
>
<Sigh> (This is getting long) They're standard On/Off, Reset
switches you see on any half decent case. InWin cases happen
to be on of the better brand of cases. I have an identical
case with an Asus board, P-166 and LM7.1. No problems on reboot.
> > From WinME I can Shutdown or Restart with
> > no problems - everything works. Only from reboot
> > (or shutdown) in Linux does the problem occur. If
> > it was hardware, you'd think it would occur when
> > restarting WinME too.
>
> Did Linux finish shutting down and say "halt" on the
> console or first VT? If so, then you can power off
> the system at that point using the switch on the power
> supply.
>
Yes, it completes, then _only_ cycling the power
by means of the power switch on the power supply can bring
the system back up. And that's the problem, why doesn't "reboot"
reboot? I'm not doing a shutdown -h now.
> As far as why rebooting wouldn't work, I'm not sure.
> When it wants to reboot, doesn't Linux just jump to
> the physical address of the ROM BIOS? And isn't that
> fairly standardised? (No, I'm not sure; that's why
> I'm asking.)
>
I'm not sure either. :-(
Thanx for the input.
--
Take Care,
..jb
// Jerry Broszkowski // (403)245-5131 // [EMAIL PROTECTED] //
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From: "arthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux & AMD--from LHD
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 18:30:40 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Like many people, I am in the market for a new mobo, and I was
> considering an Athlon or Duron. Some people have reported problems here
> with the mobos, chipsets, etc. Here are a couple of links that arrived
> in my mailbox today in ZDNet's Linux Newsletter:
>
>
> The LhD's guide to Linux on AMD:
> Original:
> http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?98175:4752076 Followup:
> http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?98176:4752076
>
> Later--
> Tim
>
I'm happy with my Asus AV7133-RAID. I am not using and
don't need RAID, but it was the same price sans RAID
at the computer show. I have RH 7.0 and Win98 on the box
Arthur
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