Linux-Hardware Digest #746, Volume #14 Wed, 9 May 01 04:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: A7V133 Summary ("arthur")
DVD Writers for Linux (Neil Zanella)
Re: DVD Writers for Linux
Re: zoom pci modem (Phillip Maloney)
Re: Adaptec RAID controller support (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: A7V133 Summary (Alan P. Kennedy, Sr)
Re: USB printer under 2.2.19 (holcomb)
Re: Strange Mylex BT-958 host adapter problem (firmware?) (Alan P. Kennedy, Sr)
Re: DVD Writers for Linux ("Glitch")
Re: Bad A7V133 MB (Tom Roberts)
Re: where are the modem settings held? ("Glitch")
Re: A7V133 Summary (Tom Roberts)
Re: Best kernel for VIA Apolo Pro 133A (James Richard Tyrer)
Joystrick with Mandrake 8 ("David Leblond")
Asus Geforce 2 mx in working in linux? (Teke Tu)
Tape drive installation problem ("Nick Long")
OpenBlockS? ("Rod Brick")
HP PhotoSmart 215 USB ("Robert A. Knop Jr.")
Re: DVD Writers for Linux (Mike Castle)
RedHat 7.1 install with GeForce Ultra 2 DDR (64Meg) (Bruce Robertson)
EPIC100 wird nciht in den Kernel gelinkt ("Frank Meischner")
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From: "arthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A7V133 Summary
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 19:47:49 -0700
I'm using a WD200BB and after enabling udma I get 150+mbs buffer-cache
reads and 30+mbs buffered reads. This WD drive is similar to the IBM you are
considering. If you are going to use an internal PCI modem then I would
get the USR 2977/2976. I am using a 700mhz Duron unmodified and am
able to run it at 728mhz (104x7) and still have the BIOS optimized. I have
not changed the BIOS but I did back it up to diskette. I am happy with
the m/b. It runs win98se and RH7.0 ( 2.2.16-22 kernel)
Hope this helps.
Arthur ( remove .remove)
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In article <Ez0K6.178434$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Gerard
Daubar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Before I buy the AV7133 I want to check w/ those who have those who have
> it who have said it works fine and those that have been having problems
> w/ it on this group.
>
> I know some problems seem to be due to IDE drives and the ata/100 mode..
> Are those of you who aren't having problems using scsi or have dma
> disabled? I'm using an older smaller capacity scsi drive but also
> considered getting a newer & larger ibm ide ata/100 drive but obviously
> won't buy one if the mobo isn't gonna support it =).
>
> So if someone could give a summary or describe what setup was working
> flawlessy, that would be great. (As well as what setup definately
> doesn't work) I've been searching the group and am not 100% clear on
> what's working well.
>
> Thanks,
> Gerard
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DVD Writers for Linux
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 23:41:44 -0230
Hello,
I would like to know what DVD writers/players + CD writers/players
(4 in one) work best with Linux and what the current price on these
items is. All recommendation are greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Neil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: DVD Writers for Linux
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 03:13:25 GMT
On Tue, 8 May 2001 23:41:44 -0230, Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>I would like to know what DVD writers/players + CD writers/players
>(4 in one) work best with Linux and what the current price on these
>items is. All recommendation are greatly appreciated,
Got $5000 for a dvd writer? You might as well just shove it in a windows box
and decidate that computer for the task.
Keep in mind that dual layer writing isn't available yet under 6 figures.
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From: Phillip Maloney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: zoom pci modem
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 23:20:01 -0400
Morecambe CIDS wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've recently bought a new box at a good price, which has a Zoom 56k PCI
> Faxmodem (Lucent chipset). The vendor assured me this wasn't a winmodem,
> though Mandrake 8.0 seems to think that it is. I've tried downloading a
> driver - an ltmodem rpm package designed for Mandrake 8.0. However, when I
> install it, I just get a 'modem busy' message. All the documentation for
> the ltmodem package is actually for the source, not the rpm :-(
>
> Can anyone tell me (a) if it is possible to get the modem working, and (b)
> if it is, what I have to do to get it going. Finally, if it's a lost
> cause, what inexpensive (non-win)modem would you suggest I buy?
>
> Best
>
> Peter
>
>
i use suse 7.1 so i'm not familiar with the mandrake hardware installation
tools; try running wvdial in a terminal and see if it detects the modem. i
had to disable a com port in my bios to get my modem to work in the factory
configured default seeting. anyway i can suggest a cheap modem; either a
powercom 56k isa or an aopen fm56-itu/2 isa. both around 40 dollars. the
powercom is an x2 model, the aopen a k56flex. both are good. i bought the
aopen off the myaopen.com website, the powercom locally in a computer
store./phil
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Subject: Re: Adaptec RAID controller support
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 08 May 2001 23:24:18 -0400
Michael Segulja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have an Adaptec RAID controller AIC 7815. Is this supported under
> Mandrake 8 and kernel 2.4?
Can't say this for certain, but that seems like a SCSI controller, not
a RAID controller. AIC = Adaptec Integrated Controller, i.e., onboard
(or the chipset on an adapter card).
That said, there's a driver called aic7xxx, so I'd assume there's
support.
--
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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Subject: Re: A7V133 Summary
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan P. Kennedy, Sr)
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 03:28:57 GMT
Works great with kernel 2.4.4 and kernel 2.2.19. Currently using 2.4.4
with Atlon setting for the cpu. No problems here.
Good luck.
>>>>> "Gerard" == Gerard Daubar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Gerard> Oops yeah I meant A7V133 =)
Gerard> One other question.. what kernel version are you running?
Gerard> Thanks for the response, Gerard
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From: holcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB printer under 2.2.19
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 03:30:06 -0000
Rich Carreiro wrote:
>
>
> Can a 2.2.19 kernel drive a printer via its USB port
> (HP Deskjet 952C, specifically)? And if so, what
> special stuff do you have to do with /etc/printcap,
> and so forth to get it to work?
>
> How about a 2.4.x kernel?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Rich Carreiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It is a question of whether the USB patch was applied to your kernel. I
know that Redhat 7.0, Suse 7.0, and Mandrake 7.2 have the USB patch. The
2.4.x kernels have USB built in. As for printcap, you simply have to
change the lines in printcap that go something like
/dev/lp0
to something like
/dev/usb/lp0
It may be /dev/usblp0 in some distributions. You will be able to see
which it is by looking for /dev/... on your system
--
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http://www.help.com/
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Subject: Re: Strange Mylex BT-958 host adapter problem (firmware?)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan P. Kennedy, Sr)
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 03:32:13 GMT
>>>>> "John" == John Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> It looks like the adapter with the older firmware has a
John> problem. Any ideas on how to solve it???
Why not flash the latest bios for the adapter? This adapter should
have flash bios.
Good luck.
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD Writers for Linux
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 00:02:57 -0400
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Unknown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 May 2001 23:41:44 -0230, Neil Zanella
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I would like to know what DVD writers/players + CD writers/players (4 in
>>one) work best with Linux and what the current price on these items is.
>>All recommendation are greatly appreciated,
>
> Got $5000 for a dvd writer? You might as well just shove it in a
> windows box and decidate that computer for the task.
>
> Keep in mind that dual layer writing isn't available yet under 6
> figures.
there are a few different types of DVD writers (dvd-r, dvd-ram, etc.),
some are more than others. Some cost only $500, others are indeed around
$5000
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Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 23:09:36 -0500
From: Tom Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: Bad A7V133 MB
Thomas Rindfleisch wrote:
> I red somewhere in a newsgroup that the chipset KT133a has a bug concerning
> the IDE controllers. Usually this bug only appears when a large amount of
> datas flow from one IDE port to the other.
I don't see this. I can copy an entire CDROM to my hard drive without error,
and they are both masters on the two IDE controllers.
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: where are the modem settings held?
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 00:23:47 -0400
In article <9d65o7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "stevek"
<skortjohnatmetrolinkdotnet> wrote:
> I have an internal pci usrobotics modem. It had been working ok since
> putting the pc together (about 3 weeks) and then stopped working
> yesterday. I am using redhat 7.1. I have tried physically removing and
> reinstalling the modem. Each time linux notes the correct modem and
each time you do what??
> asks if I want to remove configuration settings or set up the modem,
> depending on whether I am putting or taking. When I try redetecting or
> setting up the modem, I get "no modem found" messages. I do not think
I
and what praytell are u using to redetect the modem? What is giving you
the error messages???
> did anything to confuse the matter, and had no problems during initial
> linux installation. I thought if I found all of the relevant
> configuration files and commented out setting for the modem, I could
> then try to redetect/configure from fresh. Can anyone point me to the
> locations that might hold the modem settings?
>
> thanks,
> steve
>
>
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Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 23:22:16 -0500
From: Tom Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A7V133 Summary
Gerard Daubar wrote:
> I know some problems seem to be due to IDE drives and the ata/100 mode..
> Are those of you who aren't having problems using scsi or have dma
> disabled?
I have the Asus A7V133 motherboard and am very happy with it. I have a
WD 30 GB ATA-100 drive connected to the IDE controller and get 32 MByte/sec
(hdparm -Tt /dev/hd?); dma is of course enabled. I use an 800 MHZ
Athlon/Thunderbird.
Right now I'm using RedHat 7.0, Kernel 2.2.16-22. I plan to upgrade to
7.1 (kernel 2.4.2) soon....
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Best kernel for VIA Apolo Pro 133A
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 04:24:08 GMT
Ian Pilcher wrote:
> I have recently upgraded to Red Hat 7.1 on my Tyan S1854 (Trinity 400)-
> based system. It's been relatively stable so far, but I did see the
> following on one occasion:
>
> Apr 22 10:04:49 home kernel: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA
> Apr 22 10:04:49 home kernel: ide_dmaproc: chipset supported
> ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> Apr 22 10:04:49 home kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0x58 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> Apr 22 10:04:49 home kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0xd0 { Busy }
> Apr 22 10:04:49 home kernel: hdc: DMA disabled
> Apr 22 10:04:49 home kernel: hdd: DMA disabled
> Apr 22 10:04:49 home kernel: ide1: reset: success
>
> This looks suspiciously like the infamous VIA 686B Southbridge bug, so
> it certainly looks like I should upgrade my kernel from the 2.4.2 that
> Red Hat ships. The question is which version should I use.
>
> I've been searching all over the 'Net, and I can't find anything that
> clearly states when (if ever) a fully functioning workaround for this
> bug has made it into the kernel. (You'd think that the changelogs would
> at least be browseable somewhere, but I can't find them.)
>
> Anyway, if the options are the latest stable kernel (2.4.4?), the latest
> pre-patch (2.4.5-pre?), or the latest Alan Cox kernel, which is likely
> to be the best for this chipset?
This is the information that comes with the Kernel source:
/*
* $Id: via82cxxx.c,v 3.20 2001/01/27 10:13:60 vojtech Exp $
*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Vojtech Pavlik
*
* Based on the work of:
* Michel Aubry
* Jeff Garzik
* Andre Hedrick
*
* Sponsored by SuSE
*/
/*
* VIA IDE driver for Linux. Supports
*
* vt82c586, vt82c586a, vt82c586b, vt82c596a, vt82c596b,
* vt82c686, vt82c686a, vt82c686b, vt8231, vt8233
*
* southbridges, which can be found in
*
* VIA Apollo VP, VPX, VPX/97, VP2, VP2/97, VP3, MVP3, MVP4, P6, Pro,
* Pro Plus, Pro 133, Pro 133A, ProMedia PM601, ProSavage PM133, PLE133,
* Pro 266, KX133, KT133, ProSavage KM133, KT133A, KT266
* PC-Chips VXPro, VXPro+, TXPro-III, TXPro-AGP, ViaGra, BXToo, BXTel
* AMD 640, 640 AGP, 750 IronGate
* ETEQ 6618, 6628, 6638
* Micron Samurai
*
* chipsets. Supports
*
* PIO 0-5, MWDMA 0-2, SWDMA 0-2 and UDMA 0-5
*
* (this includes UDMA33, 66 and 100) modes. UDMA66 and higher modes are
* autodetected only in case the BIOS has detected a 80 wire cable. To
ignore
* the BIOS data, use 'ide0=ata66' or 'ide1=ata66' on the kernel command
line.
*
* For correct operation it's needed to tell the driver the speed of the
PCI
* bus. The default, and most common value is 33 MHz. Most likely, your
system
* is using this value and you don't need to use any command line options.
If
* you run your PCI bus speed at 25, 30, 37, 40 or 42 MHz, use the
'idebus=xx'
* option of the IDE driver. Note that this has nothing to do with UDMA66.
*/
JRT
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From: "David Leblond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Joystrick with Mandrake 8
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 04:07:25 GMT
Here is my porblem: I have a Sidewinder gamepad plugged into my SBLive
Value. I have loaded all the modules but still can't get it to work on
my system. What am I doing wrong?
My joystick is at (according to windows) 0x200-0x207
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Oh I am using kernel 2.4.4
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From: Teke Tu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Asus Geforce 2 mx in working in linux?
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 05:30:05 -0000
Hi,
I have recently installed Linux Red Hat 7.0 and Turbo Linux on my new
computer using Asus Geforce 2 MX.
but none of them that I could actully get the the x -window loaded up.
even in the installation which in Red Hat linux 7.0 should give a
graphical interface, but it couldn't load the graphical installtion
interface.. .
is this because of my Asus GeForce 2 MX problem... that linux doesn't
support the graphics card or is there a way to fix this up?
Thank you very much.....
--
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http://www.help.com/
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Reply-To: "Nick Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Nick Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tape drive installation problem
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 05:35:07 GMT
I am having problems installing a tape drive to my Linux Red Hat 6.2 server.
When I boot the machine I see:
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: DAT 04106-XXX Rev: 735B
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
But when the system boots I get the following when I try to access the file:
mt -f /dev/st0 status
/dev/st0: No such device
This is the second tape drive that I have installed in this machine to get
it running. How do I get my system to see this tape drive?
Nick Long
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From: "Rod Brick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OpenBlockS?
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 05:37:38 GMT
A friend of mine recently acquired one of these Japanese OpenBlockS
machines. Can anyone tell me anything about it? The web site's all in
Japanese. Specifically, will it run Linux? How does one interface with it?
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From: "Robert A. Knop Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP PhotoSmart 215 USB
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 05:57:52 GMT
Has anybody had any luck getting gphoto2 to work with an
HP PhotoSmart 215 digital camera, hooked in via USB?
gPhoto2 claims to support the camera, but I get an I/O error when the
thing tries to initialize. What do I need to build into the kernal in
order to get this thing to work?
When I've got the camera plugged into the USB and turned on, when I cat
/proc/bus/usb/devices, there are long delays in the output. I don't get
those kinds of delays with my USB printer.
Any suggestions anybody could offer would be greatly appreciated.
-Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Castle)
Subject: Re: DVD Writers for Linux
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 23:11:05 -0700
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Got $5000 for a dvd writer? You might as well just shove it in a windows box
>and decidate that computer for the task.
They're under $1000 these days.
mrc
--
Mike Castle Life is like a clock: You can work constantly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and be right all the time, or not work at all
www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ and be right at least twice a day. -- mrc
We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Robertson)
Subject: RedHat 7.1 install with GeForce Ultra 2 DDR (64Meg)
Date: 9 May 2001 06:35:11 GMT
Hi All,
Installing RedHat 7.1 with a nVidia GeFOrce Ultra 2 DDR - AGP
Well I am having problems with the booting
and installation from the install CDs.
Hardware config includes a nVidia GeForce Ultra 2 (64Meg)
AGP [DDR] card and booting is fine selecting country code
and keyboard and mouse, and once X starts up and the RedHat
logo pages is shown the installation stalls and that's it.
The SAME hardware, but with the TNT2-32Meg AGP card proceeds
fine and installation runs fine...
Any clues out there to get passed this problem.
I have tried all install oprions from boot: prompt and
ALL stall at effectively the same point...
regards,
Bruce Robertson + [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Engineering Computer Resources, + http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/
C/o Faculty of Engineering, + Phone: + (61)(3) 8344-4242
University of Melbourne, 3010. AUSTRALIA + Fax: + (61)(3) 9347-2480
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From: "Frank Meischner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: EPIC100 wird nciht in den Kernel gelinkt
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 10:00:16 +0200
Hallo,
ich möchte meine Netzwerkkarte EPIC100 aka SMC EtherPower II (SMC9432
Serie) in den Kernel 2.2.16 reinkompilieren. Da dazu kein Eintrag im
menuconfig ist, hab ich sie von Hand in die .config eingetragen
(CONFIG_EPIC100=y).
Nach 'make dep' und 'make'/'make bzImage' ist zwar unter ./drivers/net/
ein epic100.o vorhanden, aber sie ist nicht im Kernel. Ich hab mit
'strings vmlinux|grep epic' (ungepackter Kernel) nach dieser Karte gesucht,
aber sie war nicht auffindbar. Die anderen NICs, die ich extra noch mit
reinkompiliert habe (eepro100), sind da.
Kann mir jemand sagen, was da faul ist?
cu
Frank
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