Linux-Hardware Digest #776, Volume #14 Tue, 15 May 01 16:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Linmodem for internet connection in a proxy server? (Gregory Davis)
Linux and Printers (Mayan)
Re: Problems with Adaptec 2930CU w/ BRU and SEAGATE Travan in RH6.2 (Neal Wolfington)
Re: Linmodem for internet connection in a proxy server? (Neal Wolfington)
Re: PCI Parallel Card? (Neal Wolfington)
Re: PCI Parallel Card? (Lew Pitcher)
Re: LinkSys NIC ("Justin Mahn")
segmentation faults (Ronowald Verschuren)
Re: Suspend-to-RAM on Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ergonomic wireless keyboard (Eric Holbrook)
Re: Linmodem for internet connection in a proxy server? ("Justin Mahn")
Re: Linmodem for internet connection in a proxy server? ("Duane Healing")
External cd-rw for linux and windows? ("Reddy Kilowatt")
Re: mount /dev/fd0 (Uwe Malzahn)
Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon? (Doug Chan)
Re: lm_sensors giving very little information (jwk)
Compact Flash Card (Carsten Goldmann)
Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon? (reader of news)
Can Linux rescue an old Mac PowerBook? (Topher Cawlfield)
Re: lm_sensors giving very little information (Ian Pilcher)
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Linmodem for internet connection in a proxy server?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 13:51:58 -0400
I want to have my two boxes at home able to browse internet pages
simultaneously (ok, as simultaneous as I can get with 1 56kpbs modem).
What I have to work with so far is a winmodem in each box, a 10/100baseTX
LAN card in the linux box, and no LAN card in the windows (98) box. For
the sake of a sensible network, I plan to configure the linux box as a
proxy server, and have a small LAN between the two. The LAN is not a
problem, there is plenty of info on how to do that. What I want to know is
a) how to get the winmodem to work under linux and b) how to configure it
so the proxy server (the linux box) uses the ISP connection to transfer
http/ftp/smtp/pop3/and hopefully soon imap data. Is this at all even
possible? Even if it is not worth it functionally wise (56kpbs is not much
bandwidth), I would like to acieve this as at least a learning experience.
Greg
Linux box:
diamond supramax winmodem (conexant v.92 chipset [currently idleing])
linksys LNE etherfast 10/100baseTX (dec tulip chipset [currently works])
hope to set up samba or apache for LAN server to windows box
Windows box:
a generic compaq winmodem (don't know the chipset, don't really care)
no LAN card (these are cheap, plentiful, and well supported in windows)
hope to access internet/email through linux box's ISP connection
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From: Mayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and Printers
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 19:57:33 -0500
Where can I get a driver for a Epson Stylus 800 printer, apsfilter does
not cut it.
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From: Neal Wolfington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with Adaptec 2930CU w/ BRU and SEAGATE Travan in RH6.2
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:08:40 GMT
William N Moore wrote:
>
> I am having some problems with we believe an Adaptec 2930CU SCSI card
> in a DELL Poweredge 2300 Server along with a Seagate Travan tape drive. We
> believe the problem deals with the 2930CU SCSI card however are not sure,
> so thought we wold post to see if anyone else ran into these problems.
>
> The problem is:
> - RH is using the same driver for both a 2930CU and a 7890. We
> are guessing that this is because they function off the same
> chipset. So this may be no big deal.
>
> - Our tape backups (Done under BRU) will work, then quit
> working, and vice versa. For some odd reason. It just states
> that it cannot communicate with the tape drive. When we run
> tapestat or tapeinfo, it will work then not work. Again, it is
> very inconsistant. Once RH quits recognizing the drive, a
> reboot seems to get it to pick back up. And the backup will
> work for a day or so, then quit. We noticed a thread on a MAC
> newsgroup about them having problems with the card in a MAC
> environment, however no problems were found under linux with this
> card.
>
> - The driver? We have seen some sites advertising a different driver
> for this card. If anyone has applied it because they were having
> the same problem, please let us know. Or, if anyone has ever run
> into this problem. We do not want to have to down the company's
> server to install patches unless we have to.
>
> Any information anyone can provide us with would be greatly appreciated in
> this matter. As we have run out of ideas in correcting this problem.
What are the devices on the SCSI bus and there ID numbers?
How long is the SCSI cable?
Where are the terminators? Are they active terminators?
Do you have internal and external devices?
> Thanks,
> Nick Moore
> Literati Information Technology
>
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From: Neal Wolfington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linmodem for internet connection in a proxy server?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:12:32 GMT
Try:
http://www.linmodems.org
- Neal
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gregory Davis wrote:
>
> I want to have my two boxes at home able to browse internet pages
> simultaneously (ok, as simultaneous as I can get with 1 56kpbs modem).
> What I have to work with so far is a winmodem in each box, a 10/100baseTX
> LAN card in the linux box, and no LAN card in the windows (98) box. For
> the sake of a sensible network, I plan to configure the linux box as a
> proxy server, and have a small LAN between the two. The LAN is not a
> problem, there is plenty of info on how to do that. What I want to know is
> a) how to get the winmodem to work under linux and b) how to configure it
> so the proxy server (the linux box) uses the ISP connection to transfer
> http/ftp/smtp/pop3/and hopefully soon imap data. Is this at all even
> possible? Even if it is not worth it functionally wise (56kpbs is not much
> bandwidth), I would like to acieve this as at least a learning experience.
>
> Greg
>
> Linux box:
> diamond supramax winmodem (conexant v.92 chipset [currently idleing])
> linksys LNE etherfast 10/100baseTX (dec tulip chipset [currently works])
> hope to set up samba or apache for LAN server to windows box
>
> Windows box:
> a generic compaq winmodem (don't know the chipset, don't really care)
> no LAN card (these are cheap, plentiful, and well supported in windows)
> hope to access internet/email through linux box's ISP connection
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From: Neal Wolfington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI Parallel Card?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:21:41 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm trying to learn if PCI parallel cards are supported.
> If so, where I can read more about it?
>
> If it's in the Hardware HowTo, I missed it.
This message thread might be some help:
http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-linux-e/2000-Mar/2986.html
- Neal
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: PCI Parallel Card?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:25:28 GMT
On Tue, 15 May 2001 18:21:41 GMT, Neal Wolfington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to learn if PCI parallel cards are supported.
>> If so, where I can read more about it?
>>
>> If it's in the Hardware HowTo, I missed it.
>
>This message thread might be some help:
>
>http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-linux-e/2000-Mar/2986.html
some PCI parallel-port cards _are_ supported (at least in kernel
2.2.13 and better)
Take a look at
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Pitcher+parallel+PCI&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rnum=1&ic=1&selm=3A1CCD3F.431D1308%40yesic.com
for a description of my experiences
Lew Pitcher, Information Technology Consultant, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: "Justin Mahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LinkSys NIC
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 13:32:56 -0500
Wow cool someone who gave a good answer that was well though out! Thank
you! I wonder if /\/\$ can handle a ping every 30 mins? 8>
"Thomas Corriher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Wed, 9 May 2001 13:30:51 -0500, Justin Mahn
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >I'm having a prob with the 10Mb uplink card. It works just
> >fine until I leave it for a while and when I come back the card
> >is 'Inactive'. What logs should I look at to find out why it
> >just stops working? I can 'Activate' it just fine, but the wifey
> >doesn't appreciate having to mess with the server comp while I'm
> >away.
>
> Your computer's "power management system" (APM) may be turning
> the card off when the machine is idle. Check your system setup
> settings. Also, try disabling apmd.
>
> A temporary work-around is to have cron reload the card's driver
> every 5 minutes. This isn't a real solution, of course, but it
> will keep the wife happy until you do get it fixed. The down-
> side of this is that your connection will briefly stall (burp)
> every 5 minutes.
>
> If the network card gives you Internet access (ie. cable modem),
> another jerry-riged temporary work-around is to send a single
> network command every five minutes via cron to a single
> destination. I would pick a destination that is not real, so
> you do not annoy any administrators. For instance, let us
> assume that your internet provider's DNS server is called
> "ns.really.special.dns.com" you could request information from
> that server by using "dig ns.really.special.dns.com" every 5
> minutes. That should not cause any problems. However, an
> automated ping might be annoying if you used that command
> instead. You should try to stay out of trouble with both your
> wife and your ISP.
>
> If the network card is just joining your computers, then I
> would use pings instead, every 4-5 minutes.
> "ping -c1 -w1 $COMPUTER &"
>
> I suggest that you do not mount any remote drives with NFS
> until this is fixed. It is better to be paranoid than sorry.
>
> --
> From the desk of Thomas Corriher
>
> The real email address is:
> tcorriher at earthlink.
> net
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From: Ronowald Verschuren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: segmentation faults
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 20:19:00 +0200
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Suspend-to-RAM on Linux
Date: 15 May 2001 11:35:24 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd-Hanafiah Abdullah) writes:
> Is Suspend-to-RAM (STR) supported on Linux? If it is would appreciate pointers
> to the docs.
>
> Thanks.
It works for me on a Dell Inspiron 5000e.
--
Eric Backus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://labejb.lks.agilent.com/
(425) 335-2495
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Subject: ergonomic wireless keyboard
From: Eric Holbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:23:53 GMT
I'm looking for an ergonomic wireless keyboard which doesn't have the
"6" key on the left hand side (ala Logitech and Microsoft). It'd also
be nice if it had an ergo mouse with it. Any suggestions?
thanks,
Eric
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From: "Justin Mahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linmodem for internet connection in a proxy server?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 13:45:37 -0500
Just out of curiosity why do you describe 2 modems and 1 lan card? what's
to connect the two comps?
"Gregory Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9drq5s$8on$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I want to have my two boxes at home able to browse internet pages
> simultaneously (ok, as simultaneous as I can get with 1 56kpbs modem).
> What I have to work with so far is a winmodem in each box, a 10/100baseTX
> LAN card in the linux box, and no LAN card in the windows (98) box. For
> the sake of a sensible network, I plan to configure the linux box as a
> proxy server, and have a small LAN between the two. The LAN is not a
> problem, there is plenty of info on how to do that. What I want to know
is
> a) how to get the winmodem to work under linux and b) how to configure it
> so the proxy server (the linux box) uses the ISP connection to transfer
> http/ftp/smtp/pop3/and hopefully soon imap data. Is this at all even
> possible? Even if it is not worth it functionally wise (56kpbs is not
much
> bandwidth), I would like to acieve this as at least a learning experience.
>
> Greg
>
> Linux box:
> diamond supramax winmodem (conexant v.92 chipset [currently idleing])
> linksys LNE etherfast 10/100baseTX (dec tulip chipset [currently
works])
> hope to set up samba or apache for LAN server to windows box
>
> Windows box:
> a generic compaq winmodem (don't know the chipset, don't really care)
> no LAN card (these are cheap, plentiful, and well supported in windows)
> hope to access internet/email through linux box's ISP connection
------------------------------
From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linmodem for internet connection in a proxy server?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 11:34:09 -0700
If that thing is HSF, you may get it to work. If it's HCF, you're
screwed. See www.linmodems.org for details.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In a feverish moment of semi-lucidity, "Gregory Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
flailed at the keyboard thusly:
> I want to have my two boxes at home able to browse internet pages
> simultaneously (ok, as simultaneous as I can get with 1 56kpbs modem).
> What I have to work with so far is a winmodem in each box, a
> 10/100baseTX LAN card in the linux box, and no LAN card in the windows
> (98) box. For the sake of a sensible network, I plan to configure the
> linux box as a proxy server, and have a small LAN between the two. The
> LAN is not a problem, there is plenty of info on how to do that. What I
> want to know is a) how to get the winmodem to work under linux and b)
> how to configure it so the proxy server (the linux box) uses the ISP
> connection to transfer http/ftp/smtp/pop3/and hopefully soon imap data.
> Is this at all even possible? Even if it is not worth it functionally
> wise (56kpbs is not much bandwidth), I would like to acieve this as at
> least a learning experience. Greg
> Linux box:
> diamond supramax winmodem (conexant v.92 chipset [currently idleing])
> linksys LNE etherfast 10/100baseTX (dec tulip chipset [currently
> works]) hope to set up samba or apache for LAN server to windows box
> Windows box:
> a generic compaq winmodem (don't know the chipset, don't really care)
> no LAN card (these are cheap, plentiful, and well supported in
> windows) hope to access internet/email through linux box's ISP
> connection
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From: "Reddy Kilowatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: External cd-rw for linux and windows?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:53:36 GMT
Anybody have an external cd-rw for linux and mswindows? Parport or USB?
Or should I shell out for SCSI? TIA,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Uwe Malzahn)
Subject: Re: mount /dev/fd0
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 19:04:48 +0200
In article <9dmi81$qei$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Me) writes:
^^^^^^^^^^^
Try to get a name first. Then maybe you'll get help.
Cheers,
Uwe
--
Everywhere I've been in Manhattan the streets are called Walk and Don't
Walk.
-- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Chan)
Subject: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:57:36 GMT
I know that the Pentium-III Xeon supports 36-bit addression (up to 64Gb)
of RAM however it required that the OS knows about this "pse-36" mode
for this extended memory support.
Does Linux support this extended memory mode?
Thanks,
-Doug
apollo at world.std.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jwk)
Subject: Re: lm_sensors giving very little information
Date: 15 May 2001 19:24:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 15 May 2001 13:41:32 GMT, Ian Pilcher
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> jurriaan kalkman wrote:
>>
>> Module Size Used by
>> eeprom 3760 0 (unused)
>> via686a 7904 0 (unused)
>> sensors 6192 0 [eeprom via686a]
>> i2c-isa 1248 0 (unused)
>> i2c-viapro 4096 0 (unused)
>>
>
> I don't think we have the same chipset. lspci shows the following:
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C691 [Apollo PRO]
> (rev c4)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x
> [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 ISA [Mobile South]
> (rev 23)
> 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
> 00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 11)
> 00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 Power Management
> (rev 30)
> 00:11.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8029(AS)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP
> (rev 01)
>
> So it looks like this chipset (VIA Apollo Pro 133A) is completely
> unsupported, which I find pretty surprising.
>
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev c4)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 16)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 16)
00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
nope, not all the same.
Open a ticket with the lm_sensors-crowd?
Good luck,
Jurriaan
--
"From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere."
Dr. Seuss
GNU/Linux 2.4.4-ac9 SMP/ReiserFS 2x1402 bogomips load av: 0.17 0.28 0.13
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From: Carsten Goldmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compact Flash Card
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 21:45:48 +0200
Hi,
i try to read a compact flash card with linux. Has anybody experience with
this?
The card contains pictures i took with a Kodax DC200 plus. I use a PCMCIA
Adapter card to plug to Conpact Flash into my laptop. WIth Win98 I got this
automatically as an additional drive. Linux just recognises the card and
refuses to mount it. Fdisk tells me, it has a FAT12 partition on it.
Has anybody any idea to get this working?
Thx in advance.
Carsten
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (reader of news)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 19:57:14 GMT
2.4 kernel can handle up to 64gb.
just have to turn it on during compilation.
don't know whether it will for your xeon
On Tue, 15 May 2001 18:57:36 GMT, Doug Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I know that the Pentium-III Xeon supports 36-bit addression (up to 64Gb)
>of RAM however it required that the OS knows about this "pse-36" mode
>for this extended memory support.
>Does Linux support this extended memory mode?
>
>Thanks,
>-Doug
>apollo at world.std.com
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From: Topher Cawlfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can Linux rescue an old Mac PowerBook?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 15:01:40 -0500
Hi,
I was desperate to find a laptop computer that I could use for a weekend,
and was having no luck until I ran across some Mac PowerBook 170 laptops
that were being thrown out. Well, still maybe no luck. All I really need
to do is edit some text files (I'm busy writing a thesis with LaTeX), but
to my dismay, a Macintosh cannot even edit simple text files. SimpleText
can't open a text file of any respectable size. I suppose I could fight it
some more and try to fit a BBEdit shareware or some other program on it,
but it still would not be very useful.
Anyway the thought occured that I just might be able to put Linux on this
computer, making it semi-useful. Looks like it has a 25MHz 68030 CPU, 8 MB
RAM, and a 76 MB HD. That's not much to work with! The biggest problem is
that it has no CD drive, only a floppy drive. I don't have any networking
cables that work with it, just a modem conector that I can't get working
(but it's not like I know what I'm doing). So it seems like a very long
shot to even think about installing Linux on it, and X is probably
compltetly out of the question.
Does anyone think it's possible to get some sort of Linux running on this
computer without an extraordinary amount of effort? Even just getting the
kernel, tcsh, and emacs would be enough for me. Actually, forget emacs, I
don't think there's room on the HD for it! Pico maybe? I hate vi.
If it is possible, where would I start?
- Topher
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From: Ian Pilcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lm_sensors giving very little information
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 20:09:24 GMT
jwk wrote:
>
> Open a ticket with the lm_sensors-crowd?
>
I've done a little more digging, and it turns out that the the VIA chip-
set provides the SMBus, but it does not actually provide the sensor
chip. Apparently, some Tyan Trinity 400s have W83783S monitoring chips,
but the majority do not. Another example of the vendor shuffle!
--
========================================================================
Ian Pilcher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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