Linux-Hardware Digest #847, Volume #14 Wed, 30 May 01 22:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: linux and the Mac (Scott Alfter)
serial port usage on gateway PC's ("Antonio Arredondo")
Re: Best Laptop for Linux? ("Sync")
Bootable Flash device ("Jan-willem Michels")
Recomendations for dual 370 p3 MB for linux 8.0 ("Colin Bonderman")
Re: Ultra100 (Promise) with SuSE Linux 6.4 ? (Lee Webb)
USB missing IRQ (HD)
Re: Video Card for Asus P5A? ("Jason G")
Re: Serial port expansion board recommendation? (Robert Wuest)
question about driver with IPAQ cradle issue ("gary zhu")
Re: Debian Potato webcam (Michael F.)
Re: Multiple SCSI controllers? (Michael Meissner)
Re: Please help me get WIN98 back!! ("twamn")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: linux and the Mac
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 19:35:36 -0000
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The Doctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Mon, 28 May 2001 03:30:20 GMT, Rinaldi J. Montessi
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Shore Linux Solutions wrote:
>>> The following command is the exact command I am entering (mount -t hfs
>>> /dev/hdc /mnt/zip100.0) I have no problems seeing windows formatted zip
>>> disc but I cannot get this mac zip disc mounted at all.
>>
>>If you have your kernel source look in the /fs/hfs/FAQ.txt for more
>>info. There appears to be some further requirements for mounting other
>>than the -t.
>
>It won't do him any good until he compiles in support for HFS into Linux.
Macintosh partition-table support is also required, as it's different from
what's more commonly used on x86 boxen.
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From: "Antonio Arredondo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: serial port usage on gateway PC's
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 19:35:56 GMT
I was wondering if anyone else has come across this same problem of using
the ttyS0 (com1) and ttyS1 (com2) on a gateway PC. I've been working on a
program to communicate with a GPS receiver but have not been able to get the
gateway to function properly. I have a second PC that runs the program with
no problem.
working pc specs:
1 Ghz amd athlon 512mb ram 40GB HD RH7.1
Gateway PC specs
P166 32mb ram 4GB HD RH6.2
If anyone has had similar problems using serial ports on gateways and found
a fix or knows how i can get mine to work i would appreciate it.
Antonio Arredondo
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From: "Sync" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Laptop for Linux?
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 19:50:08 GMT
Just a review...
http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-03/pr_thinkpad_01.html
Sync
"Michael Meissner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "�u�Y����, MC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I am using Sharp PC-A820, PIII 500, 6GB harddisk, self-upgrade 192M RAM
and
> > a Lucent winmodem. Mandrake 8 works well with it; however, the most
severe
> > problem is that the cursor-pointer of mouse has changed from an arrow to
a
> > large white block instead. Probably, due to the problem of relative
> > incompatibility of the video card with Linux. (Though XF86 4.0.3 is
used!)
> > Sound card is not supported.
>
> You might try disabling the hardware cursor, by putting:
>
> Option "HWcursor" "false"
>
> in your Device section. Check your driver's manpage, to make sure the
option
> is spelled correctly.
>
> --
> 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: "Jan-willem Michels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bootable Flash device
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:06:40 GMT
I need a bootable flash device to get rid of Hardisk for a linux router
Anybody any Idee
To make my life easy, I want lots of room, maybe 256 Mbyte. Cost not really
a concern
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From: "Colin Bonderman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recomendations for dual 370 p3 MB for linux 8.0
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 14:57:49 -0500
Im running a heavy traffic webserver with 2.4.3 kernel on a tyan s2505
board. This board seems to be unstable, generating many apic errors with
lockups. Reviews of the board suggest that the only way to fix this is to
disable smp on the board. I dont want to do this, so im gonna replace this
crappy board. Any suggestions on a good, reliable dual socket 370 mb would
be appreciated. Please respond directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Webb)
Subject: Re: Ultra100 (Promise) with SuSE Linux 6.4 ?
Date: 30 May 2001 20:20:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 29 May 2001 22:56:30 +0200, Achim Jansen wrote:
> Hello,
> has anybody a Ultra100 installed under SuSE Linux 6.4 ?
>
> I have plugged in the card and connected a Western Digital Harddisk
> WD400AB 40.0GB. During boot i got the message:
>
> Ultra100TX2 (tm) BIOS Version 2.10 (Build 23)
> (c) 1999-2000 Promise Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
>
> D0 WDC WD400AB-00BVA0 LBA 38166MB Ultra DMA 5
> D1 Not Detected
> D2 Not Detected
> D3 Not Detected
>
> IDE BUS Master Enabled
>
> When booting Linux from CDROM, YaST2 comes up, but only the already
> installed
> onboard-controlled (E)IDE harddisks are detected.
> When aborting YaST2 and checking the System information for PCI in YaST
> i has the following display:
>
> Linuxrc v1.0.9 (Kernel 2.2.14) (c) 1996-2000 SuSE GmbH
> PCI
> ....
> Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
> Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology Unknown device
> Vendor id=105a. Device id=4d68.
> Slow devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=32 Min Gnt=4.
> I/O at 0x6600 [0x6601].
> I/O at 0x6700 [0x6701].
> I/O at 0x6800 [0x6801].
> I/O at 0x6900 [0x6901].
> I/O at 0x6a00 [0x6a01].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe1000000 [0xe10000000].
>
> I have tried to get information on the manufacturers website
> www.promise.com but i havn�t found useful informations for installation.
>
When you've got to a command prompt (as root), what does fdisk /dev/hde
say?
Lee.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (HD)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: USB missing IRQ
Date: 30 May 2001 13:35:40 -0700
I have an old PPro system (SuperMicro P6SNA motherboard, 440FX
chipset, AMI BIOS). The motherboard has a USB controller which I
enabled in the BIOS, but insmod of the usb module uhci failed because
the BIOS did not assign an IRQ to the USB controller.
My BIOS does NOT have any options to assign IRQs to the USB
controller. I have already enabled the USB device in the BIOS. PnP
OS is also turned off.
I played with setpci as some posts on this group had suggested but
that did not do anything. lspci and /proc/interrupts still show NO
irq assigned to the USB controller.
I am stuck at this point and don't know how to proceed further 8(
I am hoping there is a way for the OS to force an irq if one is not
assigned by the BIOS.
I am using kernel 2.4.3-20mdk (Mandrake 8.0)
Any help is appreciated.
-- HD
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From: "Jason G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video Card for Asus P5A?
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 16:53:23 -0700
I have used a riva tnt without a problem. Its at least 16 megs.
Kojo Idrissa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've got the following setup:
> P5A Mobo (Bios 1007)
> AMD K6-2 400
> Win2K/Linux
> 192 Meg Ram
> Soundblaster Live Value
> Linksys Etherfast NIC
> ATI Charger 4Meg Video card
> Micron PC 700mx (17" Trinitron Flat screen)
>
> I'm looking to upgrade my video to better match my monitor (better
> refresh rates) and run some games. Yes, I know I need a new system, but
>
> I want to step this one up a little (Gaming/Graphics work). I plan to
> get a new machine in the next 3-12 months, and this one will become a
> Pure Linux box.
>
> I got a Hercules GeForce 2MX AGP, but it kept causing my machine to
> randomly hard-reset! Searches through the newsgroups turned up the
> "P5A's don't get enought power to the AGP port for most Nvidia cards on
> a consistent basis" response. I've seen people recommend 3dfx cards
> (Voodoo 3 mostly) and some of the ATI pre-Radeon cards (Rage/Fury,
> etc). I'm leaning towards a Voodoo 3 AGP card, but I wanted to see if
> anyone had any more current recs. Most of the postings relating to my
> Mobo I saw were older, or from people running Win 98SE.
>
> I don't need the World's Finest Video Card, just something better than
> what I've got. I'd like something with 32meg of ram (just seems to make
> sense), and that won't force me to replace it when this machine becomes
> a linux box.
>
> TIA,
>
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From: Robert Wuest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.embedded
Subject: Re: Serial port expansion board recommendation?
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 16:22:32 -0500
Matt,
I've not used thier PCI boards, but have had good luck with gtek ISA
boards. They have a 16 port PCI board that goes to 460.8 Kbps.
www.gtek.com. They used to explicitly support Linux, too; don't know
about now, it's been a few years.
Robert
Matt Majka wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm looking for a PCI 8-port serial expansion card that supports
> baud rates from 9600bps to at least 115.2kbps (preferably higher)
> with linux drivers available. Does anyone have a favorite vendor
> for this type of card? I looked at a couple vendors listed on
> www.linux.org, but wanted to see what people have experience
> with.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt Majka
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From: "gary zhu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: question about driver with IPAQ cradle issue
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 15:31:14 -0700
for IPAQ 3600 series, there is an optional accessory USB cradle. when I buy
any USB device, there will has driver come with this device. My question is
whether I need any extra driver because this device is connected indirectly
to system via cradle rather than directly by USB interface? or even I need
cradle device driver before we use this cradle, somehow same as use USB or
PCMCIA slot?
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From: Michael F. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Debian Potato webcam
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 08:57:45 +1000
You need X installed right?
-
michael
On Wed, 30 May 2001 10:09:57 -0700, Ricardo da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>I've a WebCam QuickExpress from Logitech and it's work(ed)
>on my kernel 2.2.19 (from www.kernel.org).
>I just downloaded and compiled the driver mod_quickcam
>(http://sourceforge.net/projects/qce-ga/)
>and load usb modules.
>It's works fine now with kernel 2.4.2-2 (RH 7.1) too.
>
>[]'s Ricardo.
>
>
>Shayne Hourigan wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I rarely get time to check these lists and offer my meager experience so
>> if someone has an answer for me an email would be appreciated!!!!
>> Shayne Hourigan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> I'm trying to get my Logitech Quickcam express up and running. I get
>> miscellaneous errors all over the place from all the drivers I've tried.
>>
>> I'll try em again in a minute and copy the actual error text in here...
>> but in the meantime
>>
>> I have an AMD MS-6378 Micro ATX M/board with 2 USB ports. It runs of VIA
>> technology and causes no end of compatablility problems in Linux. Most
>> of wich I have sorted.... I only have the webcam to go in hardware, then
>> onto my specialised software.
>>
>> I'm running the Potato dist. of Debian
>>
>> I have compiled my kernel (2.2.19pre17) with USB enabled... I haven't
>> chosen specific modules in the section because I wasn't sure what
>> modules would make the bloody thing work!
>> Actually first I did try with the via module listed, on reboot I it
>> picked up the usb-root hub and detected the camera as device 1, then
>> continued on a bit further and assigned it to device 2 as well... then
>> continued on again and reassigned it all over again... after that I gave
>> up on that module and recompiled without the via option. It now compiles
>> with usb support but doesn't auto-detect the device...... grrrrrrrrrrrrr
>>
>> This is my first attempt at getting a cam going on linux and after 3
>> days of trying evry suggestion I could find on the web I'm ready to
>> scrap the idea and just use the camera when I have to use Winblows (not
>> my ideal situation as you folks would understand!)
>>
>> Any suggestions, hints, tips, or experience would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> I have, however managed to get the vi686 sound chipset goingusing OSS if
>> anyone needs that bit of info. It's not free software which sorta pisses
>> me off, but it's the only one I found that actually will work properly.
>>
>> OK, well... thanks in advance for any help you folks may have.
>>
>> Shayne h.
>> ***********************************
>> There is no plot, this is reality, deal with it
>> ***********************************
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Subject: Re: Multiple SCSI controllers?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 30 May 2001 19:25:05 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Jonas) writes:
> Once I have the new Linux installed, I guess I need to explore
>
> a) configuration specific to the PD CD drive so its dual personality is
> properly handled for all booting conditions
> and both devices are properly allocated.
>
> b) boot parameters or whatever's needed to make one SCSI controller's
> driver installed before the other
As I said previously, one technique that works well for cases where the scsi
adapters use different drivers, is to build whatever scsi driver you want to be
loaded first (ie, your / filesystem lives on it) directly into the kernel, and
all other appropriate scsi drivers will be built as modules. Thus, when Linux
starts up, it only has the one scsi driver installed, and finds the devices on
that chain first. You can load the 2nd scsi adapter by adding the line:
alias scsi_hostadapter2 BusLogic
or by doing a modprobe BusLogic in a startup script. A variation on the theme
is to build all scsi adapters as modules, and use initrd to load the
appropriate module.
Note, really old Red Hat installations did not support multiple scsi adapters.
More recent versions do support them, but you should go into expert mode, and
specifically order which scsi adapter you want to be first.
>
> I know there's interesting development being done concerning dynamic
> device naming since the whole /dev/sdxxx assignment is kinda hokey.
> In my setup, adding any disks to the narrow SCSI bus then causes all the
> wide disks to get different names (ex: /dev/sdb -> /dev/sdc).
> I'd like persistent mapping of SCSI devices to names, even if that
> leaves "holes" in the sequence for removable drives.
Check out mounting by LABEL= or UUID= in newer /etc/fstab's. That way you can
move the disks around, and the kernel will still do the right thing.
--
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: "twamn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Please help me get WIN98 back!!
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:15:45 -0500
Here is what happened.
I had drive C with win NT 4 and a blank drive D. I went to load Win 2K on
drive D which it did but it placed the boot record on drive C which I can
say was not what I was expecting.
tom
"Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <jKWQ6.4379$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "twamn"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Take it from a person who has been there before.
> >
> > Next time unplug ALL drives except the one you want to install to. I
> > went to upgrade my PC to Win2K and overlaid the boot section to my
> > existing OS (ouch). Now every time I install a new OS I only have one
> > hard drive plus the CDrom drive connected to the mother board.
> >
> > I know this is to late for you but hopefully it will help others avoid
> > wiping out their main OS while doing a 'simple' dual boot upgrade.
> >
>
> i dont see what the trouble is. I've never hosed my other OS when
> installing Linux. I've installed lilo on a partition before instead of
> the MBR but that didnt mess anything up but the boot record of the
> Windows partition and a simple sys c: fixed the problem.
>
> > tom
> >
> > "Somphong K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:9f0sna$a37$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> During this Memorial weekend, I installed Redhat 7.1 (Kernel 2.4.2-2)
> >> on my PC at home. Win98 is on IDE drive/A and Rh7.1 completely on IDE
> >> drive/B. I did not realize at the time that part of linux, such as
> >> /boot partition, had to be on drive/A to use LILO.
> >>
>
> driveA in Windows-speak is ur floppy drive
>
> >> During graphic installation,I was prompted where to put LILO i.e. in
> >> MBR or linux drive's boot partition. Unfortunately I decided to avoid
> >> fooling with MBR and opted for the later.
> >>
>
> fooling with it? u tell the installation program u want it there and it
> does it for u...what fooling around did u expect to have to do? edit the
> hex codes yourself? REalizing whether u put it on the MBR for the boot
> record of the linux drive either way it is put in place w/o you having to
> do anything other than make some settings known to LILO so it can boot
> linux and your other OSes, etc.
>
> >> The lilo installation ended up with failure. Everything else went
> fine
>
> did u know it failed before u rebooted? if so, how? what errors did u
> receive?
>
> >> I created boot diskette. I then realized I was no longer able to boot
> >> Win98. Everybody in my household jumped on me!! My wife wanted to
> >> search webs about her stock investment, my kid wanted to play starcraft
> >> with his folks, ....
> >>
> >> I hoped to restore MBR by executing 'fdisk /MBR' under MSDOS but I was
> >> surprised to learn that all my Windows rescue and MSDOS diskettes
> >> failed to even boot. PC tried to boot from the floppies but hang after
> >> reading/ loading a few blocks.
> >>
> >> When I mounted on to /dev/hda1, I could see that all Win98 directories
>
> how did u do this if your PC cant boot floppies? Saying its b/c you
> booted Linux instead doesn't fly since the OS has nothing to do with
> reading the floppy at boot time.
>
> >> and files were still intact. I just do not know why drive/A broke when
>
> driveA is the floppy
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