Linux-Hardware Digest #851, Volume #14 Thu, 31 May 01 16:13:07 EDT
Contents:
[Q] Redhat 7.1 and Sygate ("Syng Shin")
Re: help installing scsi card ("SilentNight")
AMD K6-2 and Linux and Java (Les Dunaway)
Re: Linux, CPU HLT instruction et software cooling ! (Serban-Mihai Popescu)
Re: Bootable Flash device ("Jan-willem Michels")
Re: Support for winmodem in Linux ("SilentNight")
Re: how to determine lan card type (John Taylor)
Re: CD-Writer MP3->AudioCD (Rainer Lehrig)
Re: Linux Clustering Hardware ?s (David Konerding)
Maxtor ATA/100 Card: Kernel 2.4.2 not setting correctly? ("Michael Barton")
Re: Linux, CPU HLT instruction et software cooling ! (Mario Giammarco)
Re: any recommendation for a dual monitor card? ("Peter White")
Re: Bootable Flash device (Jeff Jonas)
Re: AMD K6-2 and Linux and Java (Rex Dieter)
Re: any recommendation for a dual monitor card? ("Steven")
Re: any recommendation for a dual monitor card? ("Peter White")
ITK ISDN 3.0 (ITK ix1-micro V3.0) (Fred Kastl)
PCI Card not detected? [help!] ("Peter White")
3D Prophet 4000 XT ("Gregor Legein")
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From: "Syng Shin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: [Q] Redhat 7.1 and Sygate
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 12:11:11 -0400
Hello
I have a server with Win 98 and Sygate, and a linux box (RH 7.1) is
connected to it.
For the linux box, I am using DHCP, and set DNS, Gateway to 192.168.0.1 (IP
for the NIC connected to the network, not to the cable modem, on the
server).
Domain is home.com since I am using @Home cable modem.
I left 127.0.0.1 in the host file, but changed the locahost.localdomain to
syng.home.com. The Nick name is still localhost.
The problem is, if the linux box is connected to the network, it's extremely
slow .. sometimes programs don't even start.
It's fast when it's not connected. Also, it doesn't get any internet
connection from Sygate.
I couldn't find any problems with Sygate because other windows systems on
the network works fine.
TCP/IP and NetBeui is installed on the Sygate server.
Does anyone have same problem?
Thanks.
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From: "SilentNight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help installing scsi card
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 01:53:18 +0900
"aceman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9eqaks$fp5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have aha1540 scsi and i've installed linux on my pc
> my windows recognize it but my linux is don't.
> i run kudzu and no resaults.
>
> i don't know how to configure it , please help!!!
>
>
you can check if it is supported by default or not in kernel.
I use redhat 7.1, and by command < make xconfig > in a terminal,
it is easy to see that in kernel. Then, recompile the kernel and reboot.
Hope this may help.
SN
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From: Les Dunaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AMD K6-2 and Linux and Java
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:06:59 -0400
Folks,
I've gotten a statement from the support group of a Java-based product
that "we don't support AMD processors - they cause really strange bugs
and flakey operation".
I've been running Linux and Java on AMD K6-2 for 2+ years - since Java
was first available for linux and I've never identified or heard of any
such problems.
Have I led a sheltered life? Are there know problems such as they
mention?
Les
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From: Serban-Mihai Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux, CPU HLT instruction et software cooling !
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 17:06:59 GMT
Are you sure you're comparing apples to apples? Maybe lm_sensors is not
properly tuned and could show wrong numbers.
A better way would be to let the system settle down and, in both Windoze
and Linux, to quickly reboot and go see what the bios says about the
temperature. 15*C difference would not go away that fast.
No matter what, I think that the fact you don't see any time-related
decrease in temperature after you boot Linux doesn't tell anything about
its ability to run cool.
Serban
Georges Goncalves wrote:
>
> Hi people,
>
> I have a technical question on these topics...
>
> Hardware : AMD Duron 700 @ 950 on Abit KT7, OS Win2K SP2
> AMD Duron 700 @ 900 on Abit KT7, OS GNU/Linux (Debian SID)
>
> When the machines are doing NOTHING (Idle) the working temperature is an
> average of 55°. On Win2K, I use the HMonitor tool to get temperatures.
> It features a "CPU Low Power Mode" option to check (doc says it uses
> the HLT command of the CPU to reduce power consumption hence the
> temperature drop). It works because a couple of minutes later, the
> temperature drops to 39-40°... (a reboot and the BIOS confirms
> this temperature). I use LMSensors on Linux to get the temperatures and
> it also works at an average temperature of 55° but the temperature
> never drops.
>
> What puzzles me is that all modern OSes (WinNT/2K, Linux and others) are
> ALREADY meant to use the CPU HLT command when they're Idle, but, the
> temperature remains constant (does not drop) HMonitor claims using the
> HLT command and the temperature really drops.
>
> Who's right, who's wrong ?
>
> Anyone knows a similar tool on Linux ?
>
> PS: I've recompiled the kernel with APM support "Make Idle CPU calls" or
> some
> to try the feature but the temperature variation was about a quarter of
> a degree.
>
> --
> Georges 'Melkor' Goncalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Jan-willem Michels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bootable Flash device
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 17:09:00 GMT
Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it
First let me explain a bit more. I'm not planning to read/write a lot. I
would like to mount /etc on this device to have my configuration etc.
The root filesystem and utility's would be on a 1 Gb memory ramdrive. I
would like boot and fill my filesystem with a compressed tar from the
flashdevice. Only passwordfiles and networkconfiguration etc would be on the
flash
I heard that some people use a IDE device that kan read flashcards and boot
on it. However I haven't found it. Maybe my idea is impractical, and the
amount of 256Mb is a bit much.
I "compact" flash card of 256 Mb is about 600$. I can be read with a
PhotoMate Combo MemoryCard-Reader of 50$, however it is on USB and you can't
boot from it. I don't know anything about it.
Isn't there a IDE to PCMCIA converter where you can put a flashcard in?
I just wanted to get some general info if anybody has seen anything around.
Thanks for your time
> "Jan-willem Michels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:kpcR6.431847$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
>
> I doubt that there is anything suitable commercially available.
>
> Some facts and ideas:
>
> 1. To boot in a PC your card needs to announce a boot ROM in the basic
> memory-mapped I/O address range of the PC (0xa0000 to 0xeffff). For the
> exact format of the ROM, see the old IBM PC technical manuals for
'Adapters
> with System-Accessible ROM Modules'.
>
> 2. The Flash memories can be written with new zeroes byte by byte, but new
> ones can be obtained only by erasing a memory segment. The segment size
> depends on the chips used, usually they are 16 - 65 kilobytes.
>
> 3. The Flash memories do not suit for general hard disk use: the number of
> erase cycles is limited (about 1 million / segment). At a rate of one
erase
> per minute, this will last about two years.
>
> 4. The Flash memory needs a fake 'disk' driver which makes the write-once
> cells show like the re-writable sectors of a disk.
>
> 5. Even with the biggest chips available you need pretty many chips for
256
> MBytes.
>
> Tauno Voipio
> tauno voipio @ iki fi
>
>
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From: "SilentNight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Support for winmodem in Linux
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 01:54:49 +0900
"Topaz_Crow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sun, 27 May 2001 16:50:18 +0300, Zardal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I have a Creative Modem-Blaster 56K, Internal PCI (DI5655). Is there
> >a Linux driver for this modem (I didn't find one at
www.modemblaster.com)?
> >If not, are there any 56K internal PCI winmodems with Linux drivers?
> >
>
> I don't think so. You would be better off spending $40.00 on
> a hardware ISA modem. It would be faster than your PCI anyway since
> winmodems use system resources to operate.
>
> --
> Topaz Crow
> No replies by email, sorry.
> Reply to alt.anonymous.messages Subject: ATTN: Topaz Crow
> PGP/GPG: DSS: 0xBADA36EA RSA: 0x357245A1
yes, after many weeks over the modem, I bought an external modem for about
$50.00 and happy with it, since it can work for windoze and linux as well.
And best of all is the time and the headache I save..
SN
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From: John Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to determine lan card type
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 17:31:46 GMT
joshua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Thanks for the information,
: What about if the NIC is an ISA interface?
: This is mostly my case.
: Cheers
: Joshua
Just pull the card. Look at the manufacturer and chipset number (usually
listed on the biggest chip or the backside of the card. Also look for a
card name, too. (like Intel EtherExpress, SMC EtherPower 2, etc.)
If it looks like an noname, try the NE2000 driver. If it is an SMC card,
with jumpers, you have to go into your BIOS setup and reserve the IRQ, and
IO-address space for the card. A 10/100 PCI card can be bought for $25 or
so and may be easier in the long run.
Pulling the card is ~20 minutes of work, guaranteed. Trying to do it in
software, could take you only 2 minutes, but also could take you 30 minutes,
and you might end up having to pull the card anyway :-)
--
John Taylor
Reply to:
john
at
giffords dot net
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From: Rainer Lehrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-Writer MP3->AudioCD
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 19:41:17 +0200
The problem was solved:
Under www.linuxlinks.com software->cd-burner I found xmp3burn
It works perfectly.
Yours:
Rainer Lehrig
Rainer Lehrig wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I'm searching for a CD Burner Software that is able to produce audio
> cd's out of mp3-files on linux (like feurio under windows).
> If there is such a software, please let me know.
>
> Yours:
> Rainer Lehrig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Konerding)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux Clustering Hardware ?s
Date: 31 May 2001 17:52:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 31 May 2001 08:40:38 -0700, Dan Mesimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I have been scouring through the Newsgroups and a multitude of
> websites for an answer to my questions, but cannot seem to find it.
> So I will ask you all.
>
> I would like to setup a small cluster at home for educational value
> using MOSIX. I have a AMD 600 and an old Pentium 133 that I would
> like to use. My question is: I already have a NIC in the AMD and
> have it hooked up to my Cable modem and all (actually through a switch
> which has other computers hooked up to it so as to share the cable
> modem which is fine). I want to know if it is possible to basically
> add a NIC to the AMD and the old pentium and have them use these new
> nics as the network for the 2 node Cluster? And if I did this would
> it cause problem with my internet access on my main (AMD)? Would I
> have to set them up as routers? Or am I making this way to hard?
Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I have a similar set up: a
"master" node which is a dual-homed host (two NIC's on two networks).
eth0 (the first NIC) is a "true" internet address, reachable from
anywhere (like the NIC attached to your cable modem) and eth1
(the second NIC) uses one of the so-called "private IP's" such as 10.*.*.*
and 192.168.*.*. I made sure to configure the master node carefully such
that the default route was to the internet (using my exterior gateway address).
For convenience I set up a DNS server and NFS server on the master node,
as well as a firewall on the master node which disallowed any access to the
DNS and NFS from outside. I gave the master node's eth1 the address 10.0.0.1
and all the cluster nodes are 10.0.0.2 to 10.0.0.whatever.
I didn't actually make the master node a "router" per se since I didn't
need to access the internet from the cluster nodes. Therefore I simply
didn't enable ip forwarding in the kernel...
Dave
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From: "Michael Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Maxtor ATA/100 Card: Kernel 2.4.2 not setting correctly?
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 12:11:43 -0600
I've got a Maxtor ATA/100 PCI card installed, with a Maxtor ATA/100
80GB drive attached. Kernel Version 2.4.2 boots up fine with it.
If I use hdparm to check the device, it sats:
/dev/hde:
Model=Maxtor 98196H8, FwRev=ZAH814Y0, SerialNo=V80732FC
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=160086528
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
Note that udma5 is checked.
But if Icheck the status of the card using 'cat /proc/ide/pdc202xx', I
get:
PDC20267 Chipset.
=============================== General
Status ---------------------------------
Burst Mode : enabled
Host Mode : Normal
Bus Clocking : 66 External
IO pad select : 10 mA
Status Polling Period : 0
Interrupt Check Status Polling Delay : 0
=============== Primary Channel ================ Secondary
Channel -------------
enabled enabled
66 Clocking enabled disabled
Mode PCI Mode PCI
FIFO Empty FIFO Empty
=============== drive0 ========= drive1 ======== drive0 ==========
drive1 ------
DMA enabled: yes no no no
DMA Mode: UDMA 4 NOTSET NOTSET
NOTSET
PIO Mode: PIO 4 NOTSET NOTSET
NOTSET
Note thate drive0 on the Primary Channel is in UDMA 4 mode, and the
Clocking is set to 66 (consistent with UDMA 4) - not 100, which it
should be for UDMA 5.
Any thoughts?
---
Michael Barton
Engineering Software Solutions, Inc.
303-948-6199
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mario Giammarco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux, CPU HLT instruction et software cooling !
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 20:16:21 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > but the temperature drops.
>>
>> What kernel are you using? 2.2. or 2.4 ?
>
> Sorry, forgot to mention :) 2.4.5
>
Please try acpi support and not apm.
I have tried and found it better.
--
Mario Giammarco
mgiammarco$libero,it
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From: "Peter White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: any recommendation for a dual monitor card?
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 19:32:06 +0100
I am using a Matrox G450 32MB with two Iiyama 19's. It is working well with
Mandrake 8. The "heads" are configured independently so that I have two
seperate desktops.
Pete
Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:MqsR6.26542$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Anyone have any recommendations for a good dual monitor card that is linux
> friendly?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Jonas)
Subject: Re: Bootable Flash device
Date: 31 May 2001 14:21:29 -0400
>I need a bootable flash device to get rid of Hardisk for a linux router
see
http://www.icp.net.au/products/flashdisk.htm
for the "disk on chip", claiming
Built-in True FFS (Flash File System)
16MB to 288Mb capacity
--
Jeffrey Jonas
jeffj@panix(dot)com
The original Dr. JCL and Mr .hide
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From: Rex Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 and Linux and Java
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:37:53 -0500
Les Dunaway wrote:
> I've gotten a statement from the support group of a Java-based product
> that "we don't support AMD processors - they cause really strange bugs
> and flakey operation".
IMHO, what the "support group" is saying is a bunch of BS.
--
Rex A. Dieter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer System Administrator http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
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From: "Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: any recommendation for a dual monitor card?
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 18:40:38 GMT
Thanks for the rec... Are you using their PowerDesk package? I am leaning
towards them just because of the idea that they are actively trying to make
a Linux dual monitor solution work.
Thanks
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From: "Peter White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: any recommendation for a dual monitor card?
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 20:29:46 +0100
Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:GewR6.27141$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks for the rec... Are you using their PowerDesk package? I am leaning
> towards them just because of the idea that they are actively trying to
make
> a Linux dual monitor solution work.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
No - I didn't know they did a powerdesk package for Linux! Maybe I'll check
it out, but I'm quite happy with how its working in KDE and Gnome, so not
too bothered about additional s/w. I did try their software under NT (maybe
that was powerdesk?), before I moved my box to linux. From what I remember
it gave me "virtual desktops" that I could switch between. Well, you get
this anyway in KDE, so with the default 4 desktops for each head, I have 8 -
more than enough. I can use "Xinerama" (comes with KDE) which makes a single
virtual desktop, but I prefer being able to use the heads independently.
Incidently, I followed all the many threads on the Matrox site about
configuring XFree86Config-4 (I think), and the best results came from just
using the Mandrake Control Center - Display setup (I did have to fix the
fonts in that file though.
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From: Fred Kastl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ITK ISDN 3.0 (ITK ix1-micro V3.0)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 20:46:53 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
i have a ITK ISDN 3.0 (ITK ix1-micro V3.0) ISDN Card but it doesend work
on my linux maschin I wasn't is there any special thing I had to know
about this ... card ?
my configuartion is
card type=9
io=0x390, irq=11 (like my windows maschiene run with this options wih
this card)
mfg
Fred Kastl
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From: "Peter White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI Card not detected? [help!]
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 20:48:45 +0100
Hi,
I am trying to get my Eicon Diva Server BRI PCI ISDN card working with
Mandrake 8.
I have downloaded and installed the latest drivers, Divas and Eiconctrl,
followed the instructions and rebuilt the kernel (2.4.3) and installed the
modules. The driver is loaded. However the mandrake internet connection
program (mandrake control center) still cannot detect any PCI ISDN card.
However I can see that its sitting on IRQ10. I have configured all the
obvious "*.conf" files under /etc. I am new to linux and do not know how to
resolve this, or what linux utilities I can use to test it. Any suggestions
(polite ones!) welcome.
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From: "Gregor Legein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,fido.belg.linux
Subject: 3D Prophet 4000 XT
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 21:42:13 +0200
Hi,
I plan to buy a 'Hercules 3D Prophet 4000 XT Kyro' video card.
Does RH 7.0 support this card?
I work on a PII 266MHz, 32 ram, dual partition 1) win 95, 2) Redhat 7.0
I also plan to upgrade to 128 M Ram to reduce the memory problems and a
additional HD with 20Gb (specially for RH). This should be sufficient.
Any advice is welcome,
Greetings, Greggae.
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