Linux-Hardware Digest #852, Volume #14 Thu, 31 May 01 22:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Ultra100 (Promise) with SuSE Linux 6.4 ? (Achim Jansen)
Diamond Stealth III S540 Xtreme ("Fred Schroeder")
Intel PRO/100 LAN+Modem56 CardBus (Matthew Fleming)
Netgear FA311 Ethernet card (Matthew Fleming)
Re: ide cdrw under redhat linux 7.0 (Kwan Lowe)
Re: Check IRQ/Memory Conflicts How? ("kyi")
Re: Netgear FA311 Ethernet card (Michael Meissner)
Re: [Q] Redhat 7.1 and Sygate (Dean Thompson)
PS2 Mouse problems with Mandrake 8.0 install (Steve)
Timeout Waiting for DMA when using IDE CD Writer ("David R. Heffelfinger")
Re: Netgear FA311 Ethernet card ("Peter R")
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From: Achim Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ultra100 (Promise) with SuSE Linux 6.4 ?
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 00:04:26 +0200
Many thanks to Noble Pepper,
i have entered the my I/O parameters according to the "Quasi-Mini-Howto"
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA.html
as kernel boot parameters and it's ok now, the Ultra100 is detected
during boot.
=
fdisk /dev/hde says:
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 12009. =
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g. LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
With mke2fs /dev/hde1 i got the message:
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
Filesystem label=3D
OS type: Linux
Block size=3D4096 (log=3D2)
Fragment size=3D4096 (log=3D2)
758016 inodes, 1513126 blocks
75656 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=3D0
47 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
16128 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736
Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
bash-2.03# mount -t ext2 /dev/hde1 /mnt/NEW =
Afterwards after mounting i got the display with KDiskFree:
Device Type Size Mount Point
/dev/hde1 ext2 5.68GB /mnt/NEW
The question is, what to do to have the complete 38266MB of WD400AB =
available?
Thanks a lot for the help.
Achim Jansen
Lee Webb wrote:
> =
> 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 Ya=
ST
> > 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 devic=
e
> > Vendor id=3D105a. Device id=3D4d68.
> > Slow devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=3D32 Min Gnt=3D=
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=B4t found useful informations for installa=
tion.
> >
> When you've got to a command prompt (as root), what does fdisk /dev/hde=
> say?
> =
> Lee.
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From: "Fred Schroeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond Stealth III S540 Xtreme
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 12:58:58 -0500
Does anyone know where I can get a 3D driver for this card?
TIA,
Fred
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Fleming)
Subject: Intel PRO/100 LAN+Modem56 CardBus
Date: 31 May 2001 22:09:38 GMT
Netmeisters,
I have had a great deal of difficulty getting this particular piece of
hardware working under Linux. The NIC part works but the modem does
not. (This is with SuSE Linux 7.1. With an earlier RedHat installation
I was able to get the modem working, but the tricks I used there don't
seem to work with SuSE.) If you have one of these puppies, and
especially if you have a recent SuSE distro, I'd very much like to
know what you did to get the modem working.
Thank you,
Matthew Fleming
==============================================================================
Matthew G. Fleming, MD phone : 414.456.4072
Associate Professor fax : 414.456.6518
Department of Dermatology s-mail: Dept. of Dermatology
Medical College of Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin
MFRC Room 4061
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Milwaukee, WI 53226-4810
==============================================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Fleming)
Subject: Netgear FA311 Ethernet card
Date: 31 May 2001 22:16:52 GMT
Netmeisters,
I have been trying to build a driver for this card, using the
sources from the Scyld website (www.scyld.com), which supposedly has
the latest NIC drivers for Linux. When trying to compile natsemi.c
according to the instructions they provide, I get:
gcc -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c natsemi.cnatsemi.c: In
function `netdev_open':
natsemi.c:588: structure has no member named `tbusy'
natsemi.c:589: structure has no member named `interrupt'
natsemi.c:595: structure has no member named `start'
natsemi.c: In function `netdev_timer':
natsemi.c:655: structure has no member named `tbusy'
natsemi.c:655: structure has no member named `tbusy'
natsemi.c: In function `start_tx':
natsemi.c:749: structure has no member named `tbusy'
natsemi.c:776: structure has no member named `tbusy'
natsemi.c:779: structure has no member named `tbusy'
natsemi.c: In function `intr_handler':
natsemi.c:813: structure has no member named `interrupt'
natsemi.c:816: structure has no member named `interrupt'
natsemi.c:868: structure has no member named `tbusy'
natsemi.c:869: `NET_BH' undeclared (first use in this function)
natsemi.c:869: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
natsemi.c:869: for each function it appears in.)
natsemi.c:889: structure has no member named `interrupt'
natsemi.c: In function `netdev_close':
natsemi.c:1156: structure has no member named `start'
natsemi.c:1157: structure has no member named `tbusy'
When I looked back through the sources, I found that, in fact, the
structure (I can't remember what it was) was defined in a header file
that is part of the Linux source tree (I can't remember which file),
and that in fact it does not have these members. I am running the 2.4
kernel and had installed the include files for that kernel. My
assumption is that the driver was for an earlier kernel version, but
any other explanations and/or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Matthew Fleming
==============================================================================
Matthew G. Fleming, MD phone : 414.456.4072
Associate Professor fax : 414.456.6518
Department of Dermatology s-mail: Dept. of Dermatology
Medical College of Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin
MFRC Room 4061
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Milwaukee, WI 53226-4810
==============================================================================
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ide cdrw under redhat linux 7.0
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 23:08:52 GMT
jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi,
> i'm trying to setup redhat with cdrw burner. i check how to and compatible
> list. it is under compatibility list. i download the binary from cdroast but
> since it is ide it asked me to enable scsi emulation in kernel.
> is there any easy way to configure ide cdrw under linux. cause i don't
> want to go thru' all configuring kernel. the reason is i'm not advanced user
> and don't want to screw up something else. if there's any solutions i really
> appreciate ur help.
> thanx
> jack
Most newer distros have ide-scsi available as a module so you don't have to
recompile.
You'd have to do something like this -
1) edit /etc/modules.conf to include:
options ide-cd ignore=hdc
alias scd0 sr_mod
pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi
pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi
2) edit /etc/lilo.conf to include:
image=/boot/bzImage
label=linux
root=/dev/hda5
read-only
append="hdc=ide-scsi" <---this is the important line
3) edit the cdrom line in /etc/fstab to read:
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
You might have to fiddle slightly with step 1. I'm doing this from memory but it
should be mostly correct.
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From: "kyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Check IRQ/Memory Conflicts How?
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 16:58:00 -0700
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You should look in /var/log/messages that will tell you where the
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- -Jayson Garrell
Bret Jessee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:nnzQ6.9477$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm having problems getting a WaveLAN PCMCIA card working, which
> some have attributed to IRQ/IOPORTS conflicts. Please let me know
> how I might diagnose for conflicts. I'm already using /proc/ioports
> and /proc/interrupts, but I'm not sure what I'd see if there was aq
> conflict. Also, it seems there might be a log file I should look
> at, but I don't know where. Thanks!
>
> BRET
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Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 Ethernet card
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 31 May 2001 20:34:01 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Fleming) writes:
> Netmeisters,
>
> I have been trying to build a driver for this card, using the
> sources from the Scyld website (www.scyld.com), which supposedly has
> the latest NIC drivers for Linux. When trying to compile natsemi.c
> according to the instructions they provide, I get:
>
> gcc -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c natsemi.cnatsemi.c: In
> function `netdev_open':
> natsemi.c:588: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c:589: structure has no member named `interrupt'
> natsemi.c:595: structure has no member named `start'
> natsemi.c: In function `netdev_timer':
> natsemi.c:655: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c:655: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c: In function `start_tx':
> natsemi.c:749: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c:776: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c:779: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c: In function `intr_handler':
> natsemi.c:813: structure has no member named `interrupt'
> natsemi.c:816: structure has no member named `interrupt'
> natsemi.c:868: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c:869: `NET_BH' undeclared (first use in this function)
> natsemi.c:869: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> natsemi.c:869: for each function it appears in.)
> natsemi.c:889: structure has no member named `interrupt'
> natsemi.c: In function `netdev_close':
> natsemi.c:1156: structure has no member named `start'
> natsemi.c:1157: structure has no member named `tbusy'
>
> When I looked back through the sources, I found that, in fact, the
> structure (I can't remember what it was) was defined in a header file
> that is part of the Linux source tree (I can't remember which file),
> and that in fact it does not have these members. I am running the 2.4
> kernel and had installed the include files for that kernel. My
> assumption is that the driver was for an earlier kernel version, but
> any other explanations and/or suggestions would be appreciated.
I just got a Netgear FA311 today, and put it in my main machine, running 2.4.3,
and it runs with the standard drivers provided (at least for pings and such,
the subnet it is on only has one other machine on it right now). The log
message says:
May 31 16:52:03 tiktok kernel: natsemi.c:v1.07 1/9/2001 Written by Donald Becker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
May 31 16:52:03 tiktok kernel: http://www.scyld.com/network/natsemi.html
May 31 16:52:03 tiktok kernel: (unofficial 2.4.x kernel port, version 1.07+LK1.0.6,
May 18, 2001 Jeff Garzik, Tjeerd Mulder)
May 31 16:52:03 tiktok kernel: eth1: NatSemi DP83815 at 0xd18f5000, 00:02:e3:1c:44:d9,
IRQ 10.
May 31 16:52:03 tiktok kernel: eth1: Transceiver status 0x786d advertising 05e1.
Given the line about unofficial 2.4.x kernel port, I would hazzard a guess that
the version on scyld is for 2.2.
--
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: Dean Thompson <[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: Re: [Q] Redhat 7.1 and Sygate
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 11:00:39 +1000
Hi!,
> I have a server with Win 98 and Sygate, and a linux box (RH 7.1) is
> connected to it.
[...]
>
> 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.
>
> Does anyone have same problem?
What sort of network card do you have in your Linux box and what speed and
duplex mode is it set in?, it is quite possible that the network card in your
Linux machine is speaking full duplex or 100Mb/s while the Sygate machine may
be speaking ten.
Additionally, what is the output of your /sbin/ifconfig. Does it show a
considerable number of errors ?
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: Steve<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PS2 Mouse problems with Mandrake 8.0 install
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 21:19:48 -0400
Hi,
I'm upgrading (actually, reinstalling from scratch) my Mandrake 7.0
install to Mandrake 8.0. The one really annoying problem I've run into
is that LM8.0 won't recognize my mouse (Thinkpad A20p, the pointing stick
is a PS/2 3-button mouse). Since the same mouse works fine under Windoze
and under LM 7.0 (and Caldera, for that matter), I'm reasonably sure the
problem isn't in the hardware or the BIOS.
Using either X11 or gpm (console mouse support), all I get back is
"/dev/psaux: no such device"; since I get the same symptoms in both, I
think I can rule out XF86Config-4 as the culprit. The problem seems to
be with the device driver, or perhaps just with hardware recognition.
That's the first time in 4+ years of using various Linux distros that
I've EVER had problems with a PS/2 mouse!
The /dev/psaux device does exist, and /dev/mouse points to it. The first
sign of trouble is the IRQ that is supposed to be servicing this device.
Looking at /proc/interrupts, IRQ 12 (which is ALWAYS used for PS/2 mice)
is NOT in use. Uh oh. Some other expected IRQ entries are missing (IRQ
8 for the real-time clock, IRQ 13 for the FPU), but those haven't caused
any noticeable problems (yet).
I've tried setting the mouse to use IRQ 12 using "setserial". No joy.
I've also tried passing 'bmouse=12' in the LILO boot params (since a PS/2
mouse is similar to bus mice in some respects). No effect.
The kernel config, in /boot/config, shows that the kernel was built with
PS/2 support included.
I'm running out of ideas here... anyone out there have a clue to offer?
-- Steve
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From: "David R. Heffelfinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Timeout Waiting for DMA when using IDE CD Writer
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 01:29:37 GMT
Hello,
I am using Mandrake 8, I have a Maxtor IDE Hard Drive as my primary
master, and an HP 9300 IDE cd writer (using SCSI emulation) as my primary slave.
When I boot DMA is disabled on my primary hard drive.
Relevant section of dmesg output follows:
VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
VP_IDE: VIA vt82c586b (rev 47) IDE UDMA33 controller on pci00:07.1
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: Maxtor 90845D4, ATA DISK drive
hdb: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 9300, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: Maxtor 91728D8, ATA DISK drive
hdd: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM 40X, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: 16514064 sectors (8455 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=1092/240/63, UDMA(33)
hdc: 33750864 sectors (17280 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=33483/16/63, UDMA(33)
hdd: ATAPI 17X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
Partition check:
hda:hda: timeout waiting for DMA
ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hda: timeout waiting for DMA
ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hda: timeout waiting for DMA
ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
hda: timeout waiting for DMA
ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hda: DMA disabled
ide0: reset: success
If I open my box and unplug the CD Writer DMA is enabled just fine.
Any clue on how to leave the CD Writer plugged and have DMA enabled on my
primary hard drive?
TIA for any help,
David
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From: "Peter R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 Ethernet card
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 02:07:37 GMT
"Matthew Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9f6fsk$5ni$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Netmeisters,
>
> I have been trying to build a driver for this card, using the
> sources from the Scyld website (www.scyld.com), which supposedly has
> the latest NIC drivers for Linux. When trying to compile natsemi.c
> according to the instructions they provide, I get:
>
> gcc -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c natsemi.cnatsemi.c: In
> function `netdev_open':
> natsemi.c:588: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c:589: structure has no member named `interrupt'
> natsemi.c:595: structure has no member named `start'
> natsemi.c: In function `netdev_timer':
> natsemi.c:655: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c:655: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c: In function `start_tx':
> natsemi.c:749: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c:776: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c:779: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c: In function `intr_handler':
> natsemi.c:813: structure has no member named `interrupt'
> natsemi.c:816: structure has no member named `interrupt'
> natsemi.c:868: structure has no member named `tbusy'
> natsemi.c:869: `NET_BH' undeclared (first use in this function)
> natsemi.c:869: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> natsemi.c:869: for each function it appears in.)
> natsemi.c:889: structure has no member named `interrupt'
> natsemi.c: In function `netdev_close':
> natsemi.c:1156: structure has no member named `start'
> natsemi.c:1157: structure has no member named `tbusy'
>
> When I looked back through the sources, I found that, in fact, the
> structure (I can't remember what it was) was defined in a header file
> that is part of the Linux source tree (I can't remember which file),
> and that in fact it does not have these members. I am running the 2.4
> kernel and had installed the include files for that kernel. My
> assumption is that the driver was for an earlier kernel version, but
> any other explanations and/or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthew Fleming
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
> Matthew G. Fleming, MD phone : 414.456.4072
> Associate Professor fax : 414.456.6518
> Department of Dermatology s-mail: Dept. of Dermatology
> Medical College of Wisconsin Medical College of
Wisconsin
> MFRC Room 4061
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Milwaukee, WI 53226-4810
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
>
I had no luck trying to compile the module for my FA311 NIC from scyld.com.
It's easier to just recompile the kernel with support for the national
semiconductor DP838xx chip. The option is available in all 2.4 kernels
(also in many 2.2 kernels but I'm not sure exactly which ones). I did this
and it worked fine right after reboot.
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