Linux-Hardware Digest #910, Volume #14 Sun, 17 Jun 01 05:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Strange kernel message about power saving mode (A. GUILLEVIC)
Re: Wheel Mouse (Steve)
Re: How to install a UMAX SCSI clone onto the NCR5380 driver (Phlip)
Linux, DAT and DOS Tapes ("Peter Kohut")
Re: Strange kernel message about power saving mode (Richard)
Matrox G450 and OpenGL (Ted Mielczarek)
Drivers for Teledat USB 2 a/b ("MPLabs")
Re: Two identical HDUs, but Linux disaggrees (Glen Sanft)
Re: How to install a UMAX SCSI clone onto the NCR5380 driver (Phlip)
Re: Dual channel SCSI, ide burner (reader of news)
Redhat 7.1 with Intel D815EEA motherboard ("Clarke Robertson")
Re: Help please: internal IDE tape drive (bullwinkle)
Re: US Robotics 56k Fax Win Int + RedHat 7.1 ... HELP !!! ("arthur")
Re: Redhat 7.1 with Intel D815EEA motherboard ("Vyacheslav Fedorov")
156 key keyboard (Sparkzz)
Re: SCSI emulation (Denis Leroy)
Re: SCSI emulation (Denis Leroy)
Re: Linux X goes away??? (J Sloan)
Re: IDE CD-ROM audio interface specs needed ("Dave Stanton")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A. GUILLEVIC)
Subject: Re: Strange kernel message about power saving mode
Date: 16 Jun 2001 13:55:33 -0700
Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
Hello,
>
Snip -> snip
>
Thanks for your suggestions. I must say I'm a bit annoyed by the meaning of
all this. I'll try to do as you told. By the way, I had a new message number,
number 30, this time.
Don't think it could also be a mistake in the way I compiled my kernel ?
Thanks and Regards.
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From: Steve<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wheel Mouse
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 17:07:10 -0400
If you're running XF86 v4.x, then you probably need to change XF86Config-
4 instead of XF86Config (which tends to be the XF86 v3.x config file, on
distributions that support both). Which are you using?
-- Steve
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From: Phlip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install a UMAX SCSI clone onto the NCR5380 driver
Date: 16 Jun 2001 22:52:42 GMT
Proclaimed Anthony DeRobertis from the mountaintops:
> In article <9gfujp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Phlip"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> modprobe g_NCR3580 ncr_irq=255 ncr_addr=0x280 ncr_53c400=1
>
> look in /lib/modules/kernel-version/ ... for the real name of the driver.
> First off, it's probably lowercase.
Thanks. Locating the actual g_NCR5380 file helps me understand the above
line was copied from a post written by a dyslexic.
So now this line...
modprobe g_NCR5380 ncr_irq=255 ncr_addr=0x280 ncr_53c400=1
...locks up my bus.
Am I the first person who ever connected a SCSI card to a Linux 'puter
before? Or is there a HOWTO out there that tells how to do this?
--
Phlip [EMAIL PROTECTED]
============== http://phlip.webjump.com ==============
-- Set phasers on illin' --
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From: "Peter Kohut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Linux, DAT and DOS Tapes
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 23:31:14 GMT
Hi All,
I've got a problem at hand for which I don't seem to find an easy solution:
I have a machine running Redhat Linux with a SCSI interface and a SONY 4mm
DAT hanging of it. I also have a bunch of tapes which were originally
written using NT Backup and Restore. My question is
a) is there any way that I can restore the content of the tapes using Linux?
b) I also have a second machine running Win 2000, but unfortunately without
SCSI. The Win 2000 machine is connected to the Linux machine using simple
TCP/IP and SAMBA shares. Is it possible to configure the systems such that I
can use the Windows 2000 Backup/Restore application with the DAT drive
hanging of the Linux machine?
All my search so far was pretty fruiteless. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Peter
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From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Strange kernel message about power saving mode
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 23:53:16 GMT
A. GUILLEVIC wrote:
> Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
> Hello,
>
> Snip -> snip
>
>
> Thanks for your suggestions. I must say I'm a bit annoyed by the meaning of
> all this. I'll try to do as you told. By the way, I had a new message number,
> number 30, this time.
>
> Don't think it could also be a mistake in the way I compiled my kernel ?
>
>
> Thanks and Regards.
>
No but you can still check it out. The reason the kernel is spitting out
messages about power saving is that some power saving features on some
machines may produce this NMI interrupt. But since you are getting
different numbers it looks more and more like your CPU. A software bug
would normally give you a consistent number.
Richard James
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From: Ted Mielczarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Matrox G450 and OpenGL
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 20:08:42 -0500
Hi,
I've been trying to get my G450 working with OpenGL under XFree86 4.0.3.
I'm running a DualHead setup, but not using Xinerama, and I have DRI
enabled on screen 0, so I would assume it would work. However, glxinfo
reports that direct rendering is not enabled, so I only get softare
rendering. Here are my configuration and log files:
http://www.lehigh.edu/~tam4/XF86Config-4
http://www.lehigh.edu/~tam4/XFree86.0.log
http://www.lehigh.edu/~tam4/xdpyinfo.log
http://www.lehigh.edu/~tam4/glxinfo.log
I'm running Debian unstable, with kernel 4.0.2 and XFree86 4.0.3. Any
help or suggestions would be appreciated. Copied replies by email would
be nice, but not required.
Thanks,
-Ted
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From: "MPLabs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Drivers for Teledat USB 2 a/b
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 03:06:03 +0200
Hi,
probably someone had the same question but I'm realy annoyed because I
didn't find any Drivers for that stupid little pice of hardware.
I've heard that there are drivers for that thing running it on the serial
port.
I hope that anyone can help my by telling me where I can find drivers or how
I can make this thing work...
thx
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From: Glen Sanft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Two identical HDUs, but Linux disaggrees
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:28:23 GMT
Mea Culpa wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have the following problem: I have the following IDE-setup:
>
> ALI15X3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 78
> ALI15X3: chipset revision 193
> ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
> hda: WDC AC26400R, ATA DISK drive
> hdb: IBM-DHEA-36480, ATA DISK drive
> hdc: IBM-DHEA-36480, ATA DISK drive
> hdd: CD-ROM 40X/AKU, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> hda: 12594960 sectors (6449 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=784/255/63, (U)DMA
> hdb: 12692736 sectors (6499 MB) w/476KiB Cache, CHS=790/255/63,
> UDMA(33)
> hdc: 12692736 sectors (6499 MB) w/476KiB Cache, CHS=12592/16/63,
> UDMA(33)
> hdd: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, DMA
>
> For some reason, although /dev/hdb and /dev/hdc are identical HDUs,
> their specs differ. However, @ my BIOS, I specified them both to LBA,
> which resulted in the same CHS-setup. Because I want to do striping
> (RAID), I will run into trouble with this.
>
> Questions: Why is Linux doin' this? How can I make them identical from
> Linux-point-of-view?
>
> I'm using kernel 2.4.4.
I don't know about the raid part of it, but I guess the partition tables
are responsible for the discrepancy.
3 methods follow, in decreasing order of complexity.
:ONE:
I would try using the command "fdisk" on whichever (totally unmounted,
including swap) disk is easier to backup and/or can simply be
reformatted. Set the CHS values to match the other disk. The
"790/255/63" figures may yield slightly more wasted space than the other
set.
"man fdisk" for more information.
:TWO:
If you simply want to make the two disks have "identical" parameters
(including primary partitioning) perhaps you can get by with this series
of commands.
(I like the looks of the numbers given for hdc better, but you could go
either way; swap the drive references below if you want)
1. ensure there are no parts of /dev/hdb mounted anywhere, including swap
2. (as root) issue the command
dd </dev/hdc >/dev/hdb count=1
(that step will set up the primary partition(s) the same on both disks)
3. reboot to let the kernel figure out what you've done
4. if you need any extended partitions, you'll need to manually set them
up via fdisk (those partition tables are elsewhere on the disk)
5. create necessary filesystem(s)
:THREE:
If you *really* want to make them "identical" ensure neither disk is
active in any way (mounted partitions / swap) and as root issue
dd </dev/hdc >/dev/hdb bs=1M
That will take a few minutes, but both disks will contain the exact same
partition layout, with exactly the same populated filesystems. They
should be completely interchangeable at that point. Reboot, probably,
before you do anything with it.
Good luck.
Glen
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From: Phlip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install a UMAX SCSI clone onto the NCR5380 driver
Date: 17 Jun 2001 01:52:09 GMT
Proclaimed Phlip from the mountaintops:
> Proclaimed Anthony DeRobertis from the mountaintops:
>
>> In article <9gfujp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Phlip"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> modprobe g_NCR3580 ncr_irq=255 ncr_addr=0x280 ncr_53c400=1
>>
>> look in /lib/modules/kernel-version/ ... for the real name of the driver.
>> First off, it's probably lowercase.
>
> Thanks. Locating the actual g_NCR5380 file helps me understand the above
> line was copied from a post written by a dyslexic.
>
> So now this line...
>
> modprobe g_NCR5380 ncr_irq=255 ncr_addr=0x280 ncr_53c400=1
>
> ...locks up my bus.
Just to stash the info somewhere...
The 970160-08 ( per http://support.umax.co.uk/technotes/f096B.htm ) has its
JR1 soldiered shut. This means it does not do IRQ. Its io address should be
0x220 or 0x340. The following two lines don't whack my box:
modprobe g_NCR5380 ncr_addr=0x220 dtc_3181e=1
modprobe g_NCR5380 ncr_addr=0x340 dtc_3181e=1
They also don't return anything, so now I'm off to 'man modprobe' to see
what a nil output means here...
--
Phlip [EMAIL PROTECTED]
============== http://phlip.webjump.com ==============
-- The price of eternal vigilance is freedom --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (reader of news)
Subject: Re: Dual channel SCSI, ide burner
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:53:49 GMT
On 12 Jun 2001 13:29:33 -0700, Paul Bemowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>bemo : /etc>
>
>Where's the scan of the scsi2 (ide-scsi) bus??
>
If you compile your own kernel did you
compile in SG ( generic ) option?
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From: "Clarke Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 7.1 with Intel D815EEA motherboard
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 21:49:00 -0500
I just got an Intel D815EEA motherboard with onboard graphics support (815e
chipset). I was wanting to add Redhat 7.1 to my system in a separate
partition from Win98. Has anyone tried Redhat 7.1 with this board?
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From: bullwinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help please: internal IDE tape drive
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 03:30:06 -0000
Ian Briggs wrote:
>
>
> Denis Leroy wrote:
> :Another way is to add some lines in the modules.conf (following was
suggested
> :by Paul Johnson) :
> :
> :alias ide-tape off
> :below st ide-scsi
>
> I don't have an /etc/modules.conf file. Presumably I just create one
with
> those two lines?
>
> Thanks for your help with this, Denis.
>
> Ian
Greetings from Bullwinkle:
Redhat 6.1 has the file /etc/conf.modules instead. Look and see if you
have that file. Also if the command "man mt" returns "no manual entry
for mt", you most likely have nothing in the kernel for either IDE or
SCSI. If a custom install was chosen, support for magnetic tape may or
may not have been built. If you decide to go as IDE instead of SCSI, I
believe all you will need to do is load the ide-tape.o module ("modprobe
ide-tape" will work, I think. Then to get rid of it, if you do not
want IDE tape, try "rmmod ide-tape".
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "arthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: US Robotics 56k Fax Win Int + RedHat 7.1 ... HELP !!!
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 20:46:34 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rahul"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Clive for your reply.
>
> Hummm ...
>
> So there is "no" way that I can make use of my current modem to talk
> with RedHat 7.1 ? I need to purchase a new modem for this ? In that
> case, can anyone please advise for selecting "good" modem for homepc?
>
I like the USR 3CP5610 or its OEM equivalant 2976 for far less money.
USR has a voice and a non-voice version. I prefer the non-voice because
I have no use for the voice version. In the OEM versions, there is the
2976 and 2977 (I forget which is which) and retail versions 3CP6510 and
(I believe) 3CP5611. Go to the USR site and look them up. You may not
find much on the OEM versions though.
The OEM versions come without the USR CD. The CD has a nice Win95/8
modem monitor and a usable FAX program. Hope this helps. Your other
alternate is an external modem for a bit more money. All external modems
will work on Linux because it attaches to one of your serial ports.
You may already have the 2 USR programs that come on their CD and the
monitor may work on the non-winmodems. You can probably sell your
winmodem to recoup some of the cost.
Whatever you do don't buy a junk or off brand modem. Zoom is good too
but I don't know much about them. If you have a free ISA slot you will do
well to buy the USR ISA modem but be sure to get the non-winmodem
version. Its the one that they say (at their site) will work on Linux.
Sorry but I don't know the OEM and retail models for the ISA modems.
To install a PCI non-winmodem you may have to use the Linux setserial
command if the install program can't automagically set it up.
See the how-to's. You may also have to make sure that the PCI slot you
use doesn't share with another PCI serial device such as the USR ports.
You may want to consult with your computer manufacturer tech. help people
before you proceed.
Hope this helps
Arthur ( remove .remove to email )
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From: "Vyacheslav Fedorov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.1 with Intel D815EEA motherboard
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 07:22:53 +0300
I have a similar system (Win98 and RH 7.1 on 815 chipset) and it work good.
"Clarke Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just got an Intel D815EEA motherboard with onboard graphics support
(815e
> chipset). I was wanting to add Redhat 7.1 to my system in a separate
> partition from Win98. Has anyone tried Redhat 7.1 with this board?
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sparkzz)
Date: 17 Jun 2001 05:57:32 GMT
Subject: 156 key keyboard
Hello,
Anyone know where I can order a 156 key keyboard??
thanks,
.
.
....Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Denis Leroy)
Subject: Re: SCSI emulation
Date: 17 Jun 2001 00:55:54 -0700
Juergen Pfann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Huh ? Never heard of the keyword "below". You're sure that _is_ a valid
> keyword in modules.conf ? I doubt that.
yes, i didn't make them up :-)
check man modules.conf
OTOH, maybe this is only available in recent kernels (???)
-denis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Denis Leroy)
Subject: Re: SCSI emulation
Date: 17 Jun 2001 01:00:15 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Briggs) wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Denis Leroy wrote:
> :Another way is to add some lines in the modules.conf (following was suggested
> :by Paul Johnson) :
> :
> :alias ide-tape off
> :below st ide-scsi
>
> I don't have an /etc/modules.conf file. Presumably I just create one with
> those two lines?
>
> Thanks for your help with this, Denis.
Some (old) kernels use /etc/conf.modules instead of /etc/modules.conf, maybe
want to check that.
On the fun side, now that my Colorado 8G drive works, i went to Fry's to buy
some more Travan's so i can back up my 25G of mp3s. That's where i realized a
TR-4 tape (4Gig) costs $40, the same as ONE HUNDRED CD-R (80Gig).
Bye bye tapes :-)
of course it's not quite fair to compare tapes with CD-Rs, i'll still use the
tape to do regular backups of my /home directory...
-denis
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From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Linux X goes away???
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 08:09:06 GMT
David Hartnett wrote:
> What's making the X server unhappy is the fact that this new version 4
> is not complete with the necessary drivers for all cards. We will be
> lucky if it is a completed server by the end of the year.
There may be some truth in that, not all cards which
were supported in 3.x are supported in 4.x yet -
however most of them are supported...
> The best
> thing is to probably ignore version 4 and install version 3.3.6, which
> performed almost flawlessly because it had a driver base for
> everything. RedHat rawhide has 4.1 for the next release but its
> unknown if it is complete.
>
> I'm dealing with RedHat 7.1 and it is very disappointing.
That's odd, we've installed RH 7.1 on probably 20 boxes
by now and are very happy with it. It comes with ssl, ssh,
the 2.4 kernel. It has been solid as a rock on a number of
systems including HP Netservers, Dell 2450s, IBM 350s,
Compaq 6500s, and various clone boxes (AMD K6, Pentium,
Pentium II, Pentium III). Video cards include voodoo 3 AGP
and PCI, (which were all correctly set up for 2D and accelerated
3D right out of the box!) , Matrox Millenia, ATI Rage, S3, and
Cirrus Logic based cards - no complaints at all here!
cu
jjs
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From: "Dave Stanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE CD-ROM audio interface specs needed
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 09:38:15 +0100
In article <9ge9e4$sgg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mike Lowey"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am looking for specs (pins, timing, etc..) to control a new cd-rom
> drive to play audio CDs. I figured that some Linux people might be
> writing an audio-cd interface and would have the info that I need. I am
> going to be controlling the drive with a Xilinx FPGA so I need some low
> level specifics. I have found information on IDE ATA interface for data
> CDs but I need more audio specific info. Does anyone have any
> suggestions? IT would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mike
If you are only going to play audio cds, then surely you only need ATAPI
control data, the drive will decode and ouput the audio thro the audio
socket to the soundcard. This has already been done using a pic
microcontroller, the info is on a web page or am I misreadinf what you
want to do.
Cheers
Dave
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