Re: HD spindown and fs cache writeback
Lee Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are you using the minus "-" sign on your filenames in syslog.conf? Yes, on all but the mail log (which only gets hit when I send mail out).
Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops
Martin: I don't know about that model, but I have a tecra8000. It's Ok; i've had to deal with the "tecra bug", meaning bzImages don't boot. That's been a bit of a pain, making installation less-than-straight forward (you won't be able to boot off a *debian* cdrom--althought SuSE, for example, works fine (??)). XFree was not exactlty a picnic to setup using Debian either but, again, it can be done (it's easy with SuSE's sax). I've got XFree86 v.4 working, and will be happy to share my (somewhat hacked) config file. Toshiba's internal modem is a winmodem, but i hear people have gotten it to work. ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.12-1999-12-09/RE ADME-tecra reads: Tecras and other notebooks [i don't know what 'other' notebooks this applies to! -jk] -- (Many thanks to Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Avery Pennarun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for this explanation) Tecras and other notebooks, and some PCs have a problem where they fail to flush the cache when switching on the a20 gate (IIRC), which is provoked by bzImage kernels, but not by zimage kernels. bzImage files are actually "big zImage" not "bzipped Image". bzImage kernels can be as large as you like, but because they need to decompress into extended memory, they aggravate this problem. zImage kernels just compress into conventional memory, so they never need to touch the a20 gate, but they hit the 640k limit. There are two solutions that I know of: 1) apply a patch, which flushes the cache. Unfortunately this causes other machines to crash so is not universally applicable (hence the tecra disks being segragated from the mainstream) 2) build a zimage, rather than bzimage kernel. This seems to get round the problem. use the --zimage option to make-kpkg, or even set this as the default in /etc/kernel-pkg.conf. -- -jeff
OPL3-SA2 on a Toshiba 490xcdt laptop
Hi all has anyone had any joy getting sound from a Toshiba 490xcdt laptop? I am running potato with kernel 2.214 alsa 0.4.1 Everything _looks_ okay, but when I try to start alsa, I get # /sbin/modprobe snd-card-opl3sa2 /lib/modules/2.2.14/sound/snd-card-opl3sa2.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.2.14/sound/snd-card-opl3sa2.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.14/sound/snd-card-opl3sa2.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.14/sound/snd-card-opl3sa2.o: insmod snd-card-opl3sa2 failed My modules.conf file looks like: # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF verion 0.4.2 --- alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-card-opl3sa2 alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm1-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm1-oss options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660 snd_device_gid=29 snd_device_uid=0 options snd-card-opl3sa2 snd_index=1 snd_id=CARD_1 snd_port=0x370 snd_sb_port=0x370 snd_wss_port=0x530 snd_midi_port=0x330 snd_fm_port=0x388 snd_irq=5 snd_dma1=1 snd_dma2=3 # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- (this corresponds to the settings under WinNT) I have also tried the other ports as suggested in the card-opldsa2.c (focussing on the snd_port setting in particular) What should I try next? TIA Richard begin:vcard n:Black;Richard tel;fax:416-971-4159 tel;home: tel;work:416-217-4350 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Algorithmics Inc adr:;;185 Spadina Avenue;Tronoto;Ontario;M5T 2C6;Canada version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Financial Engineer x-mozilla-cpt:;1664 fn:Richard Black end:vcard
Re: [alsa-user] OPL3-SA2 on a Toshiba 490xcdt laptop
On Tue, 30 May 2000, Richard Black wrote: > Hi all > > has anyone had any joy getting sound from a Toshiba 490xcdt laptop? I > am running potato with > > kernel 2.214 > alsa 0.4.1 > > Everything _looks_ okay, but when I try to start alsa, I get > > # /sbin/modprobe snd-card-opl3sa2 > /lib/modules/2.2.14/sound/snd-card-opl3sa2.o: init_module: Device or > resource busy > Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > invalid IO or IRQ parameters > /lib/modules/2.2.14/sound/snd-card-opl3sa2.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.2.14/sound/snd-card-opl3sa2.o failed > /lib/modules/2.2.14/sound/snd-card-opl3sa2.o: insmod snd-card-opl3sa2 > failed > > My modules.conf file looks like: > > # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > # --- ALSACONF verion 0.4.2 --- > alias char-major-116 snd > alias snd-card-0 snd-card-opl3sa2 > alias char-major-14 soundcore > alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 > alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm1-oss > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm1-oss > options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660 > snd_device_gid=29 snd_device_uid=0 > options snd-card-opl3sa2 snd_index=1 snd_id=CARD_1 snd_port=0x370 > snd_sb_port=0x370 snd_wss_port=0x530 snd_midi_port=0x330 ^ Why do you have the same SB port number as the control port number? The right value should be probably 0x220. Also, the snd_isapnp=0 option may be missing, if the driver is compiled with the ISA PnP support. Jaroslav - Jaroslav Kysela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SuSE Linuxhttp://www.suse.com ALSA project http://www.alsa-project.org
Re: OPL3-SA2 on a Toshiba 490xcdt laptop
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 10:25:17AM -0400, Richard Black wrote: > Hi all > > has anyone had any joy getting sound from a Toshiba 490xcdt laptop? I > am running potato with > > kernel 2.214 > alsa 0.4.1 > I don't know about anything about alsa, but I've got $lsmod opl3 10952 0 (autoclean) opl3sa2 3888 0 (autoclean) ad1848 15952 0 (autoclean) [opl3sa2] mpu401 18512 0 (autoclean) [opl3sa2] sound 56300 0 (autoclean) [opl3 opl3sa2 ad1848 mpu401] soundcore 2596 7 (autoclean) [sound] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat /dev/sndstat OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130 Load type: Driver loaded as a module Kernel: Linux strider 2.2.14 #1 Tue Jan 18 14:37:24 PST 2000 i686 Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Card config: Audio devices: 0: MS Sound System (CS4231) (DUPLEX) Synth devices: 0: Yamaha OPL3 Midi devices: 0: MPU-401 0.0 Midi interface #1 Timers: 0: System clock 1: MS Sound System (CS4231) Mixers: 0: OPL3-SAx and AD1848 (through MSS) 1: MS Sound System (CS4231) $cat /etc/modules.conf alias char-major-14 opl3sa2 pre-install opl3sa2 modprobe "-k" "ad1848" post-install opl3sa2 modprobe "-k" "opl3" options opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530 mpu_io=0x330 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 options opl3 io=0x388 post-install opl3 /usr/bin/aumix -L #to initialise sound levels $cat /usr/src/linux/.config # # Sound # CONFIG_SOUND=m # CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m # CONFIG_SOUND_PAS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SB is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_GUS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MPU401 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_PSS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SSCAPE is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_TRIX is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAD16 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_WAVEFRONT is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_CS4232 is not set CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA2=m # CONFIG_SOUND_MAUI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SGALAXY is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA1 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SOFTOSS is not set CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812=m CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI=m # CONFIG_SOUND_UART6850 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_NM256 is not set Hope that helps. 490CDT. kernel 2.2.14 Drew -- PGP public key intermittently available at http://strider.ucdavis.edu/~drew/drewskey.txt pgpFDUJn1Pvv3.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: Silencing CARDMGR Beep
On 26-May-2000 David Corbin wrote: > When I boot my system, cardmgr (I think) issues a loud beep. Any ideas > on how I can silence this? > It uses the system speaker on most laptops, so simply turn down your speaker volume. This will also quiet the booting music many laptops make.
Re: Silencing CARDMGR Beep
On 27-May-2000 David Reviejo wrote: > * David Corbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000527 13:18]: >> When I boot my system, cardmgr (I think) issues a loud beep. Any ideas >> on how I can silence this? > > I don't like this (you can get information from this beep), but try > putting > CARDMGR_OPTS="-q" > in /etc/pcmcia.conf agreed, but booting a noisy laptop in certain places is bad etiquette. Better to try as I suggest and silence the speaker when needed.
More Problems with SAMS Debian 2.1 and Dell Inspiron 7500
Hi Next problem (ho hum) with: SAMS Installing GNU/Linux book with the copy of Debian 2.1 Dell Inspiron PIII 650, 128mb ram, 18gb or so hard drive, dvd rom (cd compatible), LS120 Okay managed to install rescue and driver image by using the install from dos/harddrive and the tecra images. Now get as far as installing the base system, but even though things appear to be happening (drive light going, significant pause etc), the installer just goes back to the option to install base system. If I try and force it past that point to Configure Base System, I just get a message Base System not Installed! I've tried various permutations of the different binary images, installing rescue/driver from hard drive and base from CDRom and the same thing happens. Is it possible the base archive is corrupt, is there a windows based program to process the tgz file to see if its okay (I've got ZipMagic but it falls over every time I try and open the tar file, but this could just be zip magic, so I'd like confirmation using an alternate archive program). (I'm getting close to buying a copy of Red Hat I must say!) Any help appreciated, regards Paul
Re: More Problems with SAMS Debian 2.1 and Dell Inspiron 7500
Unfortunately not _all_ of the publishing houses provide complete and quality controlled disks. If you didn't get an Official debian cd, you might want to consider doing so before moving on. I am pretty happy with this $1.98 set from linuxmall: http://www.linuxmall.com/shop/00989?cat=ROOT&sort=2&vid=&search=debian&Start = I'm still stuggling, but I know it's not the cd :-) Just a thought. Good luck, --Marc - Original Message - From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User Lists Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:02 PM Subject: More Problems with SAMS Debian 2.1 and Dell Inspiron 7500 > Hi > > Next problem (ho hum) with: > SAMS Installing GNU/Linux book with the copy of Debian 2.1 > Dell Inspiron PIII 650, 128mb ram, 18gb or so hard drive, dvd rom (cd > compatible), LS120 > > Okay managed to install rescue and driver image by using the install from > dos/harddrive and the tecra images. Now get as far as installing the base > system, but even though things appear to be happening (drive light going, > significant pause etc), the installer just goes back to the option to > install base system. If I try and force it past that point to Configure Base > System, I just get a message Base System not Installed! I've tried various > permutations of the different binary images, installing rescue/driver from > hard drive and base from CDRom and the same thing happens. Is it possible > the base archive is corrupt, is there a windows based program to process the > tgz file to see if its okay (I've got ZipMagic but it falls over every time > I try and open the tar file, but this could just be zip magic, so I'd like > confirmation using an alternate archive program). > > (I'm getting close to buying a copy of Red Hat I must say!) > > Any help appreciated, regards > Paul > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Problems with SAMS Debian 2.1 and Dell Inspiron 7500 - The Solution
Okay the solution is to download the latest set of install files that have the tecra images available :). It's a long download on a modem but less than the time I've spent on this version of the distribution. Thanks to all who helped.
