From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Feb 15 05:31:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA04285 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 05:31:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cullinan.bistbn.com (cullinan.bistbn.com [209.88.174.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA04261; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 05:31:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from yury@bistbn.com) Received: from yuryk (yuryk.bistbn.com [209.88.174.51]) by cullinan.bistbn.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id 15CYBJQ1; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:29:47 +0200 Message-ID: <00b301bd3a16$04edb260$33ae58d1@yuryk.bistbn.com> From: "Yuri Krichevsky" To: Cc: , Subject: Serial ports on IWill motherboard Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:31:28 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi. Is there any solution to this problem ? (FreeBSD 2.2.5 can't detect sio ports on my IWill P55XU board). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Feb 15 15:51:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA18748 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:51:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA18720; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:51:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA03090; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:50:46 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802152350.PAA03090@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Yuri Krichevsky" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, bde@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serial ports on IWill motherboard In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:31:28 +0200." <00b301bd3a16$04edb260$33ae58d1@yuryk.bistbn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:50:45 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Is there any solution to this problem ? > (FreeBSD 2.2.5 can't detect sio ports on my IWill P55XU board). At this point in time, sorry, the only solution is to modify the 'sio' driver's probe routine. There *will* be a workaround for this in 2.2.6; I would really like some input from the sio experts before committing to anything more than that. Bruce; have you been following this one? Would you like a summary? It appears to afflict a number of different Super-IO chips, but the symptoms are the same across the board. If you need test hardware, please let me know & I will pursue same. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Feb 16 15:37:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA05624 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 15:37:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail0.tor.acc.ca (mail0.tor.acc.ca [204.92.54.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA05306 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 15:35:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jake@int.checker.org) Received: from whatever.net (ppp-032.m2-1.vic.ican.net [142.154.114.32]) by mail0.tor.acc.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA16891 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 18:35:10 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <34E8CDB1.59E2B600@int.checker.org> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 15:37:21 -0800 From: Jake X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: AcerOpen ALN-211 PCI network card support? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org anyone know if AcerOpen ALN-201 or ALN-211 PCI net cards are supported by FreeBSD? I'm thinking about getting a ALN-211 card. They're cheap, and it says they support PCI bus-master. I just don't know about the chipset. I e-mailed acer, and they replied saying that all the info I needed was on http://www.acercomponents.com/PSC_ND_ALN211.htm which has no info about chipsets. I'm hoping they have the DEC tulip chip, but,..., seems doubtful Thanks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Feb 16 16:37:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA18281 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:37:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gw1.asacomputers.com (root@gw1.asacomputers.com [204.69.220.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA18211 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:36:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kedar@asacomputers.com) Received: by gw1.asacomputers.com id NAA29560; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:34:50 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <2.2.32.19980217003316.024bcb0c@gw1> X-Sender: rajadnya@gw1 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:33:16 -0800 To: Jake From: Kedar Subject: Re: AcerOpen ALN-211 PCI network card support? Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org If you want a card with the tulip chip at a good price-point, you might want to consider the Netgear FA310TX or the Kingston KNE100TX. Not sure about the Acer, myself. Kedar. >I'm thinking about getting a ALN-211 card. >They're cheap, and it says they support PCI bus-master. >I'm hoping they have the DEC tulip >chip, but,..., seems doubtful To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Feb 16 17:01:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA23198 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:01:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA23094 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:01:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA08666; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:59:58 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802170059.QAA08666@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Jake cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AcerOpen ALN-211 PCI network card support? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Feb 1998 15:37:21 PST." <34E8CDB1.59E2B600@int.checker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:59:54 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > anyone know if AcerOpen ALN-201 or ALN-211 PCI > net cards are supported by FreeBSD? I would normally advise people to avoid purchasing Acer products based on their track record for producing incompatible and low-quality hardware. > I'm thinking about getting a ALN-211 card. > They're cheap, and it says they support PCI bus-master. > > I just don't know about the chipset. Looking at the picture on the webpage, the ALN-211 is almost certainly based on one of the Digital chips (the logo is pretty distinctive). The ALN-201 on the other hand, has a glossy Acer logo over the chip; if it's not one of their own parts, it's probably a Realtek RTL-8029 or a similar PCI NE2000 clone. > I'm hoping they have the DEC tulip > chip, but,..., seems doubtful You *should* be OK with the 211. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Feb 16 22:26:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA06800 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:26:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail0.tor.acc.ca (mail0.tor.acc.ca [204.92.54.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA06785 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:26:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jake@int.checker.org) Received: from whatever.net (ppp-044.m2-1.vic.ican.net [142.154.114.44]) by mail0.tor.acc.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA01282 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 01:26:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <34E92E07.794BDF32@int.checker.org> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:28:23 -0800 From: Jake X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AcerOpen ALN-211 PCI network card support? References: <199802170059.QAA08666@dingo.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Looking at the picture on the webpage, the ALN-211 is almost certainly > based on one of the Digital chips (the logo is pretty distinctive). OK, so if in the store I look at one of the cards, the big chip should say like DEC 21040 or 21041? I'll probably just get two ISA ne2000 clones unless I'm sure that it has that chipset. Thanks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Feb 17 02:55:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA25663 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 02:55:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA25648 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 02:55:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA01271; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 02:54:08 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802171054.CAA01271@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Jake cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AcerOpen ALN-211 PCI network card support? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:28:23 PST." <34E92E07.794BDF32@int.checker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 02:54:07 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Looking at the picture on the webpage, the ALN-211 is almost certainly > > based on one of the Digital chips (the logo is pretty distinctive). > > OK, so if in the store I look at one of the cards, > the big chip should say like DEC 21040 or 21041? It'll have the DIGITAL logo on it; it is quite impossible to miss. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Feb 18 06:05:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA11925 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 06:05:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cesit1.unifi.it (cesit1.unifi.it [150.217.1.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA11918; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 06:05:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ugo@dsi.UNIFI.IT) Received: from aguirre.dsi.unifi.it by CESIT1.UNIFI.IT (PMDF V5.1-10 #23168) with SMTP id <01ITQ9Q4CSTK000545@CESIT1.UNIFI.IT>; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 15:04:39 MET Received: from dsi.unifi.it (dadovago1094.dada.it) by aguirre.dsi.unifi.it (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA28872; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 15:02:14 +0100 Received: from pegasus.home.net (pegasus.home.net [192.168.1.3]) by dsi.unifi.it (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA17178; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 12:21:06 +0100 (MET envelope-from ugo) Received: (from ugo@localhost) by pegasus.home.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA03092; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 12:21:06 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 12:21:05 +0100 (MET) From: Ugo Paternostro Subject: Kodak DC20 digital camera new control program To: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: Organization: Not an organization MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello folks! I'm glad to announce that a new program has born :-) To all the owners of a Kodak DC20 digital camera: I wrote a little program to control our camera via the serial port. I would like you to test it, to send me patches to improve it, and to find bugs, if any. My English has to be considered as a bug ;-) I'm going to upload the FreeBSD port to ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/dc20ctrl-0.4-freebsd-port.tar.gz (it is only 1418 bytes). Please, download it and unpack it in your /usr/ports/graphics directory, then cd dc20ctrl and make it. If you don't use the ports collection, or want to build it by hand, fetch the sources from http://aguirre.dsi.unifi.it/~paterno/binaries/dc20ctrl-0.4.tar.gz (about 35 KB). Finally, if you are drooling on your keyboard 'coz you want to try it fast, download the ready-to-install package for -stable from http://aguirre.dsi.unifi.it/~paterno/binaries/dc20ctrl-0.4.tgz You will find all the binaries at http://aguirre.dsi.unifi.it/~paterno/binaries/ too, but currently there isn't any English HTML documentation on that site. I will wait for some feedback before submitting a pr to commint the port. P.S.: sorry for the crosspost, but I was unsure on which list was better for this. Maybe announce? Pardon, what did you say? Isn't this a "significant freebsd event"? :-) Bye, UP -- +-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | Ugo Paternostro | Work: Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica | +-------------------------------+ Via di Santa Marta, 3 | | Home : P.zza Cannicci, 2 | 50139 FIRENZE (FI) | | 50018 SCANDICCI (FI) | Italy | | Italy | Voice: +39-55-4796365 or +39-55-4796425 | | Voice: +39-55-252115 | EMail: paterno@dsi.unifi.it | | Fax : idem, voice call before| Finger for my PGP public key | | EMail: 2:332/125.23@fidonet +---------------------------------------------+ | 39:102/205.23@amiganet | All opinions are mine, mine, only mine! :-) | +-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Feb 18 09:17:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA17274 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 09:17:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vnode.vmunix.com (vnode.vmunix.com [209.112.4.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA17209 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 09:17:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@vnode.vmunix.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vnode.vmunix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA13251; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 12:24:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mark) Message-ID: <19980218122453.15472@vmunix.com> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 12:24:53 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: SCSI boot woes... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi all.. Here's a little SCSI dilemna that I'm hoping someone out there has solved. The short summary: I need to boot a disk that's hanging off my *second* SCSI controller. Is it possible? Details: I have a Digital PPro that has a built-in NCR53c810 SCSI controller. Normally, I have 1 disk for NT (ID0) and one for FreeBSD (ID1), and they both hang off the NCR controller. I use "bootpart" to copy the first 512 bytes of the 2nd disk into a file on C and then use the NT boot loader to pick between FreBSD and NT. Works great. Enter a second controller. I have a nice new Quantum Fireball 6.5GB disk for FreeBSD. Unfortunately, it doesn't perform as well as I'd like attached to the NCR controller. I came across a 2940UW controller and thought I'd plug it in and hang my disks of it instead. My plan was to keep the CDROM and ZIP drive on the NCR, but the hard drives on the 2940. WRONG! No matter what I tried, I could not get the drives (either of them) to boot off the adaptec. The adaptec picks them up fine and assignes then C: and D:, and says "BIOS installed successfully", but nothing happens after that. Hmmrff. So I switched to plan B, which was to keep everything including the 1st NT drive on the NCR, and just keep my FreeBSD disk on the 2940. NT boots fine, and the adaptec tools under NT find the 2940 and the Quantum drive just fine. Even bootpart sees the FreeBSD drive, and picks it up a a 386/BSD partition type like it always has.. But still, when I try to boot the thing from the NT loader it just won't go... so I'm assuming I have some sort of SCSI BIOS fighting going on that prevents me from booting off the second controller. I even tried disabling the NCR from the BIOS and unplugging any drives on it - still no go, the Adaptec won't let me boot from the drive. So if anyone has any tips on what I should try next, I'd be very happy. When using a floppy to acccess the FreeBSD drive, bonnie and iozone show that Adaptec to be writing over 1MB/s faster than the NCR could to the Quantum Fireball.... In other words, I've tasted the cake and now I don't want to go without it! :-) TIA, -Mark (P.S. Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to provide all the info I could..) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Feb 18 17:49:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA06110 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 17:49:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kalypso.cybercom.net (kalypso.cybercom.net [209.21.136.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA06097 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 17:49:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ksmm@cybercom.net) Received: from atlanta (mfd-dial1-1.cybercom.net [209.21.137.1]) by kalypso.cybercom.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA29401; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:47:35 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199802190147.UAA29401@kalypso.cybercom.net> X-Sender: ksmm@cybercom.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:48:18 -0500 To: Penisoara Adrian From: The Classiest Man Alive Subject: Re: Opinion on LS-120 devices ? Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Moved to Hardware from Questions and Hackers...

Problems doesn't begin to describe it, pal.

Point blank, the drives were not much faster than a floppy.  Playing Duke Nukem 3-D off one of them was Frame Rate Hell.  (That same game is lovely off a SCSI zip drive, though.)  The worst thing about the drive I used was that it would only recognize a standard floppy as a 1.39 MB disk.  This prevented the boot disk creator in FreeBSD from working at all.  The odd thing is that in contrast, the LS-120 media are actually 120 MB as opposed to the 120 million bytes that most manufacturers use.

Even getting this recognized was a nightmare.  My recommendation is to avoid these drives.  They're a good idea that's just not ready for prime time, and zip drives seem to be working just fine.

K.S.


At 01:25 AM 2/19/98 +0200, Penisoara Adrian wrote:
Hi,

I'm going to buy an LS-120 (Laser Servo) device and I would like to know if there are drivers to support this device (at least the 1.44Mb disks if not the 120Mb ones) and if anybody did have troubles with it.
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Feb 18 18:02:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA08489 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 18:02:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA08435 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 18:02:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA00151; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 12:32:14 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA19256; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 12:32:14 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980219123213.64247@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 12:32:13 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: The Classiest Man Alive Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Opinion on LS-120 devices ? References: <199802190147.UAA29401@kalypso.cybercom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199802190147.UAA29401@kalypso.cybercom.net>; from The Classiest Man Alive on Wed, Feb 18, 1998 at 08:48:18PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 18 February 1998 at 20:48:18 -0500, The Classiest Man Alive wrote: That's a lot, isn't it? The rest is on some silly Netscrape screen, to which I can't reply. HTML is for web pages. Please don't use it for mail messages. Check out http://www.lemis.com/email.html for more details. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Feb 18 18:28:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA13923 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 18:28:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ady.warpnet.ro (ady.warpnet.ro [193.230.201.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA13564 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 18:26:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ady@warpnet.ro) Received: from localhost (ady@localhost) by ady.warpnet.ro (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id EAA01088; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 04:06:55 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ady@warpnet.ro) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 04:06:55 +0200 (EET) From: Penisoara Adrian To: The Classiest Man Alive cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Opinion on LS-120 devices ? In-Reply-To: <199802190147.UAA29401@kalypso.cybercom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, The Classiest Man Alive wrote: > > Moved to Hardware from Questions and Hackers...
>
> Problems doesn't begin to describe it, pal.
>
> Point blank, the drives were not much faster than a floppy.  Playing > Duke Nukem 3-D off one of them was Frame Rate Hell.  (That same game > is lovely off a SCSI zip drive, though.)  The worst thing about the Oh, I wouldn't expect at all to play games directly from the disk... > drive I used was that it would only recognize a standard floppy as a 1.39 > MB disk.  This prevented the boot disk creator in FreeBSD from Where did you get this number, in the Win95's Explorer or DOS/FreeBSD ? In the former case I believe it's normal, even the real 1.44Mb's have 1.39Mb free reported under Win95, but in the latter... > working at all.  The odd thing is that in contrast, the LS-120 media > are actually 120 MB as opposed to the 120 million bytes that most > manufacturers use.
Well, 120 * 1024 * 1024 bytes are much butter than 120 * 1000 * 1000 bytes anyway... About the FBSD bootloader, did you have problems with both the 1.44Mb and 120Mb medias or just with the 120Mb media ? (In the 120Mb case it might be from the non-standard format) >
> Even getting this recognized was a nightmare.  My recommendation is Exactly what problems did you encounter here and what OSes ? This is very important for me. > to avoid these drives.  They're a good idea that's just not ready > for prime time, and zip drives seem to be working just fine.
Well, don't be so sure, did you hear about those rumours about "Click of Death" regarding Iomega's drives ? I haven't read them but the stories are (still ?) available at www.cnet.com. >
> K.S.
Thank you very much. Ady (@warpnet.ro) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Feb 18 20:07:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA26884 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:07:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA26817 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:06:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA05627; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:03:49 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802190403.UAA05627@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: The Classiest Man Alive cc: Penisoara Adrian , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Opinion on LS-120 devices ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:48:18 EST." <199802190147.UAA29401@kalypso.cybercom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:03:47 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Yecch. If you use HTML in your mail messages, then you deserve all that you get. > Moved to Hardware from Questions and Hackers... > > Problems doesn't begin to describe it, pal. > > Point blank, the drives were not much faster than a floppy. They're significantly faster than a floppy; on the order of 5-10 times, depending on your access profile. > Playing > Duke Nukem 3-D off one of them was Frame Rate Hell. This game runs on FreeBSD? Or perhaps you are crossposting to a list that cares? > The worst thing about the > drive I used was that it would only recognize a standard floppy as a 1.39 > MB disk. This is a feature of your operating system, not the drive in question. > This prevented the boot disk creator in FreeBSD from > working at all. Which "boot disk creator"? > Even getting this recognized was a nightmare. How so? I had no trouble updating the BIOS on the (very elderly) ASUS boards around here to support them; if you have a recent board or one from a recognised vendor then you should be fine. Of course if you don't, then welcome to the fruits of your decisions. > My recommendation is > to avoid these drives. They're a good idea that's just not ready > for prime time, and zip drives seem to be working just fine. You're welcome to your opinion, but TBH it sounds like you're the victim of your own expectations. For what they are, the LS-120 works just fine. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 19 00:01:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA24584 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 00:01:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rest.rest.ru (root@TM-Rbase.rest.mplik.ru [195.58.8.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA24541; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 00:01:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zal@rest.ru) Received: from rest.ru (zal.rest.ru [194.135.175.178]) by rest.rest.ru (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA01223; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 13:09:30 +0500 (ESK) Message-ID: <34EBE609.5B32E7C2@rest.ru> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 12:58:01 +0500 From: Aleksey Zvyagin Organization: REST Ltd. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc To: zal@rest.ru, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Help! Memory leak in FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE?! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, All! I need your help! Sorry me if my English will be bad. ;-) I had installed FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE on the mainboard ACORP 5VX32 (chipset INtel 430VX, DIMM 64M, CPU is AMD K5-133) ... and have the problem. I noted that FreeBSD is to be hanged after 1-2 days. This machine are working in idle rate. I begin to watch for memory. I was runing the script which was logging the top's output and ps's output. And what i noted: Memory in 1:59:00 (1:59am) ----------------- last pid: 4764; load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 01:59:00 27 processes: 1 running, 26 sleeping Mem: 6788K Active, 2840K Inact, 9164K Wired, 4877K Buf, 43M Free ^^^^^^ Memory is OK Swap: 120M Total, 64K Used, 120M Free ----------------- Memory in 2:00:00 ----------------- last pid: 4781; load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 02:00:00 31 processes: 3 running, 28 sleeping Mem: 7136K Active, 2840K Inact, 9308K Wired, 4926K Buf, 43M Free Swap: 120M Total, 64K Used, 120M Free ----------------- Memory in 2:01:00 ------------------ last pid: 4841; load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 02:01:00 37 processes: 1 running, 36 sleeping Mem: 13M Active, 3156K Inact, 12M Wired, 7158K Buf, 33M Free ^^^^ Swap: 120M Total, 64K Used, 120M Free ------------------- Memory in this time has grown through 13 Mb. In this time /etc/daily was working... The memory after 6 hours stays on 13-16 Mb! Memory in 11:23 ------------------- last pid: 8643; load averages: 0.03, 0.01, 0.00 11:23:00 27 processes: 1 running, 26 sleeping Mem: 17M Active, 3180K Inact, 13M Wired, 7667K Buf, 29M Free Swap: 120M Total, 64K Used, 120M Free ------------------- I did not find a processes those were using a more memory! I made the conclusion that a memory leak is in kernel! I tried with other mainboard (Chipset Inte 437VX, SIMM 16 Mb) this hard with FreeBSD but memory was stable on 7-8Mb against the 17M at 11:23 (see above) Help me! Did anyone know what is problem?! Please, to answer to my e-mail box: zal@rest.ru Future thanks! -- Best regards, Aleksey Zvyagin, Ekaterinburg city, Ural region, Russia. E-mail: zal@rest.ru; Mirabilis UIN: 1381198; ntalk compatible: zal@zal.rest.ru; http://www.rest.ru/~zal/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 19 03:46:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA29458 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 03:46:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mirage.nlink.com.br (mirage.nlink.com.br [200.238.120.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA29213; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 03:45:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luiz@nlink.com.br) Received: from mirage.nlink.com.br (mirage.nlink.com.br [200.238.120.3]) by mirage.nlink.com.br (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA24131; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 08:48:49 -0300 (EST) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 08:48:48 -0300 (EST) From: Luiz de Barros To: isp@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG cc: jhay@mikom.csir.co.za Subject: Riscom /N2 + Fractional E1. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear ALL, I have come to a strange problem with a Riscom/N2 card running on a FreeBSD-2.2.5-Stable system. The card is working very well with a 64Kbps Syncronous V.35 interface leased link with CSU/DSU provided by the phone company. I have everything working fine, HDLC, etc. I have another link, a 256Kbps Fractional E1 from a RAD FCD-2L G.703 to V.35 converter and fractioner, with a cable provided by RAD that does not want to work with the Riscom/N2. Did anybody already have a similar problem? What signals are necessary for the card to work with this kind of link? Will i have to convert the signals to X.21? How? This link is working with no problem on a IBM 2210 Router and i would like to switch it to FreeBSD. Any help is welcome. Luiz Nlink ISP To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 19 07:49:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA05463 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 07:49:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from colossus.dyn.ml.org (root@206-18-115-73.la.inreach.net [206.18.115.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA05441; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 07:49:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dburr@colossus.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from dburr@localhost) by colossus.dyn.ml.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA01768; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 02:23:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dburr) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 02:21:41 -0800 (PST) Organization: Starfleet Command From: Donald Burr To: FreeBSD Hardware , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Support for parallel port Scanners under FreeBSD? Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Is there any support (I don't care if it's beta quality or what) for parallel port Scanners under FreeBSD (any version)? If so, where can I get it? I strongly doubt that this exists, but I suppose it doesn't hurt to ask. If it matters, my scanner is a Simplex DP30M by CompEye corp. Please cc: me by email if possible. Thanks! - --- Donald Burr - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. 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I tried this option for vx0 and got errors: # ifconfig vx0 link2 full-duplex ifconfig: full-duplex: bad value # ifconfig vx0 link2 100basetx link2 full-duplex ifconfig: 100basetx: bad value The vx and fxp manual pages do not say anything about full-duplex configuring. It refers to ifconfig man-page and ifconfig says to look at specific man-page. Would some one please tell me if is it possible to configure vx0 in full-duplex mode ? Thanks, -Jin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 19 14:28:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA04688 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 14:28:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA04605 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 14:27:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA12807; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 22:27:23 GMT (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Message-ID: <34ECB1CB.F2281C01@tdx.co.uk> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 22:27:23 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jin Guojun (ITG staff)" CC: dg@root.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: full-duplex of vx (was Intel 100/B NIC) References: <199802192127.NAA08503@george.lbl.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jin Guojun (ITG staff) wrote: > > :>ifconfig fxp0 link1 link2 > :> > :>That should put the card into 100Mb, full duplex under 2.2.2-RELEASE, it's a > Can vx (3c5x9 3C905) device be configured to full-duplex mode? > I tried this option for vx0 and got errors: > > # ifconfig vx0 link2 full-duplex > ifconfig: full-duplex: bad value > > # ifconfig vx0 link2 100basetx link2 full-duplex > ifconfig: 100basetx: bad value Hi, I've just looked at the driver man page for 'vx' (and unless it's out of date on my system, which it may well be) - there doesn't seem to be any support for forcing the driver to 100mb/fdx. The link1 link2 and link0 options seem to select the port... If the card can do full duplex / 100mb, you might be able to tell the system at the other end to set it's card to 100mb/fdx - and it might autodetect... Theres to many 'mights' in that last paragraph - I'd wait around for someone more authorative to answer... (i.e. who has the card ) Kp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 19 15:20:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA12406 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:20:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA12347 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:20:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA04546; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:18:57 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802192318.PAA04546@implode.root.com> To: Jin Guojun (ITG staff) cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: full-duplex of vx (was Intel 100/B NIC) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Feb 1998 13:27:22 PST." <199802192127.NAA08503@george.lbl.gov> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:18:57 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Can vx (3c5x9 3C905) device be configured to full-duplex mode? >I tried this option for vx0 and got errors: > ># ifconfig vx0 link2 full-duplex >ifconfig: full-duplex: bad value > ># ifconfig vx0 link2 100basetx link2 full-duplex >ifconfig: 100basetx: bad value > >The vx and fxp manual pages do not say anything about full-duplex configuring. >It refers to ifconfig man-page and ifconfig says to look at specific man-page. > >Would some one please tell me if is it possible to configure vx0 in >full-duplex mode ? The vx driver does not support full duplex operation. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 19 15:35:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA16830 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:35:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA16549; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:34:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA00748; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:34:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:34:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Aleksey Zvyagin cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! Memory leak in FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE?! In-Reply-To: <34EBE609.5B32E7C2@rest.ru> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Aleksey Zvyagin wrote: > Memory in 1:59:00 (1:59am) > ----------------- > last pid: 4764; load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 01:59:00 > 27 processes: 1 running, 26 sleeping > > Mem: 6788K Active, 2840K Inact, 9164K Wired, 4877K Buf, 43M Free > ^^^^^^ Memory is OK > Swap: 120M Total, 64K Used, 120M Free > ----------------- > > Memory in 2:00:00 > ----------------- > last pid: 4781; load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 02:00:00 > 31 processes: 3 running, 28 sleeping > > Mem: 7136K Active, 2840K Inact, 9308K Wired, 4926K Buf, 43M Free > Swap: 120M Total, 64K Used, 120M Free > ----------------- At 2AM, the system runs some maintenance that includes some big find operations. The system's memory and disk usage will be pretty inflated for the next or 10 minutes, until 2:10am or so. > Mem: 13M Active, 3156K Inact, 12M Wired, 7158K Buf, 33M Free > ^^^^ > Swap: 120M Total, 64K Used, 120M Free If you were having leak problems, your swap would start growing. You're not using any swap through all of this, and you have 33MB of memory that isn't even being used for disk buffering! I wouldn't be worried. > I did not find a processes those were using a more memory! > I made the conclusion that a memory leak is in kernel! > I tried with other mainboard (Chipset Inte 437VX, SIMM 16 Mb) this hard > with FreeBSD but memory was stable on 7-8Mb against the 17M at 11:23 > (see above) Did you check the system log to see if any messages were present before the hang? Can you characterize the hang better? can you change consoles? Login? Ping the machine? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 19 15:46:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA20081 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:46:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA19719; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:45:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA04877; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:43:24 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802192343.PAA04877@implode.root.com> To: Doug White cc: Aleksey Zvyagin , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! Memory leak in FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE?! In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:34:31 PST." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:43:23 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >operations. The system's memory and disk usage will be pretty inflated >for the next or 10 minutes, until 2:10am or so. > >> Mem: 13M Active, 3156K Inact, 12M Wired, 7158K Buf, 33M Free >> ^^^^ >> Swap: 120M Total, 64K Used, 120M Free "Active" memory is both a combination of process memory and recently cached filesystem data; variations in the number can't be used as an indicator of memory leaks. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Feb 20 07:43:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA07951 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 07:43:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c243.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA07895 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 07:43:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA05223; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 10:14:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Jin Guojun (ITG staff) cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: full-duplex of vx (was Intel 100/B NIC) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Feb 1998 13:27:22 PST." <199802192127.NAA08503@george.lbl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 10:14:28 -0500 Message-ID: <5219.887987668@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jin Guojun wrote in message ID <199802192127.NAA08503@george.lbl.gov>: > Can vx (3c5x9 3C905) device be configured to full-duplex mode? Use the DOS configuration utility. FreeBSD can't set the vx0's duplex attribute. If you are trying to use it under heavy load, I'd suggest another card also. We're seeing ethernet errors from 3com cards at work (on the switch) which other cards don't seem to be producing in exactly the same setup. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Feb 21 09:13:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA16467 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 09:13:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.6.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA16455 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 09:13:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bkogawa@primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA02488; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 10:13:25 -0700 (MST) Received: from ip213.sjc.primenet.com(206.165.96.213), claiming to be "foo.primenet.com" via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpd002461; Sat Feb 21 10:13:21 1998 Received: (from bkogawa@localhost) by foo.primenet.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) id JAA04021; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 09:16:51 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 09:16:51 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802211716.JAA04021@foo.primenet.com> To: dburr@POBoxes.com Subject: Re: Support for parallel port Scanners under FreeBSD? Newsgroups: localhost.freebsd.questions References: From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" Cc: FreeBSD Hardware X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In localhost.freebsd.questions you write: >Is there any support (I don't care if it's beta quality or what) for >parallel port Scanners under FreeBSD (any version)? If so, where can I >get it? Your best bet for *nix scanning is SANE, at http://www.mostang.com/sane/ It does include *some* parallel port scanning support under linux, at least, so the drivers have a greater chance of being there than elsewhere. -- bryan k ogawa http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Feb 21 10:41:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA27346 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 10:41:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from aenima.unixgeeks.net (obanta@aenima.unixgeeks.net [207.140.121.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA27340 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 10:41:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obanta@aenima.unixgeeks.net) Received: (from obanta@localhost) by aenima.unixgeeks.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA01079 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 12:41:16 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from obanta) From: Oliver Banta Message-Id: <199802211841.MAA01079@aenima.unixgeeks.net> Subject: Quickcam VC To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 12:41:15 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, I just recently purchased a Quickcam VC and am having some problems getting it to work. I'm pretty sure it's being detected correctly at boot up, but here is the output from dmesg for those curious: > qcam0 at 0x378 on isa > qcam0: bidirectional parallel port When I run qcamcontrol, nothing is dumped to stdout like the man page suggests. Again, here is what I get: > => qcamcontrol > version=3, (160,120) at (7,1) @6bpp zoom=0, exp=200, b/w/c=180/150/180 And at this point it just stays there until I C-c it. So is the VC supported under FreeBSD, or am I just missing something obvious? Cheers, -- Oliver Banta | Computer Engineering Major at UNL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Feb 21 10:59:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA29395 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 10:59:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA29329 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 10:59:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA27064; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 10:58:16 -0800 (PST) To: Oliver Banta cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quickcam VC In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 21 Feb 1998 12:41:15 CST." <199802211841.MAA01079@aenima.unixgeeks.net> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 10:58:16 -0800 Message-ID: <27061.888087496@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > So is the VC supported under FreeBSD, or am I just missing something > obvious? It is not. It's on our TODO list though. Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message