Re: Package for reading hardware information such as BIOS Version etc ..

[Bruce Ferrell <bferrell@baywinds.org>]

I see messages like that from a system that has a S.M.A.R.T. technology 
drive installed and the bios doesn't have support for it.



Sadanapalli, Pradeep Kumar (MED, TCS) wrote:
> I downloaded lshw-T.00.07.tar.gz and compiled. When I execute lshw in
> X-Terminal, it works fine.
> But when I executed it in the Virtual Terminal(Text Mode) , it generates
> the output,but
> before that it displays two error messages.
> 
> "hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>  hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 "
> 
> I don't understand what these error messages mean?  Can someone explain
> me these error messages and why
> I am getting these?
> 
> Thanks
> Pradeep
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Ferrell [mailto:bferrell@baywinds.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 10:40 PM
> To: Sadanapalli, Pradeep Kumar (MED, TCS)
> Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Package for reading hardware information such as BIOS
> Version etc ..
> 
> 
> I just ran across something called lshw.  I think I found it on
> freshmeat.
> 
> Sadanapalli, Pradeep Kumar (MED, TCS) wrote:
> 
>>Hi Friends...
>>Thank you all for all your responses for my previous mails..!!
>> 
>>I am running RedHat Linux 8.0 on my Dell Latitude C610 Laptop. I am
>>using the i8k package
>>which reports the information such as BIOS Version, Serial Number, fan
>>status, CPU temperature...etc.
>>
>>I believe it is SMM BIOS for Dell Latitude Laptops. I don't even what
>>this SMM BIOS means?
>>
>>But when I am running the same i8k module on my Dell GX260 which runs
>>same RedHat Linux 8.0,
>>it reports an error message that 
>>"unsupported model Dell Optiplex GX260
>>unable to get SMM Dell Signature
>>unable to get SMM BIOS Version"
>>
>>What is the BIOS that comes with Dell Optiplex GX260? Is there any
> 
> other
> 
>>package to read the serial number
>>from BIOS, as we do with i8k module on Dell Laptops? Please tell me if
> 
> I
> 
>>am not clear
>>with what I am saying.
>>
>>If anybody has got an idea on this, please share with me. 
>>Thank you all in advance...
>>
>>Thanks and Regards,
>>Pradeep
>> 
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Paul Furness [mailto:paul.furness@vil.ite.mee.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 8:10 AM
>>To: Yu Chen
>>Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
>>Subject: Re: Rather odd NIS problem
>>
>>
>>Thanks, that fixed it. I know it sounds stupid, but it didn't occur to
>>me that yppasswdd had a configuration file. Man, I must be asleep. :)
>>
>>Paul.
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 13:54, Yu Chen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Looks like the same problem I had once. On NIS server do a ps -ef|grep
>>
>>yp,
>>
>>
>>>see how yppasswdd is run, in your case, it should be something like
>>>rpc.yppasswdd -D /var/yp
>>>if not, you should tell yppasswdd where is your files, edit
>>>/etc/sysconfig/yppasswdd
>>>
>>>Hope this will help!
>>>
>>>===========================================
>>>Yu Chen
>>>Howard Hughes Medical Institute
>>>University of Maryland at Baltimore County
>>>1000 Hilltop Circle
>>>Baltimore, MD 21250
>>>
>>>phone: 	(410)455-6347
>>>	(410)455-2718
>>>fax: 	(410)455-1174
>>>email: 	chen@hhmi.umbc.edu
>>>===========================================
>>>
>>>On 19 Mar 2003, Paul Furness wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello.
>>>>
>>>>I have a reccuring problem with NIS. My main production NIS server
>>>
>>won't
>>
>>
>>>>let me change any passwords. The system is a completely new system
>>>
>>which
>>
>>
>>>>I have built from the ground up to replace the old, failing one. It
>>>
>>is
>>
>>
>>>>based around RedHat 7.3 with updates; the kernel version is
>>>>2.4.18-24.7.x, ypserv is version 2.5-2.7x, ypbind is 1.10-7, and
>>>>yp-tools is 2.6-4.
>>>>
>>>>Although the setup (in terms of the files which are shared) is the
>>>
>>same
>>
>>
>>>>as the original system (which did work ok), the config files are the
>>>
>>new
>>
>>
>>>>default ones, edited by me. Also, I have needed to edit the Makefile
>>>
>>in
>>
>>
>>>>/var/yp so as to share the correct things as the correct names. The
>>>>changes I made were based on comparing the old files with the new
>>>
>>ones,
>>
>>
>>>>so I didn't simply copy all the old stuff into the new places.
>>>>
>>>>Anyhow, ypserv, ypbind and yppasswdd all start fine, and the domain
>>>
>>is
>>
>>
>>>>shared correctly and works. I have moved everything over to using
>>>
>>this
>>
>>
>>>>domain, and removed the old NIS server. Everything else works fine,
>>>
>>but
>>
>>
>>>>when I try and change a user's password, this happens:
>>>>
>>>># yppasswd furnesp
>>>>Changing NIS account information for furnesp on
>>>
>>antonia.vil.ite.mee.com.
>>
>>
>>>>Please enter root password:
>>>>Changing NIS password for furnesp on antonia.vil.ite.mee.com.
>>>>Please enter new password:
>>>>Please retype new password:
>>>>Error while changing the NIS password.
>>>>The NIS password has not been changed on antonia.vil.ite.mee.com.
>>>>#
>>>>
>>>>(obviosly, I enter the appropriate passwords when prompted!)
>>>>
>>>>If I try to "su - user" first, I still get the same output (asking
>>>
>>for
>>
>>
>>>>user's old password instead of root password).
>>>>
>>>>Incidentally, I did wonder if the password I was using was too
>>>
>>simple,
>>
>>
>>>>but the problem happens with very strong passwords as well.
>>>>
>>>>It may or may not affect it, but I am not using passwd or group file
>>>
>>in
>>
>>
>>>>/etc; all the files are in /var/yp/ypfiles. I have edited the
>>>>configuration in the Makefile to take account of this, and it works
>>>>fine. If I manually enter a new user into /var/yp/ypfiles/passwd,
>>>
>>and
>>
>>
>>>>copy/paste a password from an existing account into the password
>>>
>>field,
>>
>>
>>>>then do a make, the new user account appears correctly in the NIS,
>>>
>>and
>>
>>
>>>>the password works. Oh, and I am not using a shadow file at all.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>For brevity, I haven't copied the Makefile to this email, but below
>>>
>>is
>>
>>
>>>>/etc/ypserv.conf and yp.conf. If anyone wants to look at the
>>>
>>Makefile,
>>
>>
>>>>I'll send it to you off list.
>>>>
>>>>Has anyone seen this problem before?
>>>>
>>>>Tks.
>>>>
>>>>Paul.
>>>>
>>>>-----------
>>>>
>>>>yp.conf:
>>>><SNIP>
>>>>
>>>>domain vilnis broadcast
>>>>
>>>></SNIP>
>>>>
>>>>ypserv.conf:
>>>><SNIP>
>>>>
>>>>dns: no
>>>>
>>>>files: 30
>>>>
>>>>xfr_check_port: yes
>>>>
>>>># Host                     : Domain  : Map              : Security
>>>>
>>>>*                          : *       : *                : none
>>>></SNIP>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>---------------
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Paul Furness
>>>>
>>>>Systems Manager
>>>>Visual Information Lab
>>>>Mitsubsihi Electric ITE BV
>>>>Guildford, UK
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