Linux-Hardware Digest #132, Volume #14 Fri, 5 Jan 01 12:13:04 EST
Contents:
VIA apollo pro 133A (Daniel Nilsson)
dual xeon problems (ekk)
Re: LNE100TX in Radhat 7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[Q] Linux RedHat 7.0 (2.4.0) + DVDROM (SCSI) + VIDEO CARD (AGP) (Marc Tanguy)
no sound with NEC PowerMate ES (Pierre Loic Herve)
Re: Looking for Linux Distribution that runs on IBM AS400 ("earthtirol")
PC133 memory in PC100 slots (Lee Graba)
Setting Up a Minimal Box to do Firewalling and Routing to Internet (mike)
Re: PPPoE router (Linksys BEFSRx1, Netgear RT31x) with Linux? (Rod Smith)
Re: LNE100TX in Radhat 7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help with printer in LM7.0 (FMRCYouth)
Keyboard (Matthew Ford)
Re: Setting Up a Minimal Box to do Firewalling and Routing to Internet (Greg Yantz)
Re: PC133 memory in PC100 slots (John Peach)
Network card problem ("Brittle")
Re: Looking for good driver for Epson Stylus 760 Color (Markku Kolkka)
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From: Daniel Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VIA apollo pro 133A
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 14:09:45 GMT
Hi,
I'm in the process of buying a new computer, intel based
2-way SMP. Seems like my best bet would be a system based
on the VIA Apollo pro 133A chipset. Though there has been
some reports on various places about performance problems,
(http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1384) is one of
them.
Does anyone have more information if this is a problems
that is Linux specific and if work is being done to
resolv the issues or if it's the chipset itself that has
poor performance. Would you recommend using a different
chipset instead (there doesn't seem to be a lot of chipsets
for PIII that supports SMP and SDRAM)
Thanks
Daniel Nilsson
Sent via Deja.com
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From: ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dual xeon problems
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 09:26:05 -0500
Hello,
I sent a message a little while ago about my dual xeon 550 hanging
unpredictably. I have pretty much ruled out the cpu temperature as the
source of the problem. It must be some hardware issue. Could you
please review the hardware I have below and let me know if you know of
any potential flaky hardware:
Motherboard: Super S2DGU/DGE running Bios R1.6 (based on intel 440GX)
ekkguest1:~ 101% hinv
Total Processors: 2
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
model name : Pentium III (Katmai)
cpu MHz : 551.258
cache size : 512 KB
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
model name : Pentium III (Katmai)
cpu MHz : 551.258
cache size : 512 KB
Main Memory Size: 960 MB
Host: ide1 Channel: hdc
Vendor: CD-ROM Model: 50X
scsi0: Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 5.1.28/3.2.4
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: DMVS18V Rev: 0250
Keyboard Detected: 1
Serial Ports: 2
Parallel Ports: 0
Ethernet Controllers: eth0
IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1).
USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 1).
SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7890/1 (rev 1).
Ethernet controller: Intel 82557 (rev 8).
VGA compatible controller: ATI Unknown device (rev 0).
ekkguest1:~ 102% cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 7
model name : Pentium III (Katmai)
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 551.258
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr xmm
bogomips : 1101.00
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 7
model name : Pentium III (Katmai)
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 551.258
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr xmm
bogomips : 1101.00
ekkguest1:~ 104% cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0 CPU1
0: 360195 0 XT-PIC timer
1: 387 0 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 1 0 XT-PIC rtc
9: 829 0 XT-PIC eth0
10: 36047 0 XT-PIC aic7xxx
12: 78 0 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 0 XT-PIC fpu
15: 7 0 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
ERR: 0
please help me-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: LNE100TX in Radhat 7
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 12:24:30 GMT
On Mon, 01 Jan 2001 21:48:04 GMT, "Cory Dunkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I jsut went through it again to see what the error messages said. I extract
>the files from the .tgz like it says, then I am suposed to tye "make" to
>compile the modules. I do that and my error messages are as follows:
Hey Cory!
I'm going through the same deal as you, but with a MX98713
chip network card that uses the tulip driver (RH 7.0). I've been
following this thread and grabbed the updated tulip driver from:
http://www.scyld.com/network/updates.html
I won't have time to compile and add them to my linux box
until saturday, so I don't know if it works yet, but the above URL
link has some instructions for compiling with RH 7.0 and it says the
configuration file with the default install is broken. Read the whole
page at the above URL for the "Special Instructions for RH 7.0"
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Mike
>pci-skeleton.c: In function 'netdev_open'
>pci-skeleton.c: structure has no member named: 'tbusy'
>pci-skeleton.c: structure has no member named: 'interrupt'
>pci-skeleton.c: structure has no member named: 'start'
>
>It jsut goes on like that saying things like that for a bunxh of different
>"In function" things. I tried to "make" just the two files that appear to be
>required (pci-scan.c, tulip.c) but it does the same thing for them. Please
>help me out on this one, as I'm really lost.
>
>
>"Cory Dunkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:zn546.15458$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> I have a system that I am trying to run with a Linksys LNE100TX (tulip)
>and
>> a SMC EZ card (realtek) for NAT, ftp and http servers and possibly a
>> Counter-Strike server to learn some Linux. The Linksys card won't work,
>I've
>> been trying everything I could think of and everything in the readme files
>> for the past couple days. I just can't get the thing to work. Even the
>> crappy realtek card worked without a hitch. If anyone can help me out with
>> this I'd really appreciate it. I will need you to tell me everything that
>I
>> would type though. This is the first time I'm using a Linux command line
>so
>> I know next to nothing. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Cory
>>
>>
>
>
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From: Marc Tanguy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: [Q] Linux RedHat 7.0 (2.4.0) + DVDROM (SCSI) + VIDEO CARD (AGP)
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:00:04 +0100
Hello,
i want to watch dvd on my linux PC, i'm going to upgrade my video card
too. So i would like to know what is the best configuration, and if some
people could give me their working configuration at home.
My current configuration :
RedHat 7.0 with 2.4.0 kernel
Celeron 450MHz + 192MB
SCSI Disks/CDRom/CDWriter
ATI All in Wonder Pro AGP 8MB
i'm not against an IDE DVDRom if it works better.
If you own a good working configuration or if you know good web sites
which answered to my questions, let me know.
Thanks in advance, and Happy New Year,
Marc Tanguy
PS: you can answer in french if you want
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From: Pierre Loic Herve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: no sound with NEC PowerMate ES
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:25:40 GMT
Hi all,
I use a NEC PowerMate ES with a debian potatoe.
I cant get any sound...
cat /proc/pci is
c3426:/g/temp/mp3# cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel Unknown device (rev 3).
Vendor id=8086. Device id=7124.
Fast devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No
bursts.
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Unknown device (rev 3).
Vendor id=8086. Device id=7125.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master
Capable. No bursts.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xe8000008].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xeff80000 [0xeff80000].
Bus 0, device 30, function 0:
PCI bridge: Intel Unknown device (rev 2).
Vendor id=8086. Device id=2418.
Fast devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No
bursts. Min Gnt=2.
Bus 0, device 31, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel Unknown device (rev 2).
Vendor id=8086. Device id=2410.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No
bursts.
Bus 0, device 31, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel Unknown device (rev 2).
Vendor id=8086. Device id=2411.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No
bursts.
I/O at 0xff00 [0xff01].
Bus 0, device 31, function 2:
USB Controller: Intel Unknown device (rev 2).
Vendor id=8086. Device id=2412.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master
Capable. No bursts.
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd401].
Bus 0, device 31, function 3:
SM Bus: Intel Unknown device (rev 2).
Vendor id=8086. Device id=2413.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
I/O at 0x540 [0x541].
Bus 0, device 31, function 5:
Multimedia audio controller: Intel Unknown device (rev 2).
Vendor id=8086. Device id=2415.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master
Capable. No bursts.
I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc01].
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801].
Bus 1, device 1, function 0:
Token ring network controller: IBM Wake On LAN Token Ring (rev 70).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master
Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=6.Max Lat=120.
I/O at 0xbc00 [0xbc01].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xefdfff00 [0xefdfff00].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xefdff000 [0xefdff000].
Bus 1, device 3, function 0:
Ethernet controller: 3Com Unknown device (rev 120).
Vendor id=10b7. Device id=9200.
Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min
Gnt=10.Max Lat=10.
I/O at 0xb800 [0xb801].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xefdffe80 [0xefdffe80].
I use the driver i810_audio.o
lsmod is :
c3426:/g/temp/mp3# lsmod
Module Size Used by
i810_audio 10564 0
ac97_codec 7044 0 [i810_audio]
sound 57592 0 (unused)
soundlow 416 0 [sound]
soundcore 2628 5 [i810_audio sound]
af_packet 6040 0 (autoclean)
nfsd 143460 8 (autoclean)
lockd 31112 1 (autoclean) [nfsd]
sunrpc 52420 1 (autoclean) [nfsd lockd]
nls_cp437 3904 1 (autoclean)
serial 19564 0 (autoclean)
3c59x 18656 1
agpgart 4788 1
olympic 13584 1
dummy 932 0 (unused)
smbfs 23952 1
ntfs 34184 1
unix 10212 28 (autoclean)
OK BUT
when i go
cat /home/pierre/spacemusic.au > /dev/sound
i cant hear nothing...
and i dont get any error...
Any ideas ?
Thanks, Pierre.
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From: "earthtirol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for Linux Distribution that runs on IBM AS400
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:23:42 +0100
Im Artikel <933f0r$cr2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb "Mark Merriman"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> I have an IBM AS400 Model 9402-4XX w/Cobra-lite(modified PPC)
> Proccessor. I have heard that there is a Linux distribution that will
> run on it, but can't seem to find anyone who knows which distribution
> it is.
you should ask ibm which dist works with your as model im sure that
they will help you
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From: Lee Graba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PC133 memory in PC100 slots
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 09:55:53 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a motherboard (GigaByte 71xe) that supports PC100 SDRAM, and I
also have a 256 Megabyte PC133 SDRAM module. Should these work well
together? Is this a situation like processors, in which you can run a
high-speed processor at a lower clock-rate with no problem, or is the
PC133 different from PC100 in ways other than the clock rate that can be
handled?
--
================================================================================
Lee Graba
Honeywell Technology Center
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
================================================================================
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting Up a Minimal Box to do Firewalling and Routing to Internet
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:12:14 GMT
Hi,
I would like to have an idea of the minimum specifications for
a system to be able to have my local network connect to
the internet via a Cable modem or DSL connection.
What I mean by a minimal system requirements is to
be able to get maximum speeds of the Cable modem or DSL
without being choked down by the hardware to lesser speeds.
1. minimal processor and speed
2. minimum ram
3. hard drive space
4. minimal ethernet card. Will a 10 Mbps suffice
Thanks
Mike
P.S. I happen to be running Redhat 6.1. Are there better versions /
distributions for this purpose?
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: PPPoE router (Linksys BEFSRx1, Netgear RT31x) with Linux?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:09:39 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Does anyone know if these simple routers:
> Linksys BEFSR11 (1 port), BEFSR41 (4 port)
> Netgear RT311 (1 port), RT314 (4 port)
> work with Linux.
Yes. The basic router functions of these devices work with *ANY* OS that
uses TCP/IP -- Windows, MacOS, Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS, OS/2, DOS (with
TCP/IP stack installed), VMS, etc. The only OS compatibility questions
relate to two things:
1) Configuration -- some devices use proprietary Windows software to
configure the modem. Most (including those you mention) use Web or
Telnet configuration tools.
2) Firmware upgrades -- again, some devices use proprietary Windows
software to upgrade the firmware. I know that the NetGear (and I
believe also the Linksys) uses an ordinary FTP transfer to do the
job.
FWIW, I've got a ZyXEL P314 (ZyXEL makes the NetGear boxes, and rumor
has it they've got a good deal for direct purchases now from their Web
site, http://www.zyxel.com). I use this box on a network with Windows,
MacOS, and Linux, with one box also occasionally dual-booting to BeOS
and OS/2. It works fine with all of these.
> I have a PPPoE connection (Sympatico HSE with Bell Canada).
> I've heard that these routers can do PPPoE in hardware and just
> give me something that likes like normal ethernet port(s).
Correct. The PPPoE client sits in the router. Your own network (even if
it's just one computer) uses static IP addresses or DHCP. The drawback
is that this necessarily uses NAT/IP masquerading (in the router), so if
you want to use an exotic protocol, you should be sure that it works
through the router's implementation of NAT/IP masquerading.
The PPPoE implementations of different broadband routers varies in
quality. The NetGear/ZyXEL twins have a better reputation in this
respect than does the Linksys, but apparently Linksys has recently
released a new firmware that people are saying is much improved. Even
the NetGear/ZyXEL devices aren't perfect, though, so you may want to
research the matter with respect to your specific ISP.
> Do I just configure them with a standard web browser? If so, what
> IP addresses would I use for the Linux side.
The IP address you set varies from one device to another. They
generally use the 192.168.0.0/24 or 192.168.1.0/24 networks by default,
but you can reconfigure that to something else if you like.
For reviews of these and several other hardware broadband routers,
check:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/reviews/index_router.htm
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: LNE100TX in Radhat 7
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:26:39 GMT
Sorry Cory,
I just came home and tried the "fix" for RH 7.0 from the
www.scyld.com site as I wrote you about previously and it does the
exact same thing still to me, even using kgcc to compile as per the
special Red Hat instuctions. Back to the drawing board....... 8-(
please let me know if you figure out a fix..... Thanks.
Mike
On Mon, 01 Jan 2001 21:48:04 GMT, "Cory Dunkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I jsut went through it again to see what the error messages said. I extract
>the files from the .tgz like it says, then I am suposed to tye "make" to
>compile the modules. I do that and my error messages are as follows:
>
>pci-skeleton.c: In function 'netdev_open'
>pci-skeleton.c: structure has no member named: 'tbusy'
>pci-skeleton.c: structure has no member named: 'interrupt'
>pci-skeleton.c: structure has no member named: 'start'
>
>It jsut goes on like that saying things like that for a bunxh of different
>"In function" things. I tried to "make" just the two files that appear to be
>required (pci-scan.c, tulip.c) but it does the same thing for them. Please
>help me out on this one, as I'm really lost.
>
>
>"Cory Dunkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:zn546.15458$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> I have a system that I am trying to run with a Linksys LNE100TX (tulip)
>and
>> a SMC EZ card (realtek) for NAT, ftp and http servers and possibly a
>> Counter-Strike server to learn some Linux. The Linksys card won't work,
>I've
>> been trying everything I could think of and everything in the readme files
>> for the past couple days. I just can't get the thing to work. Even the
>> crappy realtek card worked without a hitch. If anyone can help me out with
>> this I'd really appreciate it. I will need you to tell me everything that
>I
>> would type though. This is the first time I'm using a Linux command line
>so
>> I know next to nothing. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Cory
>>
>>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (FMRCYouth)
Date: 05 Jan 2001 16:26:50 GMT
Subject: Help with printer in LM7.0
I have an HP OfficeJet 1170Cse printer/scanner/copier and suddenly it isn't
working. Originally, I had it configured and it was printing well. I never
tried the scanner under linux. Now, I can't print at all. I have used
printtool and gone through the Printer Setup on DrakConf, but nothing works.
Where do I go to work on the settings for this printer? Is there a module or
driver that I can download for this printer?
TIA
God bless,
Randy Bennett
Registered Linux user #198235
(Registered at http://counter.li.org )
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From: Matthew Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Keyboard
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:31:55 +0000
I'm trying to get my shiny new keyboard with lots of funky internet
buttons to work. And i'm having no success :-(.
I've got me a suitable .Xmodmap file but when I try to load it xmodmap
reports that the scancodes are out of range. I had a play with
xkb_keycodes and tried to increase the keycode maximum but got nowhere.
I'm not tunning X4.0 and don't really want to.........
Anyone?
Matt.
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Subject: Re: Setting Up a Minimal Box to do Firewalling and Routing to Internet
From: Greg Yantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 05 Jan 2001 11:34:00 -0500
mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I would like to have an idea of the minimum specifications for
> a system to be able to have my local network connect to
> the internet via a Cable modem or DSL connection.
It takes very little, if all you want is a router/firewall,
and you don't expect to offer any services from the box.
> What I mean by a minimal system requirements is to
> be able to get maximum speeds of the Cable modem or DSL
> without being choked down by the hardware to lesser speeds.
So you just want a box that can saturate the wire. No problem.
> 1. minimal processor and speed
> 2. minimum ram
> 3. hard drive space
> 4. minimal ethernet card. Will a 10 Mbps suffice
I've heard of people using 386's... A P133 with 16 megs of RAM
and a 2 gig HD is overkill (from personal experience).
10 mb cards are just fine. If they were PCI, that would be luxury.
> Thanks
No problem. :)
> P.S. I happen to be running Redhat 6.1. Are there better versions /
> distributions for this purpose?
Probably. But good enough is good enough. I've seen Redhat 5.2 and
6.2 used quite effectively.
-Greg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Peach)
Subject: Re: PC133 memory in PC100 slots
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:44:25 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Lee Graba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|>I have a motherboard (GigaByte 71xe) that supports PC100 SDRAM, and I
|>also have a 256 Megabyte PC133 SDRAM module. Should these work well
|>together? Is this a situation like processors, in which you can run a
|>high-speed processor at a lower clock-rate with no problem, or is the
|>PC133 different from PC100 in ways other than the clock rate that can be
|>handled?
Works for me - I've got 133 memory on a 100 MHz bus.
|>
|>--
|>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|>----
|>
|>Lee Graba
|>Honeywell Technology Center
|>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|>----
|>
|>
|>
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From: "Brittle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network card problem
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 00:41:24 +0800
Hi,
I am using a Ethernet Card with RTL8139(A/B/C) chip. When I recompile
the kernel (either .16 or .18), I cannot find a driver for it. What driver
should I install (3com, PCI, etc.)? Thanks a lot!
env: RTL8139A (no brand), RH7.2, Kernel 2.2.18, glibc2.2
err: cannot bring up the NIC eth0 when starting up
---- Brittle
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for good driver for Epson Stylus 760 Color
Date: 05 Jan 2001 18:59:31 +0200
Morten Skaarup Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have just installed an Epson Stylus Color 760 printer on SuSE Linux 6.4
>
> I've been looking at the documentation and it looks like Uniprint by
> Gunther Hess is the best bet.
No, the stp driver from the Gimp-print project is the best open-source driver
for Epson inkjets. See: http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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