Linux-Hardware Digest #456, Volume #9 Thu, 18 Feb 99 09:14:15 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux and Diamondmm Fireport40??? (Douglas Jerome)
Pereos Tape Drive under Linux (PCH)
Re: Same Disk RAID and Mirroring (Andi Kleen)
FS: Gobs of Digital Monitors. Older, newer, etc. (Kent Rankin)
iomega max on parallel under linux (anthony classick)
Re: Acer ALN ethernet problem ("RB")
Re: Sound card, "device in use"? ("Stein Magne. Bjorklund")
Re: Windows & Linux File Transfer ? (Duncan Mercer)
redhat 5.2 + Stealth G460 with the i740 chipset (problems)(help) (dude)
ethernet problems ("The Seeker")
Winmodems and Linux? ("A. Ashton")
Re: Epson Stylus 800 Color Printing (long) (Jon McLin)
Re: 386/486 Motherboard Schematics (Christopher Burnside)
Re: HP Colorado 5 or 8 GB success story, anybody? (John Thompson)
Re: Putting Linux on my notebook ("Daved")
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From: Douglas Jerome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Diamondmm Fireport40???
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 23:58:28 -0700
MrFatCat wrote:
>
> Anyone know how to set up the fireport40 SCSI card under linux???
> I did take the NCR 58c875 driver for that but it still does not detect
> at boot up???
I use the Fireport 40; works great.
--
Douglas Jerome
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:21:10 +0000
From: PCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Pereos Tape Drive under Linux
I've got one of these tiny (and I mean tiny!!) 1.2GB parallel port
connected Pereos Tape drives. As a piece of technology they are quite
impressive, even tho' the're a few years old now (the tape _drive_ is
only slightly bigger than a DAT tape).
At the moment I use it for backups and file transfers thru '95 - to
backup linux stuff, I copy the files to a '95 accessable partition.
I would really like to be able to use this natively under Linux. I'm
currently on 2.0.36. Anyone got any info or ideas on getting this
working ??
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From: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.arch,comp.arch.storage,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Same Disk RAID and Mirroring
Date: 18 Feb 1999 10:33:09 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andy Glew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> NVRAM caches are pretty standard, both in filesystems and disk controllers.
> The point of the IEEE Computer paper was that NVRAM caches are expensive,
> and usually are not large enough to absorb bursts of write activity (see expensive,
> this sentence). Extending the write buffer to disk allows it to be cheap, hence
> larger, and is still significantly faster when log structured.
There is work underway to implement this idea into Linux ext2, mainly to
speed up NFS writing without having to revert to expensive NVRAM based
solutions that are not available on standard PC hardware. The NFS spec requires
that the data write is only acked when the data has hit permanent storage.
With the logging scheme it would just be writen to a separate log disk, acked
and then synced to the regular file system in the background. Hopefully
this will improve Linux's currently not-so-great performance as a NFS server
a lot.
-Andi
--
This is like TV. I don't like TV.
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From: Kent Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec,misc.forsale.computers.workstations,misc.forsale.computers.monitors
Subject: FS: Gobs of Digital Monitors. Older, newer, etc.
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:31:03 GMT
I have about 50 monitors right now for immediate sale. Note that
word: immediate. =) It translates to: I need space, and I need it
fast. These are at my home. Just imagine that... 50 monitors. And
yes... I am seeking therapy for it.
They are various incarnates of the VR-series. They fall into the
following model-lines(although I will forget some):
VRC-19
VRT-19
VRM-17
VR-262
VR-260
VR-299
VR-319
VR-290
VR-320
All of the VR-xxx series have cables. Do remember that the VRx-xx
series have Sony Triniton tubes, and are quite cute. =)
Make me offers on any, or... hey... all of them.
I'm thinking in the realm of $50-100 for the monochrome VR-xxx's,
$100-150 for the color VR-xxx's, and $150-200 for the VRx-xx's. But
moving them is what is important, so I'm willing to budge a good bit.
-Kent Rankin
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From: anthony classick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: iomega max on parallel under linux
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:46:35 -0500
I need help getting my IOMEGA MAX tape drive running on the parallel
port. I have the Linux Parallel Port Page's recommended drivers, but
installing them seems to do nothing. Anyone render assistance?
Thanks.
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From: "RB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Acer ALN ethernet problem
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:55:40 -0400
the ALN - 101 is (besides being a piece of junk) NE2000 compatible. I can't
recall if any kernels come with NE2000 built in but it's quite easy to do
yourself.
Rory
ben domingue wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I can't seem to get any drivers (or support) for an Acer ALN-101
>Series pnp 10 mbps isa ethernet adapter. the disk comes with crazy
>sco unix drivers and lame installation programs but they're pretty
>much useless as far as i can tell. i'm running linux 2.0.36. any
>feedback or information would be appreciated.
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From: "Stein Magne. Bjorklund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound card, "device in use"?
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:21:48 +0100
Chris Podurgiel wrote:
>
> I've got a Soundblaster16 compatible Sound card. I don't know the actual
> manufactuer of it though :(.
> when I try to set it up using sndconfig, it will get through to the "play a
> test sound" stage, and then i'll receive an error saying that the device is
> currently busy.
>
> Any ideas? Perhaps an IRQ conflict...
>
> Thanks for the help
> Chris Podurgiel
Try /usr/sbin/fuser /dev/dsp
If any prosesses uses this device it will be printed.
I not it can be a harware problem.
Try cat /dev/sndstat
--
__________________________________________________________________
Stein Magne. Bj�rklund
Linux SuperDuper Systemer
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (priv)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (job)
Tel: 77686702/91648530 (priv)
77665521 (job)
Norge/Norway
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:16:51 +0000
From: Duncan Mercer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Windows & Linux File Transfer ?
Chris Marai wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if there is anyway to move files on my dos partition to the
> linux partition? Or at least read/write them from linux and windows ?
>
> Thanks
> Chris Marai
Yes just mount you windows partitions to linux
eg mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
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From: dude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: redhat 5.2 + Stealth G460 with the i740 chipset (problems)(help)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:35:40 -0500
hello all :)
im having a problem with my diamond stealth 2 g460 card
this is the card with the i740 chipset -NOT THE S220-.
im pretty much a newby here, so anything will help.
i have xfree86 3.3.3 and the card is not listed :(
i called tech support at diamond, and the guy said to update to
the
latest version of xfree86 (which i did) and then just choose
"SVGA".
well, the server only comes up in mono or 16 color, and svga
doesnt work.
i read a couple other posts here with the same problem,(but with
the S220)
and i did see that card listed in the updated xfree86, but still
no i740 (boooo)
can someone possibly point me in the right direction?
thanx
frustrated sean
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "The Seeker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ethernet problems
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:21:10 +0200
First of all : I am (yet) a NEWBIE with linux (as much as it concerns
troubleshooting!). So if can help and willing to answer, please be as
specific as possible in your answer.
I believe that this question will have been posted a million times !!! Linux
is not the operating system with the easiest way to make your lan work ! I
have done everything i could have imagined in order to make my lan work
(with the linux pc) but all my attempts have failed. So i ask help from you.
This email has as much info as i have imagined that would be helpful. If you
need more info in order to help or any any any idea that could lead to the
solution, please reply to me and i will provide as much info as i can & you
need.
My LAN has 4 PCs. Three with win98 (192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.4) and one with
win98 & linux redhat 5.0 (192.168.0.1). Windows Plug & play has worked fine
(it happens now and then !! hehe) and all the network cards have been
configured in the windows environment. In the win environment i can ping all
pcs and the lan is running ok. TCP-IP protocol has been setup normally.
When i boot with linux, i cant even ping the other pcs. In fact, i am not
sure whether linux detects or does not detect my network card (in the
192.168.0.1 pc). In the starting procedure (dmesg) only one message appears
(related to eth0) and this is the following:
-delaying eth0 initialisation
I have no idea what this means. I thought that this message appears because
linux failed to detect my network card, but if i "cat" the /proc/pci file i
see that linux does that.
More talking would be waste of time. Here is the info of my network card and
i have attached the configuration files that (i think) are related to the
network card and it's configuration. I dont know whether there is a conflict
(but if i boot in win98 no conflict appears) so i have also attached some
files that might help
The card is a CNet PowerNIC network interface card (NE2000 combatible) pci
and i have done anything the instructions say, in order to make linux detect
my card. But no light found in instructions........
I dont know what else could i do. All my friend of those who seemed to know
something about linux, have no idea what goes wrong (but now i am so sure
whether they are less newbies than me). Anyway, these newgroups i believe
are my last option.
Thanks to all who spent time reading all of this stuff !!
The Seeker
*** SORRY ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THIS MESSAGE - BUT SINCE NO ATTACHMENTS ARE
SUPPORTED, THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY :o( ***
[devices] /proc/devices
Character devices:
1 mem
2 pty
3 ttyp
4 ttyp
5 cua
7 vcs
10 misc
14 sound
Block devices:
1 ramdisk
2 fd
3 ide0
9 md
11 sr
[dma] /proc/dma
1: Sound Blaster8
2: floppy
4: cascade
5: Sound Blaster16
[dmesg] , i suppose you know about that !!
Console: 16 point font, 400 scans
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63)
pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fac10
pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xfb090
pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb270
Probing PCI hardware.
Warning : Unknown PCI device (8086:7190). Please read include/linux/pci.h
Warning : Unknown PCI device (8086:7191). Please read include/linux/pci.h
Warning : Unknown PCI device (12d2:18). Please read include/linux/pci.h
Warning : Unknown PCI device (121a:2). Please read include/linux/pci.h
Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 349.80 BogoMIPS
Memory: 127620k/131072k available (736k kernel code, 384k reserved, 2156k
data)
Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0
NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035.
Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034
IP Protocols: IGMP, ICMP, UDP, TCP
VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_5.6.0 initialized
Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok.
Linux version 2.0.32 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 Wed
Nov 19 00:46:45 EST 1997
Starting kswapd v 1.4.2.2
Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled
tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Real Time Clock Driver v1.07
Ramdisk driver initialized : 16 ramdisks of 4096K size
ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 17
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f
hda: FUJITSU MPB3043ATU, 4125MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=525/255/63
hdb: QUANTUM FIREBALL ST1.6A, 1539MB w/81kB Cache, CHS=782/64/63
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M, fd1 is 1.2M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
md driver 0.35 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 > hda3 hda4
hdb: hdb1 hdb2 < hdb5 >
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s)
aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x340, IRQ=11, SCSI ID=7, reconnect=enabled,
parity=enabled, synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extended
translation=disabled
aha152x: trying software interrupt, ok.
scsi0 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.18 $
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-ROM PX-20TS Rev: 1.01
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Trying to unmount old root ... okay
Adding Swap: 56220k swap-space (priority -1)
aha152x: ignoring spurious interrupt, nothing to do
QUEUE STATUS:
issue_SC:
current_SC:
none
disconnected_SC:
waiting: SCSISEQ (); SCSISIG (DATA OUT); INTSTAT (lo); SSTAT (SELINGO
BUSFREE PHASECHG ); SSTAT (); SXFRCTL0 (CH1 ); SIGNAL (); SELID (ff), SSTAT2
(SEMPTY ); SFCNT (0); SCSICNT (0), OFFCNT(0), SSTAT4 (); DMACNTRL0 (16BIT
PIO READ ); DMASTAT (DFIFOEMP )
enabled interrupts ()
Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
SB 4.16 detected OK (220)
Installed 0
sysctl: ip forwarding off
Swansea University Computer Society IPX 0.34 for NET3.035
IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
Appletalk 0.17 for Linux NET3.035
CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation)
PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc.
PPP line discipline registered.
registered device ppp0
Swansea University Computer Society IPX 0.34 for NET3.035
IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
Appletalk 0.17 for Linux NET3.035
VFS: Disk change detected on device 02:00
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
PPP: ppp line discipline successfully unregistered
VFS: Disk change detected on device 02:00
[ifeth0-cfg] /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifeth0-cfg
DEVICE=eth0
USERCTL=no
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
NETWORK=192.168.0.4:x
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=192.168.0.1
[interrupts] /proc/interrupts
0: 240310 timer
1: 7034 keyboard
2: 0 cascade
4: 44 + serial
6: 24 + floppy
7: 1 sound blaster
8: 1 + rtc
11: 34 + aha152x
13: 1 math error
14: 26112 + ide0
[ioports] /proc/ioports
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-009f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : npu
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0220-022f : sound blaster
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0340-035f : aha152x
03c0-03df : vga+
03f0-03f5 : floppy
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f7-03f7 : floppy DIR
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
f000-f007 : IDE DMA
f008-f00f : IDE DMA
[network] /etc/sysconfig/network/network
NETWORKING=yes
FORWARD_IPV4=no
HOSTNAME=veneficus
GATEWAYDEV=
GATEWAY=
[pci] /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).
Medium devsel. IRQ 5.
I/O at 0xe400.
Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
Multimedia video controller: 3Dfx Unknown device (rev 2).
Vendor id=121a. Device id=2.
Fast devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 255.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7000000.
Bus 0, device 2, function 3:
Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 Power Management (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
Bus 0, device 2, function 2:
USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 12. Master Capable.
Latency=64.
I/O at 0xe000.
Bus 0, device 2, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel 82371AB 430TX PIIX4 (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
Latency=64.
I/O at 0xf000.
Bus 0, device 2, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No
bursts.
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 16).
Vendor id=12d2. Device id=18.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable.
Latency=64. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe4000000.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6000000.
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: Intel Unknown device (rev 2).
Vendor id=8086. Device id=7191.
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=136.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x40010100.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x22a0d0d0.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5f0e400.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6f0e600.
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel Unknown device (rev 2).
Vendor id=8086. Device id=7190.
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000.
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From: "A. Ashton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Winmodems and Linux?
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:39:29 -0500
This may be obvious to some:
Can you use a USR WinModem with Linux? I've been thinking of kicking
the Microsoft habit but I don't wanna have to buy a new modem. I know
WinModems are supposed to only work in Windows (hence the name) but I
figured maybe they weren't counting on Linux when they made them. Are
there drivers for these? Please post or email any help. THanks! A.
Ashton
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:33:10 +0000
From: Jon McLin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus 800 Color Printing (long)
Johnny Stork wrote:
> I am finally able to print to my Epson 800 from the Printool either sending
> ascii or postscript test files but nothing comes out in color. What can I do
> to be able to print in color. I have the correct Epson Stylus 800 Filter
> applied? See signature for system info.
...
Some very useful stuff provided by other usenet folks:
Bottom line: get a recent Ghostscript (5.50 is what I'm using) and configure
it for
uniprint. The settings below are good. Be sure to uninstall the Ghostscript
which came with your release before you install the new one. I didn't, and had
a few collisions. (Distributions always have a pretty old
Ghostscript due to the nature of the copyright.)
Good Luck,
Jon
==================== 8< ----------------------------
>From - Wed Oct 21 05:40:24 1998
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Newsgroups: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Printing Postscript to Epson using lpr??
Date: 19 Oct 1998 01:46:44 GMT
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On Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:20:59 -0600, Wayne Pilgrim wrote:
>I am trying to setup my Epson Stylus Color II to print with Redhat 5.1.
>I went to page http://www.u.arizona.edu/~zdw/uniprint.html which has
>good instructions.
I guess they should be better. Here's what to do. To the file
/usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/printerdb
add the following entry:
#
# Unified Printer Driver
#
StartEntry: Uniprint
GSDriver: uniprint
Description: {Unified Printer Driver}
About: { \
This driver provides support for several printers.\
For full details on its use see the file devices.txt.\n\
To use this driver you must enter the name of the correct\
upp file in the "Extra GS options" box.\n\n\
E.g. to get an Epson Stylus Color 600 to print at\n\n\
360dpi: use @stc600pl.upp\n\
720dpi: use @stc600p.upp\n\
1440dpi: use @stc600ih.upp\
}
Resolution: {360} {360} {plain paper}
Resolution: {720} {720} {plain paper}
Resolution: {1440} {720} {inkjet paper}
EndEntry
Then execute printtool (as root) and configure for your printer.
You need to name the printer (say epsII), select the Unified Printer
Driver, and choose the appropriate driver file to fill in the
Extra GS options box. According to the devices file that comes
with ghostscript, this might be @stc2_h.upp or @stc2s_h.upp.
Then print Postscript by doing lpr -PepsII file.ps
Bob T.
================== 8< --------------------
Additional useful info:
>From - Sat Oct 3 15:53:42 1998
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kurt Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup
...
Here are a couple of links that should help you. I used them,
and my Epson Stylus Color 600 prints like a champ.
======================================================================
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~zdw/uniprint.html
http://www.caldera.com/support/techguide/styluscolor.html
======================================================================
>From Bruce Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Get ghostscript 5.10 (the Aladdin version), and make sure
it has the upp driver. Precompiled ones ought to, but you
can compile it yourself if you want. The following command
filters PostScript to 720dpi ESC2 which you can feed directly
to the printer:
gs -q @stc600p.upp -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sOutputFile=- -
======================================================================
There is also an Epson Stylus HOWTO at:
http://www.eunuchs.org/linux/
A great source for RPMs that already have ESC support is:
http://www.typhoon.dircon.co.uk
-or is it-
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~typhoon
Read the README files.
This RPM includes Epson Stylus drivers up to 1440 dpi as well as
several HP drivers not found in the standard Ghostscript
distribution. Some of the HP printers these work on are the HP 500,
500C, 510, 520, 540, 550C, 560C, 670, 690, 820C, 850C, 855C, 870, 890,
1100 and 1600 as well as all PCL-3 printers tested. There are lots of
docs for these drivers and a man page for the hpdj driver.
This RPM includes all the post release patches up to and including
June 26 1998. This RPM also includes support for True Type fonts. See
the file fonts.txt for instructions.
Some of the included drivers drivers are:
vgalib : vga consoles
lvga256: vga consoles
stcolor: Epson Stylus
uniprint: Epson Stylus Color, Canon BJC 610, HP-Deskjet 550c, NEC
Run "gs -h" to see the full list of drivers. The files devs.mak,
devices.txt and use.txt hold information on the included drivers and
using the program.
======================================================================
Some great instructions for configuring your ESC come from Rod
Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED])
1) Grab the Ghostscript 5.10 RPMs from
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~typhoon/.
Install them.
2) Edit the /var/spool/lpd/{spoolname}/postscript.cfg file so that the
GSDEVICE line reads 'GSDEVICE=uniprint' and the EXTRA_GS_OPTIONS line
reads 'EXTRA_GS_OPTIONS="@stc600ih.upp"'. This will enable printing at
720x1440 dpi.
3) If desired, create additional print queues with other names, and
specify different .upp files in postscript.cfg for different
resolutions. Three are supplied for the ESC 600 with Ghostscript 5.10.
4) The color curves in the .upp files for at least some Epson printers are
off. I don't recall the details, but if you're dissatisfied with the
color balance on your color printouts, try swapping the color curves in
the .upp files (these are the blocks of lines with names like
'-dupCyanTransfer=' and a bunch of numbers. I think it's cyan and
magenta that need to be swapped, but it might be yellow and one of the
others. I might also be thinking of the ESC 800's color curves, so
this may not apply to you, though of course you can still fiddle with
these curves if you don't like the color balance you get on your
output.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.users.fast.net/~rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the digit and following word from my address to mail me
======================================================================
Kurt
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From: Christopher Burnside <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 386/486 Motherboard Schematics
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:59:06 -0500
It would be very nice to buy it commercially, but this is not univeristy funded
so we only have the money that our small group can get together, which is not
very much. We have unlimited resources in the EE deparment so we were just
going to take the extra time and pull this stuff together on our own. Thanks
for your help though
Geoff Short wrote:
> Christopher Burnside ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : I'm looking for schematics for 386/486. we are running linux and it is
> : networked. The problem is we have a severe size constraint and we must
> : make a smaller board. The only thing is we don't want to get into a lot
> : of development time trying to come up with a new computer. we just want
> : to rearrage an exisiting design that we know already works. It can have
> : isa or pci. Built-in sound/video or networking is o.k. A built-in
> : network card would be awsome, but not a nessecity. Thanks
>
> Are you sure you can't buy what you need off the shelf? There are a lot of
> companies making 3/486 motherboards which are of the order of 6" x 4" for
> industrial applications. I've not used them, but Advantech have a sizable
> range.
>
> Or perhaps you want something about the size of a matchbox? See
> http://wearables.stanford.edu/ for an example of a Jumptech 68 mm x 40 mm
> computer. (www.jumptec.de)
>
> Geoff
> --
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ever sit and watch ants? They're always busy with Geoff Short
> something, never stop for a moment. I just [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> can't identify with that kind of work ethic. http://kipper.york.ac.uk/~geoff
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Colorado 5 or 8 GB success story, anybody?
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:20:25 -0600
URCAM Aquitaine wrote:
> I am interested in buying one of the above.
> Acording to my understanding, those should work with the latest 2.2
> kernel, using the IDE Tape ATAPI option.
>
> Has anybody tried those and made them work?
>
> I would really appreciate an answer before I jump...
I have gotten the Colorado 5GB IDE unit to work with kernel
2.2.1 using tar. I've been struggling with taper but no joy
so far. But tar works fine so I feel less desparate about
not being able to use taper.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Daved" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux,atl.os.linux.projects,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Putting Linux on my notebook
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:21:48 -0500
the new Xsvga server from 3.3.3 has support for neomagic built in now.
Good Luck
Daved
ow wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Has anyone ever tried installing linux onto a dell lm166 notebook? It has a
neomagic 128 zv graphics card. Any probelsm with the
>install? Alaso If there's any gurus out there willing to point me in the
direction of getting linux to run in an external parallel to
>scsi Ayquest Syjet 1.5GB removable drive. It would be most appreciated.
>
>Thanks in Advance.
>
>
>Tim Lines wrote:
>
>> It's a chips and technologies 65554. I found this out by going to
www.tais.com
>> and clicking on intuitive looking places. I ended up at
>>
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Toshiba.woa/-/SSDetailedSpecs.
wo?productTypeId=1&productFamilyId=6&productSeriesId=68
>>
>> I have a Toshiba 435CDS and set it up easily. Slightly different chip
set so I
>> don't know if it means anything. Good luck.
>>
>> Zilog wrote:
>>
>> > I am needing guidance to getting my Toshiba Satellite 220 loaded with
Linux.
>> > I am having problems with the X setup due to not knowing what the Video
system
>> > is on this older second hand laptop. I do know that it is a Chips and
>> > Technologies chip set. I also am having difficulty getting my
Megehertz
>> > xjem336 PCMCIA 'ethermodem' card working. Any direction in either of
these
>> > would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Daniel Curry
>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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