Linux-Hardware Digest #316, Volume #10 Mon, 24 May 99 23:13:34 EDT
Contents:
Re: 3c905B card related problems ("Pacman")
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (westprog)
I need a manual for a PowerRite Plus or a OneUps Plus! ("Markus Korte")
Trying to install SCSI card and CD-RW ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hardware compatibility list? (Dan Star)
Re: Viper 550 AGP (Cameron Mulliner)
Re: 3c509b: How to turn off PnP? (Michael Gibson)
Re: TNT flickering: do I need a bigger Powersupply? (Michael Gibson)
Re: Will a SupraExpress 56i modem run under linux? (brent verner)
Re: "soft" modems in emachines ("kryliss")
Re: Zoom 56K PCI Faxmodem (Andrew Comech)
Re: After install, RH5.2 claims "fs iso9660 not supported by kernel" (Bob)
Re: RH 6, sndconfig, sound balster 16 PnP ("Michael J. Saletnik")
Re: Wisecom internal modem on Linux (Andrew Comech)
Re: Beginer need help- Setup Linux 5.2 (Armand)
Question On AlphaPC 164UX-2 Motherboard (Robert Young)
Re: MCA and Linux ?!? (Cokey de Percin)
Iomega products and Linux (Dominic Mitchell)
Help! JVC W2022 CDR causes boottime lockup after RH6.0 install (Div by Zero)
lpr mystery (Jason)
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From: "Pacman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c905B card related problems
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 17:56:06 -0400
We have these NIC cards in our office and the one thing that always hold
true is if your computer is a dual boot (Windows and Linux) you must cold
boot into linux to have it see the mac address on your card. You should be
able to see this in the dmesg when it reports eth0....address
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.
If you see this try the cold boot and it should see your 3Com card. I have
had the same problem. The card will work even with the 3c59x.o driver. If
not you are probably looking an interupt problem.
Good Luck
Pacman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <7ic2fc$9ff$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have been to Donald Becker's web site,
>downloaded the latest 3c59x.c file (which includes
>fixes for the 3c905B card). I rebuilt the kernel
>(version 2.0.36) and now at boot the 3c905B card
>is recognized but the kernel panics when it cannot
>mount the root device
>
>PARTITION CHECK:
>VFS: CANNOT OPEN ROOT DEVICE 08:01
>KERNEL PANIC: VFS: UNABLE TO MOUNT ROOT FS ON 08:01
>
>I have checked with rdev the kernel is looking for
>/dev/sda1 (which is correct).
>
>The default Redhat 5.2 kernel (2.0.36) boots and
>finds the root device with no problem; however it
>cannot identify the 3c905B card. Any thoughts?
>I'm stumpted.
>
>Thanks,
>Jim Barker
>
>
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From: westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 13:24:52 GMT
In article <7i3set$mh2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7i3l7h$o8i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > "Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Looks like a good idea, but you can't trust in binaries you didn't
> > > compile yourself, right?
> > I don't even trust code that I wrote myself.
>
> The point is that spin seems to have a smart Modula compiler that will
> never
> generate unsafe code, so if I have the sources and compile them
> myself, I can trust the binaries.
The code might not be "unsafe" in one sense, but can you be sure that it
won't do something that you don't want it to do?
> > > Or do you have bytecodes for Modula3? I would NEVER use
> > > an OS where I'm supposed to download a small shareware from the
> > > Net
> > > (available in compiled form only) and this code may be malicious
> > > or
> > > simply produced by a broken compiler, and bring down the whole
> > > party over here.
> > There is nothing magical about bytecode; it just executes in a
> > particular context where it is restricted from perfroming certain
> > actions. There is always a tradeoff between letting a module have
> > the
> > capacity to do something useful and preventing it from ding
> > something
> > harmful. Providing the maximum possible protection from bad effects
> > of code is an important job for the OS.
> Not true. Java bytecodes are verifiable -- they are carefully
> designed to
> make lots of checks possible, so in loading time you can proof that no
> unsafe situations exist (like type errors or stack corruption). I
> don't see how this can be possible for the machine language of any
> conventional chip.
The bytecode can avoid type errors and stack corruption; it can't
prevent the code from producing problems.
It is possible to similarly restrict a machine code program running with
an advanced operating system. If run in a non-privileged mode, the
program can be prevented from accessing parts of the system that need to
be protected.
> It's certainly a Turing halting problem class of situation.
> > > > Spin uses Modula 3. Something similar ought to be possible for a
> > > > Java-based OS.
> > I suspect that a new OS will need a new family of languages. I
> > don't
> > like the idea of a one-language system, but I don't object to a
> > system that demands minimum requirements of development tools.
>
> Well taht's right, other languages should just adhere to the same
> rules,
> e.g. linkage, but they should also be restricted from whatever is
> defined as
> unsafe operations -- I doubt C/C++ would qualify.
Refusing to run programs written in C++ would be a worthy goal for any
operating system.
--
J.
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From: "Markus Korte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I need a manual for a PowerRite Plus or a OneUps Plus!
Date: 24 May 1999 22:03:41 GMT
Hi!
I need to know various settings for the DIP-switches on my UPS.
It's a Fiskars PowerRite Plus.
AFAIK these three models are the same:
Fiskars PowerRite Plus
Deltec OneUps Plus
Exide OneUps Plus
If someone has got one of these, please post the settings for the
DIP-switches on the back, preferrably for the 240V model.
Thanks in for your help (if someone can help me, that is :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Trying to install SCSI card and CD-RW
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 19:52:17 GMT
I am trying to install a SCSI card and the CD-RW that it came with. I
have already placed the card into the computer and have the disk with
the drivers on it. I know the CD-RW is supported by Linux 5.2 (Ricoh MP
6200S). I don't know where to place the files needed for the card and
the cd in the system and I also don't know how to configure the card
itself. Thanks.
Cam
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From: Dan Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hardware compatibility list?
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 17:26:07 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I have looked for a hardware compatiblity list on linux.org but could
not find one. I know SUSE has one for their distribution and imagine
that other distributions have the same. But is there a compatibility
for the standard kernel?
--Dan
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 20:41:35 +0100
From: Cameron Mulliner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Viper 550 AGP
Are you running the latest version of Xfree86?
I latest drivers fixed a similar problem for me.
Cameron
Scu News wrote:
> Does anyone know how to get the Diaomond Viper 550 (Nvidia TNT Chipset) AGP
> Card to run X under Redhat 5.2? I can't even get it to run in the simplest
> VGA mode. Also, does anyone know of any 3D drivers for it?
> Thanks
> Cam
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From: Michael Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c509b: How to turn off PnP?
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:40:53 +0000
On Mon, 24 May 1999, jamal wrote:
>I am using 2 3c509b. I can't get the network working.
>I've tried adding append in lilo.conf & alias in conf.modules.
>Still not working.......... Can somebody tell me how to off
>the PnP on the card?
>
>Jamal
You should have gotten a disk with the card. On it is a DOS program called
3c5x9cfg. If you run this it will allow you to configure/test the card. Under
the configure options is the ability to turn off PnP and set static resources.
Michael
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From: Michael Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TNT flickering: do I need a bigger Powersupply?
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:37:55 +0000
On Fri, 21 May 1999, Norbert Goebel wrote:
>I am running Suse6.1 (KDE as default) with SMP-Kernel and have the
>following problem:
>
>If I am rapidly raising CPU-usage from idle to 60+% some screenlines
>(about 0,5cm in hight) jump (for a short period of time) about 0,5cm to
>the left and than get back to normal. Which lines begin hopping seems to
>
>be random.
>At the moment I am asking myself, if this could be a problem of my
>powersupply (technical data see bottom of text), like voltage drops at
>the "consumption peaks" of the CPUs (my system specs are also at the
>bottom) going from idle to high usage.
With the amount of equipment you have in your machine I wouldn't be
surprised. As a test I would try removing some of the non essential equipment
like the TV card/Digi 32 card/AVM fritz card and see if the problem goes away.
Are you dual booting with windows (NT for SMP operation)? If so what happens if
you peak out while windows is running? Do you get the same problems?
Michael
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From: brent verner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Will a SupraExpress 56i modem run under linux?
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 23:43:07 -0500
yes.
brent
Ozzy wrote:
>
> Anybody running this modem under linux?
> successfully?
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From: "kryliss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "soft" modems in emachines
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 19:36:28 -0500
Reply-To: "kryliss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Emachines have the HSP micromodem... HSP meaning Host Signal Processing....
i.e... WINMODEM.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7i8d60$t04$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <7gtcgl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Mende Pie) wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C. Greig) writes:
> >
> > >Has anyone had any success configuring the modems that come in the
> > >emachines?
> >
> > >Specifically, I have one of the 333cs models.
> >
> > >It's configured on COM4 IRQ3 under windows, but when I reboot into
> > >Linux, it's IRQ doesn't show up under /proc/interrupts. I've tried
> > >talking to it at ttyS3 with no luck.
> >
> > >I've also tried finding it with pnpdump, but it doesn't show up there
> > >either.
> >
> > >I'm wondering if I'd be better off just buying a cheap modem.
> >
> > It's a winmodem ... dump it.
> >
> > --
> > /Bob... mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://reality.sgi.com/mende KF6EID
> > He's right, my two month old emachine's modem took a dump, it fried,
> what a piece of sh*t! I ended up buying a Actiontec PCI Pro, a self-
> contained model. With the old HCP winmodem, everytime I'd jump onto the
> Net, my ISP's screen would claim I was connecting at 57000 bps. That
> was a bunch of bull, it gave a false reading because it wasn't self-
> contained unit, my new Actiontec now reads a hookup speed of a more
> accurate 43000 bps. Other than that, I like my emachine, just hope that
> other parts of it don't go the way of my old modem (emachine would only
> replace the modem if I sent the whole machine back, hard-drive and
> all).
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Subject: Re: Zoom 56K PCI Faxmodem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 24 May 1999 20:40:48 -0500
On Mon, 24 May 1999 12:42:16 +0100, Carlos Rodrigues wrote:
>Your best shot are external modems, I've never heard about any external
>winmodem.
Go buy an external modem with USB interface and _have fun_!
(Just in case: this is _only_ to enrich your experience; the piece
of junk is not going to work under Linux.)
Best,
a.
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From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: After install, RH5.2 claims "fs iso9660 not supported by kernel"
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 13:31:22 GMT
Try this command. mount -a /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
I've been playing with Dragonlinux and thats the only way
I could get to work. Also my zip drive was 'hdd4' and the
second partition on my hard drive was 'hda5'. Now if I
could only get the other things to work I'd be all set.
Still can't print or make ghostscript or ghostview work.
Good luck!
bob
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fuzzy) wrote:
> This is joke, right?
>
> I did a standard RH5.2 install (kernel v 2.0.36) from a CD.
> Everything went smoothly, but now any attempt to mount the CD (using
> either mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom or mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom
> /mnt/cdrom) fails with the message
>
> "fs iso9660 not supported by kernel"
>
> This is unbelievable! It's the same drive that was used to install
> from!
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Ciao
> Fuzzy
> :-)
>
>
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From: "Michael J. Saletnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: RH 6, sndconfig, sound balster 16 PnP
Date: 24 May 1999 18:11:10 -0400
Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
> That's all.
Not necessarily. In my situation, I found it necessary to modify
/etc/conf.modules to match my /etc/isapnp.conf settings:
(A Soundblaster AWE32 PnP)
alias sound sb
pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1
options opl3 io=0x388
alias midi awe_wave
post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/synthgm.sbk
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=7 mpu_io=0x330
-Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Subject: Re: Wisecom internal modem on Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 24 May 1999 20:55:40 -0500
On Sun, 23 May 1999 22:38:44 -0400, Walt Shekrota wrote:
>In an earlier post someone suggested checking the init string used for a
>modem that works in a Windoze machine that is now to be used with Linux.
>I agree with this in theory so I thought I would try to get my V90/flex
>Accelerator Pro that does work well with NT to work on my Slackware
>gateway system.
>Ever look for the init string in Windoze? I think it is hermetically
>sealed somewhere. (you know they want to protect you from yourself) But
>seriously I've checked modem in control panels ...... looked in registry
>strings ..... log files etc. I can't find it.
Can you try the link
http://www.aopen-usa.com/tech/faq/modem/k56.htm
I wonder whether one could pull out the INIT string this way;
I do not have a windows machine anywhere around the place
to check that...
Or just say AT&F1S95=47
>Any thoughts on how I can get the modem in my Linux box to work.... ?
>I had in in there and chat negotiated the connection up to the connected
>part and drops (past userid and password) it all happens very slow
>though so I figure it is a setting.
Or an IRQ conflict... Have you cat'ted /proc/interrupts lately?
Best,
a.
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http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modem
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Armand)
Subject: Re: Beginer need help- Setup Linux 5.2
Date: 24 May 1999 22:09:31 GMT
Reply-To: address_below
In article <7i8v00$p65$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Thay Sothun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am new to Linux and would like to install RH 5.2 but I dont konw where do
> I start first...
go to http://www.ssc.com/linux/LDP/index.html and
get � Installation and Getting Started Guide �
Armand
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From: Robert Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Question On AlphaPC 164UX-2 Motherboard
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 22:10:11 GMT
Can anyone please tell me what are the advantageous of having the AlphaPC
164UX-2 motherboard to the Alpha PC 164LX-2 motherboard?
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MCA and Linux ?!?
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 01:30:29 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have heard that it is now possible to run Linux on a PS/2 with micro
> channel architecture. Has anyone ever attempted this installation? This
> machine of mine comes without (!) CD-ROM, has 8MB of RAM and has a
> 212MB SCSI HDD. I welcome any ideas, recommendation, sites, etc.
>
The base 2.2.X kernel supports MCA. There are also patches for the 2.0
kernels, but I don't know where you'd get them. You don't say what kind
of PS/2 you have or if you're on a network. If you have one of the SCSI
MCA boxes such as Model 90, 77 or 95, you could plug an old SCSI CDROM
in just for the install; if on a network you should be able to do an
ftp or nfs install. The support is pretty good for the standard IBM
hardware. I have two mod 77s and a mod 95 running on RH 5.0 & 5.2. Two
have 2.0 kernels, but I set them up over a year ago and I don't know
where I got the patches and I don't believe I even have the patches any more.
One of the 5.0 boxes has a 2.2.3 kernel where I just downloaded, compiled
and ran - work great and hasn't been down since. So the answer is yes it's
available and works. How you can install it is another question.
Best
Cokey
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Subject: Iomega products and Linux
Reply-To: Dominic Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Dominic Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 24 May 1999 22:02:23 -0400
Dear Fellow Linux Users,
This is to inform you that according to the discussion I have had
with Iomega today regarding the warranty they provide for their
product sold to Linux users. I was using successfully a Iomega
Ditto easy3200 insider for close to two years. The drive failed
last night. I was very frustrated to found out that since I could not
test the drive under one of Microsoft operating system Iomega could
not do anything about the warranty --- read they won't even consider
my claim!
Thus I advise any Linux users of Iomega products to manifest themselves
to Iomega ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) that if this is the policy
they want to adopt then the Linux community will have to consider
products from a friendlier company.
Linux users that are considering to buy a Iomega product should also
contact Iomega and let them know that adopting such a policy is
going to influence the sales in the Linux market.
Here is a copy of the letter I have sent to Iomega
To whom it concerns,
I have been very deceived by the customer supports that Iomega
provides to their customers. I have purchased two years ago a tape
backup from Iomega, a Ditto easy3200 insider. Last night the drive
failed, it is still under warranty as the warranty expires on July 27
1999.
Calling Iomega I have been told that if I do not run a Microsoft
Operating system, then Iomega cannot do nothing about the drive.
Basically I need to be able to test the drive under Microsoft.
Since I do not have Microsoft installed, then it is like having no
warranty at all.
Since the unit is (was) working under Linux, I find that Iomega has
a very strange commercial policy. As it occurred to Iomega that
Linux is the fastest growing operating system on the market now?
Maybe those that decide the commercial policy of Iomega should get
some number straight? Getting officials number of Linux users is a
difficult task since the operating system, even though it can be
purchased from many distributors (like Redhat, Caldera, Suse,
Mandrake, etc. ), can simply be downloaded free of charge from ftp
sites all over the world. A reasonable estimates would be in
between 8 to 9 Million users and growing very rapidly.
Many important companies have backed Linux recently:
- IBM is building server with Linux running as the OS
- Intel and Netscape have invested in a Linux distribution Redhat
Software
- Oracle as ported its database software to Linux.
- Sybase
- Informix
- Dell is shipping computers with Linux preinstalled on it
- Corel as ported Wordperfect 8 on Linux and should release their
office suite for Linux this summer. Moreover they will be
releasing their Linux distribution by next Fall.
- Compaq (Digital)
- Silicon Graphics
I do not ask customer support from Iomega to have the drive working
under that alternative Operating System (Linux). *Unfortunately*
the Linux community has been doing a good job at this level. But
the least we can expect from Iomega is that they recognize when
their drives fail and this under any Operating System.
What is shocking is that Iomega would not even consider an advance
shipment, where you give them your credit card number and they ship
you a replacement drive and you send them back your broken drive or
any other form of customer support. By any such method they could
then easily check that the drive is broken. This is what is totally
unacceptable.
I have no other choice but to spread the word around in the Linux
community that:
1) if they have a current Iomega product running under Linux then
they cannot count on their warranty
2) If they are considering to buy Iomega product to run on Linux
then they should consider a competitor of Iomega who's
commercial practices are more supportive of their favorite
Operating System.
Dominic Mitchell
Deceived customer.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Div by Zero)
Subject: Help! JVC W2022 CDR causes boottime lockup after RH6.0 install
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 02:09:25 GMT
Hi there --
I have a JVC CDR drive (labelled XR-W2022, but also known as a W2020
or W2626) connected to an Adaptec AHA-1520 SCSI card. This setup used to
work for me under Red Hat 5.2, and continues to work perfectly for me
under Windows 98 (and 95 before it). However, when I tried to install
Red Hat 6.0 (stock kernel 2.2.5), it caused severe difficulties.
During the boot sequence, Linux recognises the SCSI card, then sees
and properly recognises the drive attached to it (shows the correct
brand and firmware revision number). However, it then says:
scsi0 channel 0: resetting for second half of retries.
<snip>
scsi: aborting command due to timeout: pid 12, scsi 0, channel 0, id 2,
lun 1
Test Unit Ready 20 00 00 00 00
<scsi status dump snipped>
and continues to unsuccessfully try accessing the drive every seven seconds
(I presume that's the timeout default somewhere). The boot cannot
continue past this point.
I tried all combinations of jumpers on the drive (different SCSI ids,
parity on or off, even "cd vs worm" mode) but to no avail. I fixed some
SCSI termination errors (which hadn't had any ill effects before), and
switched to all external active terminators. I tried different cables.
I upgraded the drive's firmware to the latest (2.05) version from JVC.
Still no success.
Eventually, I unplugged the drive and installed Red Hat 6.0 from my
standard CD drive (which works just fine attached to the same SCSI card;
I had removed it in order to isolate the problem). I'd now really like
to get the CDR working again so I can get back to life as normal.
Any ideas?
Thanks very much in advance.
Please CC by email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) as I have limited access to
Usenet.
-- Div.
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From: Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: lpr mystery
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 02:33:59 +0000
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I'm running into some problems with my printer daemon. I was having
problems prior to recompiling my kernel, so I started from scratch
afterwards and used apsfilter and ghostscript. After running them, my
printer worked great! I was able to get color and formatting to print
correctly in all apps- applixware, netscape, etc. However, seemingly
overnight, my printer won't work at all! I can't even get a test ASCII
page to print directly to the port. Here are some of the error
messages:
1) When trying to print ASCII directly to port... "Can only print
directly to a LOCAL printer."
2) When trying to print either ASCII or postscript to lpr, it doesn't
do anything. I do an lpq, and there is nothing queued. However, when I
go into /var/spool/lpd/... there are the queued jobs! Why won't they
show when I do lpq, or in the RedHat printtool, or in klpq?
If anyone thinks they can help, I would be greatly appreciative. Here
are the specs on my box- RedHat 5.2, recompiled to kernel 2.2.7 with
SCSI support for ZIP drive. I *do* have two parallel ports, the second
just installed to give individual support to both ZIP and the printer.
Keep in mind, that this upgrade *was* made prior to the recompile, and
it has been working great up til now. The printcap file is included for
your review. If you might require any additional files, please let me
know. I used apsfilter 5.0 and the most current (at the time) version
of ghostscript.
Thanks in advance,
Jason Dixon
==============6174CD37B811E2F730C148F4
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii;
name="printcap"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline;
filename="printcap"
##
## Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are doing!
## Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict format!
## Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
##
## This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.
#
#
###PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL ap3250 360x360 letter {} EpsonAP3250 Default {}
#lp:\
# :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
# :mx#0:\
# :sh:\
# :lp=/dev/lp1:\
# :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
# LABEL apsfilter
# apsfilter setup Thu May 20 21:41:19 EDT 1999
#
# APS_BASEDIR:/download/apsfilter
#
#
ascii|lp1|uniprint-letter-ascii-mono|uniprint ascii mono:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-ascii-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-ascii-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-ascii-mono/acct:\
:if=/download/apsfilter/filter/aps-uniprint-letter-ascii-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp2|uniprint-letter-auto-mono|uniprint auto mono:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-auto-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-auto-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-auto-mono/acct:\
:if=/download/apsfilter/filter/aps-uniprint-letter-auto-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp3|uniprint-letter-ascii-color|uniprint ascii color:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-ascii-color:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-ascii-color/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-ascii-color/acct:\
:if=/download/apsfilter/filter/aps-uniprint-letter-ascii-color:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp|lp4|uniprint-letter-auto-color|uniprint auto color:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-auto-color:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-auto-color/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-letter-auto-color/acct:\
:if=/download/apsfilter/filter/aps-uniprint-letter-auto-color:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
raw|lp5|uniprint-letter-raw|uniprint auto raw:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-raw:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-raw/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-raw/acct:\
:if=/download/apsfilter/filter/aps-uniprint-letter-raw:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
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