Linux-Hardware Digest #393, Volume #10 Wed, 2 Jun 99 16:13:51 EDT
Contents:
I'm *close* with my Epson 740 setup...please help! (Jil Tardiff)
problems printing to intel NetportExpress PRO/100 print server with redhat 5.2 linux
(Brian Brodsky)
Re: rvplayer (Tom Herman)
Re: io error on my harddisk (Manuel)
RAID 1 setup ("Al Nios")
Re: RH 6 and Ultra66 ATA (TS Stahl)
Re: CD-R SCSI HELP, please.... (Keith Miller)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Daniele Bernardini)
Re: cdwriter (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: CD-R SCSI HELP, please.... (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Problem with Iomega ZIP. (James Gray)
Re: RH 5.1 version.h file! (Brian McCullough)
Re: DDS-3 DAT drive (Chris Mauritz)
Re: linux on a 386 lappy (Graham Chave)
Re: Samba cannot print (Mark Johnson)
Re: making linux go away ("Gary")
Re: ESS 1887 sound card ("David Murray")
Re: Two PC's one modem ? (Matt)
Re: FA: Pentium Pro System - Cheap!!! ("Christopher R. Thompson")
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From: Jil Tardiff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: I'm *close* with my Epson 740 setup...please help!
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 13:00:13 -0400
Hi guys,
Well, it's been a long tough struggle...but I can at least print text
files with my Epson 740.
Setup:
RH 6.0 with a newly compiled 2.2.9 kernel.
The newest ghostscript (5.50)
Epson 740 on the parallel port, parallel port support compiled into the
kernel and irq 7 assigned.
I followed the instructions on the 740 website and used Dale Pontius'
740.upp files. (Had to hack the descriptor because printtool kept
bombing out).
I now have 3 printers set up on /dev/lp0 (lp360,lp720 and lp1440). I can
send the ascii test page to each one via printtool and I can print text
files via my text editor.
**Nothing else works** I cannot send any graphics file to the printers.
The *.ps files or even printing a page from netscape seem to
"disappear". The postcript test file in printtool also does not work.
"lpc" reports that all the printers exist, but status always says "no
entries, no daemon running" . Using the "start" command in lpc seems to
get the daemon up, but the printed files are *gone*.
This is particularly frustrating because on my setup at home (RH 6.0, GS
5.50 and Epson 600....) everything works great.
Any pointers and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Jil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Brodsky)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,redhat.networking.general,redhat.config,linux.redhat.misc,intel.networking_and_communications.network_print_products
Subject: problems printing to intel NetportExpress PRO/100 print server with redhat
5.2 linux
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 16:37:32 GMT
I am running RedHat 5.2 linux on a Intel Pentium III. We have other
machines in our network that can print to our Intel NetportExpress
PRO/100 print server with no problems. However I cannot seem to get
our Linux servers to print to the print server. I have a Cannon
LPB-1260 laser printer attached to the print server which is a HP
compatible printer.
I am able to ping the print server from my linux system just fine.
Here is my /etc/printcap file:
netlsrptr|netlsrptr|netlsrptr-on-parallel-port-1:\
:rm=209.69.52.131:\
:rp=LPT1_TEXT:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/netlsrptr:
If I issue a /usr/sbin/lpc status command after trying to send a print
job here are the results:
netlsrptr:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
1 entry in spool area
waiting for netlsrptr to become ready (offline ?)
If I issue an lpq -Pnetlsrptr command I get these results:
waiting for netlsrptr to become ready (offline ?)
Rank Owner Job Files Total
Size
1st root 13 (standard input) 1191
bytes
The printer has paper and is online. If I print from my workstation or
another server I do not have problems.
Any help with my problem would be greatly appreciated.
Brian
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From: Tom Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rvplayer
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:27:37 GMT
I installed the rvplayer patch this weekend. It's a marvelous
little patch to make /dev/dsp non-blocking. Very ingenuous.
I used it all weekend long to watch the astronauts working
on the International Space Station.
Tom
--
george wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Has anyone had success with rvplayer 5 on the 2.2.5 kernel.
>
> I am using suse6.1 and 2.2.5 kernel and while it worked on suse 5.3 and
> 2.0.35 kern I can't get it work on the newer kernel/dist.
>
> I have tried open.so and the patch that is supposed to help but no good.
>
> Any help is appreciated
>
> George
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From: Manuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian
Subject: Re: io error on my harddisk
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 10:29:01 +0200
Hi,
Last time I accessed my linux system I had the same errors only with some extra
cracking sounds from my harddrive. My drive is dead now and it is archived in the
trashcan. So what I try to say is better make some backups just in case.
Tim Moore wrote:
> You might want to archive anything you want to save as soon as possible.
>
> What drives are you using?
>
> > I got some errors. e2fsck and badblocks won't report bad sectors but there
> > are some seek errors.
> > this is a part of my syslog:
> > ..kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2065250,
> > sector=1867662
> > ..kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02, sector 1867662
> > ..kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > ..kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2065250,
> > sector=1867664
> > ..kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02, sector 1867664
> > ..kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > ..kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2065250,
> > sector=1867666
> > ..kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02, sector 1867666
> >
> > If I format with fat32 I'll find 65k bad sectors but e2fsck won't report the
> > bad sectors. only a lot of these messages and it won't mark it as bad
> > sectors cause I got a lot of write errors if I use this drive. I tested 3
> > different drives on 2 PCs and on every drive there are some "bad sectors".
> >
> > Is this a problem with the ide driver ???
> >
> > or do you have any ideas to help me ???
>
> --
> direct replies substitute timothymoore for user name
>
> "Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
> WS Burroughs.
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From: "Al Nios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: RAID 1 setup
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 11:20:03 -0400
I'm trying to implement a RAID 1 (software) using linux 2.2.5 - I've read
all the relevant FAQs.
I've created two partitions /usr and /usr2 on different disks and would like
to mirror them. When I follow the instructions (mkraid /dev/md0) in the new
software FAQ, I get a "device is busy" error and I cannot umount the
partition. If there a way (and is it a good idea) to create the raid before
the devices are mounted?
Any help on this matter would be grealtly appreciated.
Al Nios
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From: TS Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 6 and Ultra66 ATA
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 10:20:28 -0500
Thanks for the save ;)
My new drive is also ultra66, but it's in an older motherboard. The setup
works fine for me with caldera 2.2.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> No. It simply means the drive will not be access at ultra66 speeds. All
> Ultra66 drives are backward compatible to the older specs. I am
> currently running RedHat 6.0 on a drive with the capability to support
> Ultra66 but under Linux I currently only get Ultra33 through-put.
--
Scott Stahl
MIS Asst.
Illinois Housing Development Authority
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith Miller)
Subject: Re: CD-R SCSI HELP, please....
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:24:41 GMT
it's like sc?? I think..
type dsmsg | less and look for what it's assign'd to.
I have a Smart and friendly cdr 4012 here in linux and windows 98
In article <7iv9vf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi Guys,
>
>I have a cd/r to scsi question. I am new to Linux. Yet I wonder how I can
>mount my scsi Smart&Friendly to read files. I just can't figure out what dev
>to use. Perhaps somebody can give me an advice. Do I have to create a link
>to the dev? What' s the syntax? The scsi driver is loaded, xcdroast
>recognizes the cd/r. My EIDE cdrom mounts just fine.
>
>I am running RH 5.2, Kernel 2.0.36, AMD 400 Mhz, 192 M RAM, AHA1510 SCSI
>Card (don't laugh, my HP Scanner works just fine with it)
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>
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From: Daniele Bernardini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 11:07:46 +0200
Christopher Clement wrote:
> Ugh. I have reinstalled Linux about 10 times just to get the damn thing to
> work with my video card that wasn't on the Red Hat list. And you are
> whining about "non standard hardware"???? I think Linux is definitely the
> OS of the future, but anyone that remotely thinks that it is anywhere as
> easy to install and configure as Windows is absolutely nuts. Linux is
> making progress, but it ain't there yet.
>
> Chris
Ahain and again,
What you have with Linux ( apart from reliability and stability)
is documentation. The problem is that many people want to install
Linux without reading any HOWTO file. For video cards you should
know what chipset your card has and then have a look at the
documentation at www.xfree86.org .
If something does not work with windows either you are good
enough at guessing or you have to give up!
my 2 cents,
Daniele
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Sektion Theoretische Physik, LMU Muenchen
Theresienstr. 37, 80805 Muenchen DEUTSCHLAND
Tel: +49 (89) 23944378
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~dani/
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdwriter
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 22:16:56 +0200
Bertrand wrote:
> hi, who can tell me where 2 find and how to install a cd-writer soft
> for the yamaha cdr400t for Linux RedHat 5.2 ?
Download xcdroast, once it is configured it makes burning CDs rather
simple.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-R SCSI HELP, please....
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 22:15:33 +0200
Steve wrote:
> I wonder how I can mount my scsi Smart&Friendly to read files. I just
> can't figure out what dev to use. Perhaps somebody can give me an
> advice. Do I have to create a link to the dev? What' s the syntax?
> The scsi driver is loaded, xcdroast
> recognizes the cd/r. My EIDE cdrom mounts just fine.
Do you also have support for SCSI cdrom compiled into your kernel or
loaded as a module? I think that you should use /dev/sr0. There is a
SCSI-HowTo and a CDROM-HowTo where you might find some help.
regards Henrik
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From: James Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,flashnet.it.hobby.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problem with Iomega ZIP.
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 17:51:57 +0930
I just kept trying the mount command from /dev/sda0 through to /dev/sda6.
Turned out that my Zip100 SCSI connected to my Ultra SCSI adapter was
/dev/sda4. So the final mount command was:
mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
Good Luck (BTW I don't have a clue about ppa Zip drives)
James
Tim Kubista wrote:
> How do i figure out which scsi device to mount? could someone give me an
> example mount command so i can see what it should look like
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From: Brian McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 5.1 version.h file!
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 12:20:31 -0500
I ran in to something like this. There should be a symbolic link from
/usr/include/linux
to
/usr/src/linux/include/linux
and
/usr/src/linux
should be a symbolic link to the current kernel
/usr/src/linux-2.?.?
Mike Kerr wrote:
> I don't have a version.h file on my Red Hat 5.1, kernel version
> 2.0.34-0.6 computer. I also don't have the /linux directory under the
> /usr/include directory.
> Red Hat doesn't recognize the "make" command, so I can't do a make
> config in order to generate the version.h file.
> Any ideas on what I can do?
> Thanks!
> Mike
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DDS-3 DAT drive
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 01:29:57 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Eric Veldhuyzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris Mauritz writes:
>> I wasn't able to get anything useful out of either the Seagate or
>> the HP DDS-3 drives. I simply got I/O errors when I tried to
>> read/write tapes. Looks like I'm going to have to keep one
>> Slowlaris box around just to make backups....sigh.
> [...]
> Please quote UNDER the message next time.
> Aren't you getting anything to work or is it just that your can't read
> tapes with one drive that were written with the other drive? If that's
> the case, you have been bitten bij the nice 'everyone use your own
> hardware compression standard' problem. It might work if you turn
> hardware compression off.
Nope, I cannot read or write tapes with either device. I can do things
like rewind and eject the tapes, but cannot do anything else.
C
--
Christopher Mauritz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Graham Chave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux on a 386 lappy
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 21:12:53 +0900
> do your self a favour an look for floppydist. like mulinux. They work with
> 386 and low memory. there is also a "linux on laptop" group that can help
> you.
I'm looking for mulinux as well, but the site seems to have
vanished.
Anyone have any pointers to any mirrors out there? It is an
awesome distro to play with, and has saved me on a couple of
occasions when nothing else would boot.
CHeers.
Gray
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From: Mark Johnson <markj*no*spam*@gilanet.com>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup,hk.comp.os.linux,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Samba cannot print
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 12:58:16 -0600
Reply-To: markj*no*spam*@gilanet.com
Make sure your print spool path is accessible by the user printing the job.
Also, the print, lpq and lprm command lines may be required.
My smb.conf is:
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
deadtime = 5
os level = 40
domain master = yes
local master = no
allow hosts = 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2, 192.168.0.3, 127.0.0.1
preferred master = yes
dns proxy = yes
wins support = yes
;
name resolve order = host wins bcast lmhosts
encrypt passwords = no
security = share
;
smb passwd file = /etc/private/smbpasswd
time server = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
message command = csh -c 'xedit %s;rm %s' &i
comment = linux share
server string = Samba SMB Server
interfaces = 192.168.0.2/24 127.0.0.1/24
bind interfaces only = yes
printing = BSD
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
guest account = smbuser
log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m
max log size = 50
read prediction = yes
mangle case = no
default case = LOWER
short preserve case = no
hide dot files = no
lock directory = /var/lock/samba
locking = yes
oplocks = yes
strict locking = no
share modes = yes
browseable = yes
[public]
comment = temporary storage
path = /home/public
read only = no
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
public = yes
[data]
comment = network data storage
path = /home/samba/data
read only = no
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0770
public = yes
[homes]
comment = your storage
browseable = no
writable = yes
public = no
[lp]
comment = HP DeskJet 660C
;
public = yes
guest only = yes
;
path = /var/spool/lpd/lp
printable = yes
writable = no
create mode = 0700
printer driver = HP DeskJet 660C v11.0
print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r -P %p %s
lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P %p
lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P %p %j
"�˼��H" wrote:
> I setup samba 2.0.4 in Redhat 6.0. A HP 6P is connected to it. I can print
> ascii and postcript(using ghostscript) in the linux box. However, I cannot
> print from Windows client though I can mount the home directory and other
> shares. The print job sent to the queue and disappears afterward but the LED
> in my printer do not blink!!! I find nothing in /var/spoold/samba. My
> smb.conf is as follows. Can anyone help?
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
> workgroup = NEWBRIGHT.COM
> netbios name = NBMAIL
> server string = Samba Server
> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> max log size = 50
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> printcap name = /etc/printcap
> local master = No
> dns proxy = No
> wins server = 202.232.1.254
>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> read only = No
> browseable = No
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/spool/samba
> print ok = Yes
> browseable = No
>
> [_source]
> path = /_source
> write list = fred, bill
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From: "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 99 19:25:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
as for believing there are Unix-only networks, I'm a Datacomms engineer, and
I can tell you categorically there are more Unix based networks than NT, no
matter what Bill might say.
After all, the average time an NT box stays up without a reboot is 4.6 days;
it's not uncommon for a Unix server to run for years without a reboot.
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From: "David Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ESS 1887 sound card
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 19:33:12 GMT
Hopefully the 1887 is backwards compatible with SOMETHING.. I would simply
try every ESS card there and try each combination of IRQs and DMAs.. You
might get it to work. Also try sound-blaster compatible. This might score
you some luck too.. Problem is the darned thing is probably plug&play and
this stinks sometimes.
--DavidM
Igor Schein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<9Ue53.113$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hi, I'm running 2.2.5 kernel on a PC with ESS 1887 sound card. I start
with
> running sndconfig. Autoprobe doesn't find the card, and the closest
suggested
> match to my card is ESS 1868. Does it mean ESS 1887 is not currently
supported?
> What should I do?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Igor
>
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Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 19:59:42 +0100
From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Two PC's one modem ?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Tmack wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >How do you connect 2 PC's using one modem without swapping the
> >connectors out of the PC's. Is there a cost effective way of doing
> >this without buying a switch ?
> >
> >ie 2 nine pin connectors to one 9 pin connector would this work ?
> >Or is there a networking solution to this ie connect from the NT
> >box and not via Linux or the otherway around.
> >
> >Setup.. 1 x NT box, 1 x Linux box, 1 x 3com Message modem.
> >
>
> There are many ways to do it. One way would be to setup a nullmodem
> (crossover serial cable) between the two, possibly run a parallel
> link and use plip, another would be to put
That looks hard.
> a netcard in each and run either 10b2 or 10/100bT (crossover).
> Simply use ipmasq or ipchains on the linux machine to masq/chain
> between the modem and network.
I have ipmasq running already and ipchains I think too now how do I
get them to kick in the modem. The IP Chains HOW-TO-DO or IP-Masq I
don't
think explains it totaly or not exactly is there a section I should
read that mentions how I should do it.
> Might also want to run a proxy for stubborn things that dont like
> masq'd firewalls. You could use the NT machine as the modem's host,
> using a proxy. But why would you do that when you have linux,
> and it can do so much more?
I would like to use Linux to host the modem would NT handle the
connections to my ISP etc too. How can I configure that.
> Tmack
>
> --
> blah
> bleh
Many thanks
Matt
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From: "Christopher R. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.sys.intel,intel.microprocessors.pentium_pro,misc.forsale.computers.workstation
Subject: Re: FA: Pentium Pro System - Cheap!!!
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:14:04 -0700
North Star wrote:
>
> on eBay...
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=109785452
>
> Loaded System... Current high bid $177.50 no reserve...
>
> Auction ends 6/2/99 21:57:29 PDT
>
> I can't believe this is only bidding at $177.50!?!?!
It's a 166Mhz with only 512K cache. That's why!
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