Linux-Hardware Digest #490, Volume #10 Mon, 14 Jun 99 21:13:51 EDT
Contents:
Re: HP 720C doesn't print (Jeremy Peaks)
Re: (REPOST) CD-RW: JVC 2080? Does it work? (Carl Fink)
Re: ASUS PIIBF MotherBoard Problems??? (Matthew Marlowe)
Re: VIDEO ("justin P")
Re: Hardware Advice (Albert D. Lederer)
Re: Promise Ultra/33 (John Burton)
Re: modems & scanners under linux (Johan Kullstam)
Re: E1/T1 telephony interface card (Jeffrey Broome)
Re: SMP on RH6.0 Installation Help (newbie) ("Herman")
Re: (REPOST) CD-RW: JVC 2080? Does it work? (Dave Brunberg)
Re: WebCam (Martijn Valkier)
Re: Dual celeron (bryan)
Re: cirrus GD5465 (Thomas Zajic)
Re: Color on an Epson 440 w/RedHat 5.2? ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Sound Echos Help ("David E. Kindred")
LaserWriter IINT (Ashraf Youssef)
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From: Jeremy Peaks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie
Subject: Re: HP 720C doesn't print
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:06:04 +0000
OK, its not actually that hard. The address of the software described
below can be downloaded from: http://www.httptech.com/ppa/software.html
If you read the README file when you download, it explains the
installation procedure pretty well. One thing there is a problem with
however, is the configuration file (which you must make sure you save in
/etc). Comment out the paper size part of that file, and it should run
ok.
I am using the 820, and this works perfectly for me. Only prob is, for
people with printers like us, we can't print directly. Instead you have
to print using ANY program, doing print to file. This creates a
postcript file, then you can issue the command (as root unless you
actually change the privileges):
print file.ps
This will send the document to your printer, using the paper size and
settings specified when you initially printed to file.
Jez
PS Unfortunately it is true that the file does not yet support colour
printing.
Don Feliciano wrote:
> =
> No NO! You're not stuck. The HP 720 is a "Windows Only" printer,
> that uses an HP proprietary printer protocol. Luckily, some very
> ambitious fellow has figured out how this protocol works, and wrote
> some nifty software that lets Linux use the HP 720 and 892 series
> printers. I cannot remember the web site, but do a search for pbm2ppa
> and you'll find it. (Currently, the software only allows black and
> white printing... a color driver is in the works, I think.)
> =
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> =
> On 6/11/99, 7:07:59 AM, "J=FCrgen Pfann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>=
> wrote regarding Re: HP 720C doesn't print:
> =
> > root wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear reader,
> > >
> > > I've a HP 720C colour deskjet and I have SuSE 6.1 runing on my
> computer.
> > > During instalation of the OS I had to choose a printer. Because HP
> 720C
> > > isn't on the list, I've tried other printers (like cdjet550) on
> /dev/lp0
> > > but neither will print.
> > >
> > > The solution may be quite simple (I hope so) but being a newbie,
> things
> > > are not that easy to me
> > >
> > > Tank you in advance !!
> > >
> > > --
> > > ***************ROOT@hotzenplotz***********************
> > >
> > > Ulrich Gruen
> > > Amsterdamse straatweg 609bis-a/2
> > > 3553 EJ Utrecht
> > > 030-2420019
> > > ICQ: 35629246
> =
> > Hi Ulrich,
> =
> > Looks like you're stuck, because you unfortunately bought the wrong
> > hardware for linux :-( ; the 720 is a "Windows-only" "GDI"-printer
> > that leaves the processing of print jobs to your PC and accepts
> > only Win-compatible input.
> > But to my knowledge, the linux community have written drivers
> > to overcome that.
> > As you already installed a printer, you should have all resp.
> > packages lying around in your linux file system, namely
> > 'apsfilter', a set of scripts to do print file converting,
> > 'ghostscript', the postscript interpreter to eventually produce
> > printable output. First starting points of the documentation
> > to get more info should be the 'Printing HOWTO', in SUSE
> > /usr/doc/HOWTOS/en/PRINTING-HOWTO, and the files in the directories
> > /usr/doc/packages/apsfilter resp. ghostscript; print them out for
> > better reading !(I was joking, of course...)
> > Another way of getting help is the command 'man', say 'man gs',
> > or 'gs -h', as it prints out (on the screen) a list of available
> device
> > drivers for your resp. ghostcript version. As almost always :
> > Read The Fine Manuals...
> =
> > Hope that helps you getting started
> =
> > Juergen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: (REPOST) CD-RW: JVC 2080? Does it work?
Date: 14 Jun 1999 14:38:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:15:04 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I'm interested in getting a cd-rw and I wanted to know if anyone had got
>
>a JVC 2080 working under linux. I had read that some had had problems
>with this one.
Same reply you got before: read the CD-Writer HOWTO.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy."
-Martin Luther on Copernicus' theory that the Earth orbits the sun
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From: Matthew Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASUS PIIBF MotherBoard Problems???
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:44:17 -0700
David,
The board works perfectly fine here, and we have a mylex raid
controller in the system. However, we haven't tried the p2b-f
with a celeron yet.
Thanks,
Matt
David Peavey wrote:
>
> I receintly swapped out my motherboard for a different model. (I kept the
> RAM, and CPU and all other components). I booted the machine and withing a
> couple minutes, the computer went bizzerk! Wild characters went zipping
> past the screen and then the computer died. I.E. Control-Alt-Delete didn't
> work. I had to do a hard reset. The machine rebooted - and after checking
> the harddisk (because it was downed improperly) it came up fine. Then a
> few minutes later it did a similar thing.
>
> I thought - "well lets reinstall Linux", so I did and the thing went bizzerk
> again shortly after what appeared to be a successful install.
>
> I suspected the motherboard as It was working fine with the previous
> motherboard. So I replaced the Motherboard with another one of the exact
> model and no change. The computer again went bizzerk after a little time at
> the login prompt.
>
> So my question is this... Does anyone know if Linux works with the following
> motherboard??? Or is the problem elsewhere?
>
> NIC: 3COM 3C905B-TX
> Video: ATI Xpert 98 AGP.
> HDD: MPC3032AT 3.2 GB, 33.3 Mb/s UDMA
> Mouse: Logitech PS/2 S34
> MotherBoard: ASUS P2B-F ACPI (ATX Style) BIOS Rev. 1009.A
> CPU: Intel Celeron 300A
> Bios.: Award Modular Bios v4.51PG
>
> PS: The reason I need this motherboard is that it supports Automatic Power
> up after power fail. (This will be unattended and I would like the machine
> to power up automatically if the power fails and is reestablished.) The old
> motherboard (Abit? BH6 did not).
--
Matthew Marlowe http://www.jalan.com/ (p) 909.799.3805
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jalan Network Services (f) 909.799.3285
"Quality Web Hosting, Network, Linux, and Solaris Consulting"
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From: "justin P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIDEO
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:39:03 -0700
you need to change your virtual resolution settings in your X configuration
program
Justin
Ben Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:fVa93.60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Got an X problem -
For some reason (and I can't remember which setting) when I display the
graphics screens, I get a scrollable desktop. I seem only able to get
1024x768 to show properly - 800x600, 640x480 seem to not 100% fill the
screen - they overfill it.
Any ideas -
Thanks again
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From: Albert D. Lederer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware Advice
Date: 14 Jun 1999 14:30:45 GMT
> 1) What do you think of ASUS, ABIT, and INTEL motherboards?
> Specifically, is one brand better than another for LINUX and/or dual
> boot situations? If so, which model motherboard from that brand?
ASUS Mainboards are the best cloneboards you can get these days. I have
never had any problems with them. I don't know too much about the Intel
mainboards, but have replaced many ABIT mainboards. The city's
schoolboard will not buy anything else but ASUS boards because of warranty
issues and other advantages that way. Also, they seem to perform very
well too. Just make sure the board you buy has the latest chipset on it.
I'm not entirely sure, but I think that would be a BX chipset. Do not buy
a mainboard with a clone chipset, such as ALI, or OPTI.
>
> 2) Should I go with a PII 350 MHz or 400 MHz or one of the newer
> Celerons? Also, why do you recommend this? Are there HUGE
> performance gains/hits with differing configurations?
I would buy a PII before a celeron because of the L2 cache difference, 512
on the PII as compared to 128 on the celeron. Celeron is cheaper, but you
get what you pay for. Speed wise, a PII is a lot faster.
>
> 3) Lastly, from personal experience, who do you think makes the best
> IDE harddrives? I only ask because I have heard bad things about
> Maxtor and thought I might try something new.
By far the best IDE drives are Western Digital. I've had a few problems
with Maxtor platters sticking, so I wouldn't buy them. Fujitsu drives
aren't a bad alternative, but at the price of IDE drives these days, who
cares. Buy WD.
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From: John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra/33
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:34:03 GMT
Jacob Spoelstra wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have a system running using one of these cards? I have the
> patched 2.2.9 kernel and have tried everything on the UDMA howto, but as
> soon as the kernel tries to access a drive on the Promise card, I get
> "hdx: lost interrupt".
> Any suggestions?
>
Yep! no problem with my Promise Ultra/33... I have a boot/system disk
running on the standard primary IDE controller & a CDROM on the
Secondary channel of the primary controller... I'm using the Ultra/33 as
a secondary controller, 1 8.4GB drive as master on primary channel, & 1
8.4GB drive on secondary master...using SW Raid-0 to combine the two
drives into 1 16 GB drive...works like a charm..
John
--
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Senior Associate GATS, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11864 Canon Blvd - Suite 101
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (personal) Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 873-5920 (voice) (757) 873-5920 (fax)
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Subject: Re: modems & scanners under linux
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 14 Jun 1999 19:20:51 -0400
Mathew Threadgill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For starters I can get my modem to connect to my ISP but netscape will
> not use that connection. Another thing that is strange about it is that
> minicom is the only program that can get the modem to dial. Unless I
> use minicom, a channel is opened between the com port and modem, but the
> modem never goes on hook. Just in case some one needs to know I am
> running Red Hat 6.0, on a x86 machine.
>
> Also if anyone has any info on getting a Philps IDE CD-R to work in
> linux let me know.
>
> I would also like some information on getting a scanner to work under
> linux. I am thinking of purchasing one and would like to know how to
> get one to work under linux.
the key to scanner is SCSI. get a cheap SCSI card - isa, eisa and
slow-narrow is fine. get a SCSI scanner.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: Jeffrey Broome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: E1/T1 telephony interface card
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 13:01:29 -0500
Zoltan Perhacs wrote:
>
> Hello !
>
> I'm looking for a card which has Linux drivers for E1/T1 telephony
> applications & voice processing.
>
> Thanks
>
> Zoltan Perhacs
Check out LinuxTelephony for all the latest Linux telecom
hardware/software at...
http://www.linuxtelephony.org/
jeffrey broome
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SMP on RH6.0 Installation Help (newbie)
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 18:04:44 GMT
cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 6
model name : Celeron (Mendocino)
stepping : 5
cpu MHz : 333.064033
cache size : 128 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_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 osfxsr
bogomips : 332.60
dmesg
Linux version 2.2.5-15 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
egcs-2.91.66 1
9990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Mon Apr 19 23:00:46 EDT 1999
Detected 333064033 Hz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 332.60 BogoMIPS
Memory: 257496k/262144k available (996k kernel code, 412k reserved, 2856k
data,
60k init)
VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
CPU: Intel Celeron (Mendocino) stepping 05
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
mtrr: v1.26 (19981001) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb91
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Enabling I/O for device 00:3a
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd v 1.5
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.9)
Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: device not capable of full native PCI mode
PIIX4: device disabled (BIOS)
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12
raid5: measuring checksumming speed
raid5: using high-speed MMX checksum routine
pII_mmx : 810.387 MB/sec
p5_mmx : 785.241 MB/sec
8regs : 574.167 MB/sec
32regs : 412.623 MB/sec
using fastest function: pII_mmx (810.387 MB/sec)
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096
Partition check:
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
autodetecting RAID arrays
autorun ...
... autorun DONE.
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 15/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel A, SCSI ID=7, 255/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 362 instructions downloaded
(scsi1) <Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 15/1
(scsi1) Wide Channel B, SCSI ID=7, 255/255 SCBs
(scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 362 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.15/3.2.4
<Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.15/3.2.4
<Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 2 hosts.
(scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8.
Vendor: FUJITSU Model: M2952E-512 Rev: 0155
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
(scsi0:0:6:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Vendor: NEC Model: CD-ROM DRIVE:462 Rev: 1.13
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.54
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 4693462 [2291 MB] [2.3 GB]
sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 >
autodetecting RAID arrays
autorun ...
... autorun DONE.
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
change_root: old root has d_count=1
Trying to unmount old root ... okay
Freeing unused kernel memory: 60k freed
Adding Swap: 66540k swap-space (priority -1)
3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/
vortex.html
eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xe480, 00:10:4b:66:df:05, IRQ 9
8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
MII transceiver found at address 24, status 782d.
Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
nfsd_init: initialized fhcache, entries=256
Tim Moore wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Post /proc/cpuinfo and dmesg output.
>
>> 2 x Celeron 333A with MSI Slot to PPGA convertor (Dual CPU enable)
>> 256 MB memory
>>
>> I Booted up from the CD to carried out the installation, have try both
>> Workstation and Server installation but both failed to see my second
>> CPU, Is there any procedure that I need to do to enable the second CPU
>
>--
>direct replies substitute timothymoore for user name
>
>"Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
> WS Burroughs.
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From: Dave Brunberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: (REPOST) CD-RW: JVC 2080? Does it work?
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:54:15 -0400
Carl Fink wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:15:04 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >I'm interested in getting a cd-rw and I wanted to know if anyone had got
> >
> >a JVC 2080 working under linux. I had read that some had had problems
> >with this one.
>
> Same reply you got before: read the CD-Writer HOWTO.
> --
> Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy."
> -Martin Luther on Copernicus' theory that the Earth orbits the sun
First off: do you think I'd bother to send to a newsgroup if I hadn't
already read the howto?
Second: I never got a reply in the first place.
Third: The HOWTO
(http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.4) has no
specific info on that drive. That's why I'm asking for help on the
newsgroup. I've found HOWTOs to be woefully out of date in the past and
was looking for some _current_ information.
Sorry for the testy reply, but I really hate it when people assume that
I haven't done my homework before asking for help.
Dave
--
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it was dead." -- Neil Young
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martijn Valkier)
Subject: Re: WebCam
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 20:02:20 +0200
Hi,
> Is it possible, to use a parallel port webcam with Linux?
Yup. I use my old Connectix B/W par. port thingy and it works like hell.
It works even better under Linux that Windows 9x, the load on the system
reduced dramatically when I switched from Windows to Linux.
Look on www.crynwr.com for the kernel drivers.
--
Martijn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SuSe 6.1, kernel 2.2.5
at 8:00pm up 2 days, 1:24, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual celeron
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:15:55 GMT
Stuart Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On 12 Jun 1999 00:19:56 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Sau Dan
: ~{@nJX6X~}) so kindly spent valuable time writing:
: >
: >Well... this is just my personal opinion on how we should compare the
: >prices.. Even with such a "fairer" comparison, you'd still find
: >Celerons the price winner. The price of building a *dual*-Celeron
: >system (not overclocked) is comparable to the price of a *uni*-P2
: >system.
: I read on the Web somewhere today that dual Celeron's need all kinds
: of jumpers, drilling the motherboard etc. I don't think most people
: are willing to do that versus going out and buying a uni-P2 system.
drilling the MOBO?? I don't THINK SO!! drilling the slot1 pcb, maybe.
or using the easy way out - the 370->slot 1 converters. then NO
soldering or drilling is needed.
: BTW, what software can you run that takes advantage of the
: multi-threading capabilities of Linux?
background processes! if you run daemons, server processes, window
manager, etc, etc - all of the processes get divided amoungst the
cpus. for one APP to use multiple cpus, it might benefit if its
written this way to start. but this is unix, not NT - the app ITSELF
isn't king - the system as a whole, is. very different mindset from
M$ world.
: I am currently on M$ systems,
that was obvious ;-)
: but contemplating buying a dual-non-overclock system from The computer
: Underground (less than $1,000 plus monitor)
: http://www.tcu-inc.com/hardware/SpecialsSsi/0_dc.html
--
Bryan [at] Grateful.Net
http://www.Grateful.Net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: cirrus GD5465
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 19:02:00 GMT
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:45:31 +0000, Graeme McCaffery wrote:
> I've read the FAQs and have tried a few configuations but I still can't get X to
> work at 24 or 32 bits reliably.I've floowed advice but still I get occasional
> crashes. does anyone have any suggestions. the relevant details of my system are
> below.
> please reply by email as well as posting to the group
Try 'Option "no_pixmap_cache"', maybe instead of and/or in addition
to your 'Option "no_bitblt"'.
HTH,
Thomas
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Date: 14 Jun 99 18:39:40 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Color on an Epson 440 w/RedHat 5.2?
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to John T.;
JTD> Gee....you people are good....all I had to do was post a
JTD> message here, and the problem was fixed!
JTD> Seriously, I feel pretty stupid...reseated the color print
JTD> cartridge....now it works like a champ.
Don't feel like a chump too long. We've found that although most of
our HP-6xx's have rarely made use of the color cartridge, they can and
will turn deaf, dumb, and mute right in the middle of printing out the
5:30 news scripts, at 5:24 pm of course, because the color cartridge has
decided its dead. Changing it for a new one is the *only* solution that
will restore the printer. Don't ask me why, when it doing a black text
only job, it has to stop, clean its nose, and check the color cartridge
while its at it, and die on the spot when it won't talk back to it.
Its a genuine PITA. I frankly don't have a quarter to call someone who
cares if the color cartridge is good or bad, when its in the middle of a
straight black print job. The printer shouldn't either until somebody
actually feeds it a color (other than black) related command.
The things are cheap, so they have the market, and the warranty is
excelent. Other makers should treat their customers as well. My other
concern is that its your nickle to call them to get an RMA.
JTD> John...
JTD> John T. Dawid wrote:
>> Hi folks!
>>
>> I recently bought an Epson 440 Color Stylus printer to
>> replace a deceased HP 682c. Has anyone been able to
>> successsfully print color with the Epson 440? I've seen
>> references to use the "stcolor" option, but everything I try
>> doesn't work. It can print grayscale ok, but not color.
>>
>> I'm running Red Hat 5.2.
>>
>> Any help with this, i.e. what do I need to plug in to
>> Control Panel Printer Configuration, or /etc/printcap would
>> be greatly appreciated. I'm still somewhat of a newbie, but
>> am learning fast. So far I have Sybase ASE going, as well
>> as a small network using a Linksys 5 port hub. I rather
>> like this Linux stuff!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
Cheers, Gene
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From: "David E. Kindred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Echos Help
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:13:29 -0500
Rrepeating sound like that is typically an IRQ problem. I was setting up
an Ensoniq Soundscape that I knew worked and it was doing the same thing,
even though I was using "legal" interrupts and setting up the card
correctly. I changed one of the interrupts from 10 to 7 and it now works
correctly. So, what you might try doing is playing around with changing
interrupts a little bit. Good luck.
Dave K.
JAS wrote:
> I have a sound card installed in my Linux box that when a wave file is
> played it sounds like an echo chamber, repeats a segment of sound 3
> times then moves on. It is an Aztech Sound card that came with the
> system. I have all of the jumpers set to the factory defaults, IRQ's 5
> and 7, DMA 0 Address's of 330 and 220. I am running Redhat 6.0. When
> I run setup I am able to hear the sound ok for both wav's and midi's. I
>
> am not able to hear midi's at all though with a midi player, more
> setting up for midi methinks so I am not concerned there (yet). Any
> helpful suggestions would be greatly appreciated and also if more
> information is needed let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ashraf Youssef)
Subject: LaserWriter IINT
Date: 15 Jun 1999 00:46:12 GMT
I am trying to connect an Apple LaserWriter IINT (circa 1990) to
my Linux machine where I am running RedHat 5.2 . This is a
Postscript printer, and at one time it was connected to a
network of Sparc workstations. There is an RS-232 connector on the
printer, and I connected this with a cable to the parallel port on
my computer. Then I used the printer configuration utility and found
that the port was /dev/lp1 . When I try to run a test, the green
light on the printer flashes, but nothing comes out (Postscript and
ASCI tests). Upon startup, the printer creates a test page that looks
fine. There are a couple of switches on the printer that determine
the networking protocol, and I believe that they are set properly.
If someone has a similar setup, please check these printer settings
and tell me what they are. Any other ideas? Does anyone know how
to suppress the printing of the test page on startup?
Thanks,
Ashraf Youssef
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