Linux-Hardware Digest #350, Volume #12 Sat, 26 Feb 00 17:13:04 EST
Contents:
Prolinea 4/33 ("Jerry")
top (or other) for SMP? (David Topper)
SB Live + Compaq desktop + Linux (Jean-Marc Valin)
RE: TNT2 Clock Utility - Detonator 3.76 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks) (John Jordan)
Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks) (John Jordan)
pcmcia modem ("CK Ho")
Re: CD-burning on IDE/ATAPI RH 6.0 (Dances With Crows)
Re: SCSI Probe timeout + Yamaha CDRW8424 (MH)
Re: Win modem & Linux (Douglas Bayne)
Re: Xfree86 3.9.17 and Matrox g400 (Jannis Bouchikas)
Yamaha CDRW 4x4x16...terminates Linux (MH)
Re: 3-button serial mouse (J Bland)
Modem question (rick bragg)
Re: Burned system!? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: TNT2 Clock Utility - Detonator 3.76 (J Bland)
Re: Printer Problem (Lien-Fei Alex Chu)
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From: "Jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Prolinea 4/33
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 20:12:12 GMT
Hi-
I am having a problem with trying to get Linux installed on a Compaq
Prolinea 4/33(s), each time I use Slackware 7.0's net.i bootdisk, I get
kernel panic. Has anyone ever installed Linux successfully on a Prolinea
4/33 (or of that generation Prolinea)? If so, what did you do/use?
Thanks in advance.
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From: David Topper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: top (or other) for SMP?
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 15:03:35 -0500
Hi there,
I can do a cat /proc/cpu and see my CPUs ... but top doesn't seem to
report usage as such. How can I monitor the load on each? I remember
top on an SMP Solaris box reporting stats for each CPU.
Are there some other utils I can use?
Thanks
Dave Topper
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From: Jean-Marc Valin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SB Live + Compaq desktop + Linux
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 15:20:07 -0500
Hi,
I'm having a weird problem with my SB Live! on a Compaq desktop (pizza box). I'm
running Mandrake 7.0 and though the card is properly detected as a SB Live, the
sound played is garbage. I know the card works because it works OK in by K7 box
running the same release of Mandrake. It also works on a similar desktop running
windows, but doesn't in another Compaq tower running again Mandrake 7.0.
That makes me think that the problem is the combination of SB Live, the Compaq
chipset and the Linux drivers (the Creative OSS/Free one shipped with mandrake
7). Has anyone else had this problem.
Thanks,
Jean-Marc Valin
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Jean-Marc Valin
Universite de Sherbrooke - Genie Electrique
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: RE: TNT2 Clock Utility - Detonator 3.76
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 15:24:54 -0500
In <899630$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/26/00
at 03:24 PM, "Pollytron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I dont remember but i will send you via email if you give me it, ok? 1,2
>Mb zipped
Well, which is it? One or two? Oh, you mean 1.2! Well, get with the
program. We in the US use 1.2 and you should too. After all we've
declared our superiority by giving you Microsoft! What else do you need
as proof. :^) (BTW, the tongue is *firmly* placed in the cheek.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Jordan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 19:28:16 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nickolaus Dekay) dijo a todos por la internet:
>On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 04:33:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Jordan) wrote:
>
>>But y'all miss my point. I want the information *without* having to
>>log onto the net. Web sites are slow and frustrating to find things
>>in. And the quality of the docs on the web is great if you have a
>>degree in computer science, but pretty incomprehensible to a
>>non-techie. Trust me on this -- I have degrees and consider myself
>>educated, but have had very poor luck understanding what passes for
>>Linux documentation.
>The issue with paper-based documentation is that its accuracy is questionable by
>the time you receive it. Web-based documentation is easier to maintain/update.
You may not be completely aware of current printing methods. I'm
retired, but I have a hobby book publishing business. My "printing" is
via high-speed duplexing laser. I can currently produce about 50
copies a day of a 350-page book, including paperback binding. My books
look just as professional as any you find in the bookstores, right
down to EAN barcodes and ISBN numbers. What I do is called "printing
on demand," or "publishing on demand" in the trade today. Modern
publishing on demand can eliminate most of the timeliness problems
with print. I can change the text of a book every 50 copies if I want.
For that matter, even web sites can be out of date. It's all a matter
of degree. I just wanted people to be aware that a book no longer has
to have a run of 100,000+ copies to be profitable. The printing
business is changing as fast as the computer business. In fact, it's
changing *because of* computers.
>>There is a market for a real, paper book. People will pay for it.
>>Right now, I find the one most lacking is a "Linux for Windows Users."
>>I'm surprised no one has written one yet. (And if there are any
>>aspiring authors out there, e-mail me -- I can almost guarantee
>>getting it published.)
>
>There's a HOWTO on converting dos/win knowledge to linux knowledge... but it's
>only a HOWTO, and not a book; i also haven't read it personally, so I can't
>provide any information on its usefulness value.
>
>i do agree with you on this issue in essence, though: the current state of linux
>documentation, documentation organization, and documentation centralization is
>very poor. the LDP is working on this but i do not know how much they have
>accomplished. i think that as soon as a good centralized database with frequent
>updates and organization is developed, linux will become substantially easier to
>learn and use.
I'd be willing to entertain the idea of working with someone on
creating such a book, if anyone is interested.
>>And don't suggest the useless thing that Corel ships with their
>>product. It just repeats verbatim what is in the help. And even that
>>doesn't help. E.g., for what to put in the box where it says "Gateway"
>>it says, "enter your gateway here." Well, duh. That was obvious from
>>the screen. What the newcomer needs is troubleshooting and
>>explanation. What is a gateway in the first place? Why is it
>>important? Where does the user figure out where to get the address to
>>put in the box? Remember, I'm talking Windows users here -- they have
>>never heard of TCP/IP. Windows handled all that stuff for them.
>>
>>If Linux is going to take over the desktop, it's going to have to
>>address the needs of the masses, not just the geeks.
>
>Unfortunately.
>However, since I've started learning linux, i've kind of lost sight of why,
>exactly, we want linux to take over the desktop... it seems to me that when
>people say 'take over the desktop' they mean 'become as widely used as windows,
>in order to replace windows'... this seems to me to, at first glance, to be a
>good thing, but at second glance, a rather questionable goal.
It's going to take a long time anyway. Windows is pretty entrenched. I
recall it took two-three years after the introduction of Windows 3.0
before the number of Windows users exceeded the number of straight-DOS
users. And Linux has a big disadvantage that Windows did not have --
it is going up against a very ruthless marketing organization.
>we do of course want more people to use it; this increases the userbase,
>therefore increases the development base and support base, thus making it easier
>to use. this is desirable imo. however, most people don't want to bother past a
>certain technical level with their computer, in much the same fashion that most
>people don't want to bother past a certain technical level with their car.
I agree. And the level of expertise we want varies with the individual
and the product. I trade my car in when the tires get bald. Until
then, all I do is change the oil. I can't remember how long it's been
since I opened the hood. But my neighbor is always tinkering with his
car. At the same time, I'm always taking the case off my computer and
fiddling with something. But my neighbor has a computer he bought at a
furniture store and he has no idea what it looks like inside.
Different strokes for different folks.
>i think that it would be far better for linux to grow larger, and obtain a
>sizeable userbase as mentioned above, but nowhere near the userbase that windows
>has now. the goal in my thought-process here is for linux to gain enough people
>to improve, without its attempting to grab the totally-ignorant masses. it's
>just not imo desirable for the masses to use it, from the
>distributor/supporter's end, nor from the enduser's end. it would be far better
>for linux to become a viable, strong alternative for technical users or people
>who don't mind learning such things, instead of attempting to become something
>it's really not -- an OS for everybody.
The term you want is "critical mass." And you're right -- it doesn't
have to command even one-half of the desktop to gain the support we
need for hardware and software. The Mac does quite well with less than
10% of the desktop, albeit in a somewhat niche market.
Having said that, we may have no choice. Consumers are funny. Once a
certain momentum develops, there may be no stopping it. Of course, the
"linatics" will be happy then. ("Linatic" = Linux + fanatic.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Jordan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 19:28:19 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo a todos por la internet:
>If you are trying to compare the quality of the books in the bookstore
>for Windows vs. that for Linux, esp. for the beginning user, I agree
>that's quite another story... for now.
>
>But there's not much we here can do about that. We're programmers, not
>writers (at least for the most part).
Ah, well, there we are -- I'm a writer and publisher, but not a
programmer.
I am interested in doing something to enhance Linux documentation, but
using my writing and publishing ability, since I have no real
programming skills. I have a computer running Linux, but I am using it
just for learning. It will take a while before I can wean myself from
my NT computer where I do for-profit writing and publishing. I just
don't know enough about Linux to write anything really useful about
it. But if I had someone whose skills with Linux matched my skills in
writing, we'd make a helluva team.
Here's a book idea -- compile the questions in a specific Linux
newsgroup, e.g., comp.os.linux.networking, and break them down as to
the nature of the question and the frequency. Use this as the basis
for a book titled "Troubleshooting Linux Networking." I just made that
up -- perhaps such a book already exists. The idea is to write a book
to address the issues that people seem to need help with. You can
figure that out easily just by looking at what people ask about in the
newsgroups.
I still think the biggest market, however, is a book on Linux for
Windows users, especially one aimed specifically at a particular
distribution. For example, if you wrote a book called "Corel Linux for
Windows Users," you could easily get billing on Corel's web site.
Corel would jump at the chance -- promoting your book promotes their
product and decreases their tech support calls. You can't beat free
advertising.
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From: "CK Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pcmcia modem
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 15:23:23 -0500
I am going to buy a pcmcia 56k modem. It seems that linux support a
particular modem chipset, e.g. Lucent. Is it rite? Can someone tell which
card is being supported by linux? thanks
P.S. Does Global Village 56K modem /Ethernet PCMCIA works ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: CD-burning on IDE/ATAPI RH 6.0
Date: 26 Feb 2000 15:32:00 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 21:08:03 GMT, Olav Drageset <<1103_951080797@besten>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>I have used CD-Writing HOWTO for making Generic SCSI interface for
>IDE/ATAPI CD-burner.
>All scsi modules (scsi_mod.o, sr_mod.o, sg.o, ide-cd.o, loop.o and
>ide-scsi.o) are loaded OK
>dev/sg0 /dev/sg1 etc are genereated OK
>append="hdd=ide-scsi" is put into /etc/lilo.conf (CD-burner is device hdd)
>cdrecord and mkisofs are compiled and installed OK and mkisofs works OK.
>after cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=hdd -data /back/burn/cd_image Iget:
^^^^^^^
Try dev=/dev/sg0 or dev=/dev/sg1 ... cdrecord only works on SCSI devices,
and hdd is an IDE device. The ide-scsi emulation makes hdd inaccessible,
but provides its normal functions through /dev/scdX and /dev/sgX.
The ide-scsi emulation pit people with CD-R(W)s get themselves into is
probably the worst thing about Linux at the moment....
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Probe timeout + Yamaha CDRW8424
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 20:52:39 +0000
I have exactly the same problem with a Yamaha CDRW 4x4x16, except that
it causes a kernel panic after timing out then freezes the system.
Mitchell Stewart wrote:
>
> I just purchased a Yamaha CDRW8x4x24 and trying to install linux on my
> machine.
>
> THe install program can detect my AHA2940 (AIC7XXX) SCSI card and starts to
> probe each SCSI id on it. However, whenever it reaches the ID with the CDRW
> it can't get the information and it times out. It continues to timeout over
> and over again and I can't skip the id.
>
> Is there some way to force the SCSI controller or linux to skip the ID that
> the CDRW is on? I don't really need it in linux because I am dual-booting
> with windows.
>
> These drives are so new that I'm hoping someone might have a generic answer
> to this specific problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mitch
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From: Douglas Bayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win modem & Linux
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:02:34 -0500
Everything I've heard about Linux and Win modems states that you should forget
it. If you wrote hardware drivers for a living would it be possible but Redhat
out of the box does not support winmodems. Also, there doesn't seem to be any
tools out there to help you either.
"John E. Maynus" wrote:
> I was wondering can you use a win modem with Linux? Have Redhat 6.1 I thin
> k I remember before that win modems couldn't be used with Linux but that was
> 3-4 years ago.
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From: Jannis Bouchikas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Xfree86 3.9.17 and Matrox g400
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 21:58:51 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jasper Moeller wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> > If anyone has been able to get Xfree86 3.9.17 working with the dual
> > head g400 please could they post their XF86config file. I have been
> > trying in vain to get the dual head set up, I get only one screen. I
> > cant figure out how to modify the xf86config file so that xfree86
> > recognises that I have a dual head card. The xf86config file shows how
> > to do it for two seperate matrox cards, but doesnt explain how to do it
> > for a dual head. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > thanks
> > achilles
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> Hi,
> According to the README.MGA, only the first monitor is supported.
> Precision Insight is developing a drinver for the G400 that supports 3D
> and dual head, but apparently haven't released anything yet...
>
> Jasper
>
> --
>
> Jasper Moeller, Universitaet Konstanz
> Fakultaet fuer Mathematik und Informatik
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Same problem her with 3.9.18
I would be hapy if I could just make the first one the "heads"
to work. I dont know if the problem is my build or the
XF86config file.
I would appreciate a XF86config file that works with
the G400 dualhead kart with just one monitor.
Jannis
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of a GNU generation -o) | Bryan Michael Wendt
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Jasper Moeller wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<br>>
<br>> Hi!
<br>> If anyone has been able to get Xfree86 3.9.17 working with the dual
<br>> head g400 please could they post their XF86config file. I have been
<br>> trying in vain to get the dual head set up, I get only one screen.
I
<br>> cant figure out how to modify the xf86config file so that xfree86
<br>> recognises that I have a dual head card. The xf86config file shows
how
<br>> to do it for two seperate matrox cards, but doesnt explain how to
do it
<br>> for a dual head. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
<br>>
<br>> thanks
<br>> achilles
<br>>
<br>> Sent via Deja.com <a href="http://www.deja.com/">http://www.deja.com/</a>
<br>> Before you buy.
<p>Hi,
<br>According to the README.MGA, only the first monitor is supported.
<br>Precision Insight is developing a drinver for the G400 that supports
3D
<br>and dual head, but apparently haven't released anything yet...
<p>Jasper
<p>--
<p>Jasper Moeller, Universitaet Konstanz
<br>Fakultaet fuer Mathematik und Informatik
<br><a
href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a></blockquote>
Hi,
<p>Same problem her with 3.9.18
<br>I would be hapy if I could just make the first one the "heads"
<br>to work. I dont know if the problem is my build or the
<br>XF86config file.
<p>I would appreciate a XF86config file that works with
<br>the G400 dualhead kart with just one monitor.
<p>Jannis
<br>
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acid, take it pass-fail!" --
of a GNU generation -o) | Bryan Michael
Wendt
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Yamaha CDRW 4x4x16...terminates Linux
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 21:14:12 +0000
I've got a Yamaha CDRW 4x4x16 SCSI that WILL NOT work under Linux. It
works flawlessly under Win95, and worked under NT (though I did
experience random failures burning CDs).
Under Linux it terminates the system with a kernel panic before boot
completes. I can boot from a CD, and have even installed a system (RH
6.0), but when rebooted system fails. I did get Linux to boot
successfully ONE time, but was unable to open the CD tray. I have no
idea why it worked once, since I changed NO settings.
I've seen other posts regarding problems with this unit, and numerous
replies indicating some people have successfully used this product. I
suspect the problem may have something to do with self-terminating
devices? I'm booting RH 6.0 off an IBM 9.1 GB LVD SCSI drive (id 6),
which is self-terminating, running on an Adaptec 2940UW with latest
BIOS. This drive is on the end of a 68 pin SCSI cable. Yamaha CDROM (id
1) is next to last on same cable. I tried terminating the CDROM without
effect. Oddly enough, Win95 didn't care whether the CDROM was
terminated or not. Maybe there's something wrong with the CDROM?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: 3-button serial mouse
Date: 26 Feb 2000 21:16:23 GMT
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:34:34 GMT, DJC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 25 Feb 2000 19:29:50 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin) wrote:
>
>
>>A certain UK seat of learning (which shall remain nameless) once
>>had the bright idea of glueing the pads to the tables to stop them
>>being misplaced. Made them no end of friends among the left-handed
>
>Why not name them, Westminster did that when I was there c1995, lets
>here some other names.
In my undergraduate days at Liverpool Uni the vast majority of mouse mats
were glued down (on the right). What's more the mice were in a shocking
state so even righthanded users found them a pain. I spent many an
afternoon cleaning computer room mice just cos it annoyed me so much.
I don't know if they're all still glued down but I suspect most of the NT
stations are still in this state (yes, NT; don't I just love my IT
demonstrating positions ;)
Shrike ("this is how you use Word/Excel, not that it has any relevance to
doing physics research...")
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From: rick bragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem question
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 14:23:30 -0500
will my EISA 56k modem work with linux, or does it have to be PCI modem.
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Subject: Re: Burned system!?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 21:36:28 GMT
According to ajam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I have a machine booting both Linux and NT. The power-on switch in the
> machine is one of these ones that does not really click. You just push
> the damned thing really deep, and as the internal spring pushes the
> button out, the thing turns on. I've been meaning to change the box,
> but I've been procrastinating about it. Either way, Yesterday I turned
> on the machine, and it did not turned on. It instead started making
> this strange sound; possibly by the power supply fan.
I lost a machine in a similar fashion a few weeks ago. I was
re-organizing some of my machines and was going to put windows on a
machine that had previously running as a Linux server. After being
off for several days, I powered it up to the sound of sparks and the
smell of burning components. Turns out every component in the box was
fried with the exception of RAM. I did a post-mortem and discovered
that the fan in the power supply has seized. I wonder if this caused
a short inside the PS which caused it to overvoltage on the outputs.
Or perhaps the machine decided that death was better than windows...
-p.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland)
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: Re: TNT2 Clock Utility - Detonator 3.76
Date: 26 Feb 2000 21:33:26 GMT
>In <899630$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/26/00
> at 03:24 PM, "Pollytron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>>I dont remember but i will send you via email if you give me it, ok? 1,2
>>Mb zipped
>
>Well, which is it? One or two? Oh, you mean 1.2! Well, get with the
>program. We in the US use 1.2 and you should too. After all we've
>declared our superiority by giving you Microsoft! What else do you need
>as proof. :^) (BTW, the tongue is *firmly* placed in the cheek.)
>
It's a bit strange that most of us use the metric system, from the european
continent, yet we don't use the european system of , as the decimal place.
Who ever said standards were logical? Although, in this case people should
be able to recognise when one or the other is being used; most standards
seem to be mutually exclusive.
The world's a crazy illogical place.
Shrike
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From: Lien-Fei Alex Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer Problem
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:40:45 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Redhat 6.0 is using Kernel 2.2 series.. The printer is NOT connected to the
parallel port. I did try to print simple text file. I did the following:
using printtool to setup the samba network printer (I onlt setup one printer
at this point and it is the default printer.) Than I tried to print a test
ASCII page. That did not work. The Error message was print out on the paper.
Than I used Xemacs to create a simple text file and used the follow: "#lpr
foo.txt" I still get the same error message... I really have no idea what is
going on... I really don't feel like reinstall th OS again..
Alex.
> >Error: /invalidfont in findfont
> > Operand stack:
> > F0
> Times-Roman Font ........
> >
> I'm not sure but this may be an error from gs (ghostscript).
> Ghostscript may only be partially installed.
>
> Have you tried sending a simple text file from the command
> line directly to the printer? Something like:
>
> # cat file.txt > /dev/lp0 (lp1 or lp2)
>
> If that works, then try generating a Postscript file and use
> the gs program to send it directly to the printer as above.
>
> The only thing I don't know is what kernel series Redhat 6.0
> uses. If it is the 2.2 series, then how the kernel names
> the parallel ports changed and that may be part of the
> problem.
>
> I would look either at http://www.deja.com or in the kernel
> source tree for I believe the name is parport or paraport.
> --
> Frank Hahn
>
> The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.
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