Linux-Hardware Digest #683, Volume #12 Fri, 14 Apr 00 11:13:12 EDT
Contents:
N E E D H E L P W I T H I N S T A L L A T I N G N I C ! ! ! ("Yuval")
What's up with the capability differences in resolution Corel<->RH? ("Timothy Brown
& Co.")
Re: Printer, HP DeskJet 930C (Paul McGaughey)
Re: UMAX Astra 610P (mircea)
Re: Recommend a modem? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Linux sucks? Maybe not. (Steve Martin)
Re: Printer, HP DeskJet 930C ("Johansen, Harald")
Re: Q: Best printer for linux box? (Tim Dixon)
help ("Ken Dunne")
Need help ("Ken Dunne")
Re: Floppy Tape Drive (QuestionExchange)
Re: Q: Best printer for linux box? (Al Anderson)
Re: Best printer for linux box? ("David S. DeWitt")
Re: Setup Scanner under Linux (Use Sane or xsane) (Michael J Porter)
Re: Linux sucks? Maybe not. (Brandon Casey)
Re: udma 66 hard discs (Michael J Porter)
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From: "Yuval" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: N E E D H E L P W I T H I N S T A L L A T I N G N I C ! ! !
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:31:13 +0300
Hi everyone!!!
I've got troubles installing linux on my computer... amm, I am trying to do
difficult things but it's much more fun this way isn't it?
So, I'm installing linux on a 486 DX8 computer with 16MB ram and 1.5GB H.D,
anyway, I have a netcard installed (NE2000 compatible(something called
Edimax), Plug & Play, ISA,
Ethernet, Multiple conectors) and I want to use it to connect Linux to the
other computer running Windows '95 using host names or FTP, I am studing now
for microsoft MCSE so I do have some basic information about IRQs and I/O
addresses.
Anyway, I started the installation process, and in the middle of the
installation I was asked to decide whether I want to install a LAN, I
answered "yes" and it can't find my NIC on the system, why?
By the way, I forgot to say, I'm using RedHat Linux 6.0
If you know why it happens, please help me with it by sending an e-mail to
me .....
bye...
Yuval...
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From: "Timothy Brown & Co." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What's up with the capability differences in resolution Corel<->RH?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:39:06 GMT
I like to run 1600x1200 and use large fonts. I think the screen
looks great that way. RH Mandrake'll do it fine with my specs, but
the Corel distro won't put out that high of a rez. Anybody know if I
could take the Xfree from RH 6.1 and integrate it into Debian 1.0?
Is that possible.
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From: Paul McGaughey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer, HP DeskJet 930C
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 07:38:36 -0500
Hello,
I have a DeskJet 952C, and have found that none of the drivers I can find on
my Red Hat 6.2 installation works correctly. I am still looking.
I think that the DeskJet 930 and 950 series uses some "new" print technology that is
incompatible with existing Linux drivers? The main problem
I am seeing is that the colour and black 'n white don't match up. - at least with the
driver for the 890 series.
(very nice printer though, from my old win95 box)
Paul.
"Johansen, Harald" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to buy the new HP DeskJet 930C printer. Has anyone had any
> success using this printer under Linux? If yes, which driver did you
> use, etc?
>
> Thanks
> Harald
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From: mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UMAX Astra 610P
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:42:59 -0400
John Wilcox wrote:
>
> I have a UMAX Astra 610P Scanner, and I was wondering if there was a
> driver for this scanner.
>
> Thank you in advance
> John Wilcox
No - Umax parallel scanners aren't supported, because of lack of
programming information. Read the Hardware-HOWTO.
MST
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Recommend a modem?
Date: 14 Apr 2000 08:39:17 -0400
"John Wilcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > "M. Buchenrieder" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Hourigan) writes:
> > > >
> > > > >I would appreciate someone recommending a very good modem
> > > > >that will work with both windows and linux. My current
> > > > >modem is one of those darn win-modems that won't work w/ linux.
> > > >
> > > > Buy an external serial V.90 modem. This one is guaranteed to
> > > > work in any OS that does have support for serial ports...
> > > >
> > > > There is no reason for using internal ones, anyways, since
> > > > they are a royal pain.
> One good Internal Modem is a Modem Blaster 5601 by Creative Labs, I have not
> had One Bit of Trouble with this modem, and It will work in Linux.
yes but
1) it occupies a slot - some new mobos don't have ISA slots
and PCI slots are too few as it is already.
2) to reboot modem you must reboot machine
3) have to open cases to move to another machine
4) will not work with other hardware such as macintosh, sun,
hp/apollo, dumb terminal
--
johan kullstam l72t00052
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linux sucks? Maybe not.
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:06:28 -0400
Tony Hague wrote:
> from the pppd-2.3.11 man page:
>
> usepeerdns
Thanks for the info, Tony. This definitely is not in the man
page on my system (2.3.7). I'll file this away.
See? I thought I knew it all, and (as usual) it turns out
I didn't!
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From: "Johansen, Harald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer, HP DeskJet 930C
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:16:47 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Paul,
Did you try the 'DeskJet 880C/882C/895C Ghostscript Driver' by Matthew J. Gelhaus?
According to his web page
(http://www.proaxis.com/~mgelhaus/linux/software/hp880c/hp880c.html) the 932C should
possibly work.
/Harald
Paul McGaughey wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a DeskJet 952C, and have found that none of the drivers I can find on
> my Red Hat 6.2 installation works correctly. I am still looking.
> I think that the DeskJet 930 and 950 series uses some "new" print technology that is
>incompatible with existing Linux drivers? The main problem
> I am seeing is that the colour and black 'n white don't match up. - at least with
>the driver for the 890 series.
> (very nice printer though, from my old win95 box)
>
> Paul.
>
> "Johansen, Harald" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm planning to buy the new HP DeskJet 930C printer. Has anyone had any
> > success using this printer under Linux? If yes, which driver did you
> > use, etc?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Harald
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Dixon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Q: Best printer for linux box?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:12:11 GMT
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 02:10:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Can somebody recommend a printer?
>
>My Epson Action Laser 1400 is driving me nuts, because the sheet
>feeder constantly pulls in two sheets and jams. I want to replace
>it with a new/used printer, but have no idea which one avoids that
>problem.
>
>Here are my priorities, in order:
>
>Required:
>
> 1. GOOD non-jamming sheet feeder which accepts ordinary paper
>
> 2. Runs perfectly under Linux (possibly with some fiddling)
>
>Optional:
>
> 3. Color
>
> 4. Two-sided printing
>
> 5. Cheap
>
> 6. Fast
>
>Any recommendations? I'm considering a refurbished Epson Color Stylus
>440, because it satisfies #2, #3 and #5; does it satisfy #1? Is there
>a printer which satisfies all six conditions?
>
I just purchased a Lexmark Optra Color 40 from buy.com. It was
clearanced at $85, including shipping. It covers 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6
nicely. 4 is a manual process but works (ie. the printer doesn't
duplex, but you can send the paper with one side printed through the
machine with no trouble).
The big advantage is that it speaks Postscript 2, which removes any
need for Ghostscript configuration (and eliminates any need for your
computer to render the page). It has fantastic text output (great
graphics output too, but the text really looks spectacular). My guess
is that since it is running the Postscript itself it can optimize
things nicely. Rumor has it that you need to add memory; I had a 32MB
EDO SIMM (72-pin) which works perfectly.
I don't know if there are any left. Btw, the printer is clearanced,
but the ink cartridges are used in a number of Lexmark printers, so
they won't be disappearing any time soon.
If buy.com is out, or if you don't want this for some reason, take a
look at the "Supported Printers Database" maintained by Grant Taylor
at http://www.picante.com
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From: "Ken Dunne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 19:56:59 +0100
Hi,
Ive got a project to do(below) and i really dont have a clue, any help would
be greatly appriciated
Ken
Assume that a segmented memory management system maintains a circular free
holelist. Develop an algorith for first fit. Ensure that it does not go in
to an infinite loop if requested for space larger than it has.?????
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From: "Ken Dunne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:32:36 +0100
Hello,
Im a student in limerick, Ireland and would appreciate some help on a small
project i have,
here it is:
Assume that a segmented memory management system maintaims a circular
freehole list.
Develop an algorith for first fit.
Ensure that it does not go in to an infinite loop if requested for space
larger than any it has.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Ken
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy Tape Drive
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:42:6 GMT
A floppy-tape shouldn't need these settings, have you tried to
compile a kernel-module to support this drive, if you did so,
you must load it before mounting the drive (using modprobe or
insmod tools). If you don't have compiled a module, you can
compile it in your kernel ('make config' or 'make menuconfig').
--
This answer is courtesy of QuestionExchange.com
http://www.questionexchange.com/servlet3/qx.usenetGuest.showUsenetGuest?ans_id=13328&cus_id=USENET
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From: Al Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Q: Best printer for linux box?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:08:10 GMT
Hi,
I suggest you contact the host (Grant Taylor) of the following website -
he is expert regarding printing under Linux....
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Cheers & Happy Printing,
Al
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can somebody recommend a printer?
>
> My Epson Action Laser 1400 is driving me nuts, because the sheet
> feeder constantly pulls in two sheets and jams. I want to replace
> it with a new/used printer, but have no idea which one avoids that
> problem.
>
> Here are my priorities, in order:
>
> Required:
>
> 1. GOOD non-jamming sheet feeder which accepts ordinary paper
>
> 2. Runs perfectly under Linux (possibly with some fiddling)
>
> Optional:
>
> 3. Color
>
> 4. Two-sided printing
>
> 5. Cheap
>
> 6. Fast
>
> Any recommendations? I'm considering a refurbished Epson Color Stylus
> 440, because it satisfies #2, #3 and #5; does it satisfy #1? Is there
> a printer which satisfies all six conditions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Len.
>
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From: "David S. DeWitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Best printer for linux box?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:18:38 -0500
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8d5ulv$ud5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can somebody recommend a printer?
>
> My Epson Action Laser 1400 is driving me nuts, because the sheet
> feeder constantly pulls in two sheets and jams. I want to replace
> it with a new/used printer, but have no idea which one avoids that
> problem.
>
> Here are my priorities, in order:
>
> Required:
>
> 1. GOOD non-jamming sheet feeder which accepts ordinary paper
>
> 2. Runs perfectly under Linux (possibly with some fiddling)
>
> Optional:
>
> 3. Color
>
> 4. Two-sided printing
>
> 5. Cheap
>
> 6. Fast
>
> Any recommendations? I'm considering a refurbished Epson Color Stylus
> 440, because it satisfies #2, #3 and #5; does it satisfy #1? Is there
> a printer which satisfies all six conditions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Len.
>
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
I love my Tek Phaser 340 plus. I have been looking at a phaser 840 does
automatic duplex printing in full color . It satifies all of you condition
expect #5. And black ink is free
David DeWitt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael J Porter)
Subject: Re: Setup Scanner under Linux (Use Sane or xsane)
Date: 14 Apr 2000 10:23:46 -0400
Have you followed all the steps in the README file included with
Sane? Things like making sure the generic SCSI driver is either
part of the kernel or available as a module? Did you run
findscanner? Did you read the man page for sane-dll? If the above
answers are all yes, I will tell you what happened to me:
The default backend is sane-dll. Apparently it probes for
scanners, but one of the backends conflicted with my scanner which
would always cause the probe to fail. So, I edited
/etc/sane.d/dll.conf and commented out all the backends, except the
one I wanted to use. Probably not a bad idea anyway.
Mike
////
In article <8cm50q$oqa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=>Dear all:
=>
=>Start from the beginning. Running RedHat 6.0, 2 SCSI adapter, Umax 610s
=>scanner. Other hardware should not matter at this point. I am trying to
=>set it up but no luck. I did read the man page and so on, but I guess I
=>am that that familiar with Linux yet :-(
=>This scanner is supported by Sane so it is not a not-compatible problem.
=>
=>when I type "more /proc/scsi/scsi" I got the following message
=>
=>Attached devices:
=>Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
=> Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DR-U16S Rev: 1.01
=> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
=>Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
=> Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: J.02
=> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
=>Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
=> Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CRW4260 Rev: 1.0q
=> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
=>Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
=> Vendor: UMAX Model: Astra 610S Rev: V1.3
=> Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02
=>
=>So, the scanner is being detected by the OS, but not by the software
=>yet. When I tried to run sane, xsane, or xscanimage, it will say
=>"xscanimage: no devices available."
=>
=>I did the following:
=>
=>$ln /dev/sge /dev/scanner
=>$chmod 660 /dev/sge
=>
=>In addition, I have modified "umax.conf" (under /etc/sane.d) a little bit.
=>scsi UMAX * Scanner * * * *
=>scsi LinoHell Office
=>scsi LinoHell Office2
=>scsi LinoHell SAPHIR2
=>scsi Nikon AX-210
=>/dev/scanner
=>/dev/sge
=>
=>Thanks for any suggestion and information.
=>
=>Sincerely.
=>
=>Alex.
--
===
Mike Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PGP Fingerprint: F4 AE E1 9F 67 F7 DA EA 2F D2 37 F3 99 ED D1 C2
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From: Brandon Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux sucks? Maybe not.
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:22:34 -0500
Dan wrote:
>
> and you learn by your mistakes and successes. However my previous point
> still stands, that Joe bloggs who buys his PC from PC world is not going
> to have a clue what to do with an OS like linux. Even with the improved
why do we care whether joe bloggs has a clue or not? if he doesn't have
a
clue what to do with linux then he won't buy it or download. either way
i don't care whether he does or not.
i use linux because i like. i like
it because i have the freedom to do with it what i want to do. when that
stops being the case, then i will find something else that suits my
needs.
it's doubtful that will ever happen, more likely is that a distribution
will stop being what i want it to be and i will switch distributions.
> hardware installation and GUIs, it still requires a certain amount of
> computer knowledge and experience. An average user likes to double click
> on setup, and 2 minutes later have a working program, getting them to
> tar, ./configure, gmake, su, gmake etc is not practical to them.
like i said, so what. who asked Mr. average user to do something he
doesn't
like? not me. if you like doing that, then use an operating system that
gives you that.
hey, the mac does things differently too. that's why mac users are so
loyal,
because they like the way the mac does things, so they continue to use
it.
but even when a mac user decides to try using linux, you don't hear him
say
"Linux sucks cause it doesn't eject the floppy when i drag the icon to
the
trash can." no, they realize that this is a different operating system
and
things are done differently, i can either complain, or i can learn.
if linux doesn't have what you want, then don't use it. all of these
people
are trying out linux because it has become the buzz word of the moment
and
then declaring that "linux sucks" because it's not windows. well i've
got
some news for you, LINUX IS NOT WINDOWS. the users that use linux for
the
features that it has, use it because windows doesn't have those
features.
but then a bunch of windows execs start saying "don't use linux cause
those features are too hard to use anyway, you don't need them."
"An average user likes to double click on setup, and 2 minutes later
have a working program..."
maybe with the next version of windows you won't even have to click. the
operating system will just know what you want to do and you can just
stare
at the screen.
(disclaimer: in all cases "you" doesn't necessarily mean you personally,
i'm not trying to attack you, just your argument)
you know what? why don't you go bug redhat or suse, go tell them what
you
think they need to add to their distribution in order to make it more
usable
by your friend joe or mr. average user. that's their job, it's not the
job
of linux(i.e. the kernel that schedules processes and manages memory)
and
it's not the job of us here who want to help people with networking
problems.
>
> But I personally love linux now, (for example, I have spent ages using
> different programs, and writing scripts for IRC on Win, only to find
> that xchat already does most of what I want) and only return to win2K to
> play TFC.
>
> Although I'll be happier once I've got my mousewheel working and my TV
> card running...
>
/etc/X11/XF86Config
in "Pointer" section add
ZAxisMapping 4 5
don't have a tv card though.
> --
> Dan
> UK
> Shaolin ICQ #37847165
> THE AGHLTFC NG SITE
> http://www.aghltfc.co.uk
> "You hip hop you hip it to the hop and you hip hip hop
> and you don't stop rockin to the bang bang boogie
> say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogada beat."
>
> "Okay brain you don't like me and I don't like you, but
> lets get through this and I'll get back to killing you with beer"
> Homer Simpson
"Oh so that's the scam! You get us addicted then you jack up the price!
...
You win."
Homer Simpson
-brandon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael J Porter)
Subject: Re: udma 66 hard discs
Date: 14 Apr 2000 10:43:44 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=>does redhat linux support them?
=>
=>thanks.
Yes. You should go to the http://www.linux-ide.org/ page and
choose one the disk drive maker's products that actively support
Linux. Not all udma 66 driver are created alike.
Depending on what release of the kernel you have, you may want to
upgrade the kernel and/or apply the ide patchs available on the
site given above.
Also, your motherboard's chipset or add-on IDE controller must be
udma 66 capable.
Mike
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