Linux-Hardware Digest #331, Volume #13 Mon, 31 Jul 00 15:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Hardware modem in Linux (Saurabh Jang)
Re: Soundcard/Modem confilcit in RedHat 6.2 (Silviu Minut)
Re: Thunderbird ok w/ Linux? (bgeer)
Re: Hardware modem in Linux ("Joe Robin")
Re: Soundcard/Modem confilcit in RedHat 6.2 (Silviu Minut)
PHOTO QUALITY printing (Elton Woo)
Re: OkiPage 4w plus (Grant Taylor)
Re: Hardware modem in Linux (Saurabh Jang)
Re: Soundcard/Modem confilcit in RedHat 6.2 ("David Stackis")
Re: PS/2 Mouse not detected. (Jasper Moeller)
Creative and Ensoniq Audio PCI Users! Please follow me! ("Omer Zaim")
Re: [Help] Setting up 2.2.16: Problems with modules symbols and power down (Rasputin)
Re: Networking w/D-Link DFE-650TX (Juergen Lindemeyer)
Re: No GUI when using Trident ISA VGA card (Charly le Transalpien)
Re: OkiPage 4w plus (Florian Forster)
eth0 not working... (EKK)
Re: Scanner recommendation (Wolfgang Fritz)
Re: Best Backup solution? (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: Anyone have SWBell ADSL on Mandrake (or other Linux)? ("Brian E. Parker")
Re: PHOTO QUALITY printing (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: PHOTO QUALITY printing (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: PHOTO QUALITY printing (Grant Taylor)
Re: OkiPage 4w plus (Grant Taylor)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Saurabh Jang)
Crossposted-To: mot.comp.os.linux,mot.general
Subject: Re: Hardware modem in Linux
Date: 31 Jul 2000 16:48:23 GMT
Joe Robin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Practical Peripherals 9600SA external hardware (not Winmodem) modem
: Modem on COM3 (have a Digital Research(?) COM port extender card in my PC to
Just to make sure: This is an external modem, not an ISA or PCI card based
modem right?
Saurabh
____________________________________________________________________________
Saurabh Jang iDEN OMC Software, NSS, Motorola Inc.
Lead Software Engineer Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1301 E. Algonquin Road, IL02-3346 Phone : +1-847-576-2630
Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA Fax : +1-847-538-5564
____________________________________________________________________________
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Soundcard/Modem confilcit in RedHat 6.2
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:09:01 -0400
If your SB is ISA, you can configure it with the isapnptools. I assume both the
sound card and the modem work under Win98, so boot Win98, get the resources
from there (I/O addresses and IRQs), then configure the sound card (and the
modem, if it's ISA) with the isapnptools.
Before you do that, check if you have a conflict. Configure the modem first,
connect and download some file from somewhere. While downloading, look in
/proc/interrupts, /proc/ioports, and see the rerources used by the modem.
Then configure the sound card, and see if you have indeed a conflict (you
probably do).
David Stackis wrote:
> I have installed RedHat 6.2...using the KDE workstation option...it's great
> and all except for one little thing...
>
> Seems I can configure my modem using the KPPP tool, and I can connect to the
> internet and all....
>
> I can also run sndconfig from a console, and get my SoundBlaster AWE64
> working....the thing is, is after I configure my soundcard, my modem will
> not work anymore...I get the message "The modem is busy"
>
> I have tried to configure the soundcard first, but then I cannot configure
> the modem...which by the way is a US Robotics 56K V90 Internal.
>
> My modem is on COM1.....dev/ttyS0
>
> Has anyone else experienced this before, and know a way to make both pieces
> of hardware work together in harmony...
>
> TIA!
> David Stackis
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bgeer)
Subject: Re: Thunderbird ok w/ Linux?
Date: 31 Jul 2000 11:19:41 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I'm planning on buying a new computer pretty soon, and I want to make
>sure it will run some variation of linux. I was planning on building my
>own Athlon system with a Thunderbird chip, but I was looking through the
>Redhat compatibility lists and found
I have a SlotA 700 MHz T-bird & an ASUS K7V m'board & they aren't
stable. I get about 1 hour max before a hang. I've read about other
people getting this combo to work, & some are having better results
with ASUS' newer K7V-T.
I'm using 128M Crucial mem & Matrox G400 AGP.
If I hadn't been so impatient, I'd be waiting for the SocketA stuff to
get out & stable before blowin' the bucks.
I previously built a K7 550 on a Microstar 6167 (AMD chipset) & it was
bulletproof. Unfortunately I sold it *before* buying the T-bird.
Anyways, I started with a "boring" old 2.0.30 kernel - worked fine,
then installed 2.2.13 - which worked - then patched to ATA33, which
also worked.
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From: "Joe Robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: mot.comp.os.linux,mot.general
Subject: Re: Hardware modem in Linux
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:48:53 -0500
Yup. I got it because my winmodem won't function with linux. I was on the
lookout specifically for a hardware modem. It is external to the PC, plugged
into a com port extender card.
Saurabh Jang wrote in message <8m4akn$25n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Joe Robin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: Practical Peripherals 9600SA external hardware (not Winmodem) modem
>: Modem on COM3 (have a Digital Research(?) COM port extender card in my PC
to
>
>Just to make sure: This is an external modem, not an ISA or PCI card based
>modem right?
>
>Saurabh
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
_
>Saurabh Jang iDEN OMC Software, NSS, Motorola Inc.
>Lead Software Engineer Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>1301 E. Algonquin Road, IL02-3346 Phone :
+1-847-576-2630
>Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA Fax :
+1-847-538-5564
>___________________________________________________________________________
_
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Soundcard/Modem confilcit in RedHat 6.2
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:20:10 -0400
I just saw a previous post of yours about the same problem. I understand that
the modem is ISA. The sound card cannot be on com2!!! Com2 (/dev/ttyS1 under
Linux) is a serial port. The sound card is either PCI or ISA. If you use the
isapnptools, it goes like this:
Save /etc/isapnp.conf if there is one:
mv /etc/isapnp.conf /etc/isapnp.conf.old
Make a new one
pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
Uncomment the resources for your modem and sound card as you got them from
Win98.
isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
Tell the kernel what settings your modem is using. For instance, if you set the
modem on IRQ 11, then
setserial /dev/ttyS0 irq 11
(man setserial, pnpdump, isapnp for more).
That should do it.
David Stackis wrote:
> I have installed RedHat 6.2...using the KDE workstation option...it's great
> and all except for one little thing...
>
> Seems I can configure my modem using the KPPP tool, and I can connect to the
> internet and all....
>
> I can also run sndconfig from a console, and get my SoundBlaster AWE64
> working....the thing is, is after I configure my soundcard, my modem will
> not work anymore...I get the message "The modem is busy"
>
> I have tried to configure the soundcard first, but then I cannot configure
> the modem...which by the way is a US Robotics 56K V90 Internal.
>
> My modem is on COM1.....dev/ttyS0
>
> Has anyone else experienced this before, and know a way to make both pieces
> of hardware work together in harmony...
>
> TIA!
> David Stackis
>
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From: Elton Woo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PHOTO QUALITY printing
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:25:36 -0400
I am using an Epson Stylus Color, which has a
maximum output ot 720 DPI.
This is the *original* Espon Stylus Color printer, hence there is no
"model number".
Would appreciate any recommendations and comments on photo-quality
printers
in linux. Though I'm happy with Epson and inclined to upgrade to one of
their products,
I am open to other possibilities. This is not for commercial usage, but
only for home use.
respectfully,
Elton Woo
--
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"You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other."
Using Linux & AMD on an Intel- / Microsoft-free system.
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OkiPage 4w plus
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 17:29:10 GMT
Florian Forster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Has anybody of you the OkiPage 4w Plus Printer and made it printing?
> Can you pleasce give me a guidline how to install this printer in
> KDE
You'll need to use the oki4linux package to run this printer. It
works, but is apparently rather awkward to use. See
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=25216
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing HOWTO and Website: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting in most things Unix/Linux/*BSD/Perl/C/C++
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Saurabh Jang)
Crossposted-To: mot.comp.os.linux,mot.general
Subject: Re: Hardware modem in Linux
Date: 31 Jul 2000 17:10:27 GMT
Joe Robin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Yup. I got it because my winmodem won't function with linux. I was on the
: lookout specifically for a hardware modem. It is external to the PC, plugged
: into a com port extender card.
Check the relevant HOWTOs. I had an external modem that I connected to my
PC on the COM1 port on my motherboard, and I encountered no problems. Did the
COM port extender card come with its own device driver for Windows? If
so you want to check and make sure that this extender card is
supported in Linux. I suppose in the worst case you could put
the modem on the COM ports on the motherboard by unplugging whatever
device you have on them to make room for the modem. I am positive that
you will have no problems if it is on the COM ports on the motherboard.
Saurabh
____________________________________________________________________________
Saurabh Jang iDEN OMC Software, NSS, Motorola Inc.
Lead Software Engineer Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1301 E. Algonquin Road, IL02-3346 Phone : +1-847-576-2630
Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA Fax : +1-847-538-5564
____________________________________________________________________________
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From: "David Stackis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Soundcard/Modem confilcit in RedHat 6.2
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 10:33:02 -0700
Yeah I goofed.....
COM2 is not my sndcard....that's my mouse....I was just spacing a bit when I
typed the thread....*s*
Thanks-
"Silviu Minut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just saw a previous post of yours about the same problem. I understand
that
> the modem is ISA. The sound card cannot be on com2!!! Com2 (/dev/ttyS1
under
> Linux) is a serial port. The sound card is either PCI or ISA. If you use
the
> isapnptools, it goes like this:
>
> Save /etc/isapnp.conf if there is one:
> mv /etc/isapnp.conf /etc/isapnp.conf.old
>
> Make a new one
> pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
>
> Uncomment the resources for your modem and sound card as you got them from
> Win98.
>
> isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
>
> Tell the kernel what settings your modem is using. For instance, if you
set the
> modem on IRQ 11, then
>
> setserial /dev/ttyS0 irq 11
>
> (man setserial, pnpdump, isapnp for more).
>
> That should do it.
>
>
>
>
> David Stackis wrote:
>
> > I have installed RedHat 6.2...using the KDE workstation option...it's
great
> > and all except for one little thing...
> >
> > Seems I can configure my modem using the KPPP tool, and I can connect to
the
> > internet and all....
> >
> > I can also run sndconfig from a console, and get my SoundBlaster AWE64
> > working....the thing is, is after I configure my soundcard, my modem
will
> > not work anymore...I get the message "The modem is busy"
> >
> > I have tried to configure the soundcard first, but then I cannot
configure
> > the modem...which by the way is a US Robotics 56K V90 Internal.
> >
> > My modem is on COM1.....dev/ttyS0
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this before, and know a way to make both
pieces
> > of hardware work together in harmony...
> >
> > TIA!
> > David Stackis
> >
> > -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
> > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
> > -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----
>
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From: Jasper Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse not detected.
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:02:23 +0200
Am Wed, 26 Jul 2000 hat Sean geschrieben:
>
>Thanks for the help. The bad news is that after trying everything you
>suggested my mouse still refuses to be detected by linux. The error message
>on trying to start gpm (on boot-up) is still the same ("this operation not
>supported by device /dev/mouse") as is the message when X fails to start
>(no surprise there!).
>
>Do you have any more suggestions or ideas of things I can try?
>
Sorry for the delay, was offline for some days ;-)
Some possibilities:
Try to find out which interrupts are in use:
cat /proc/interrupts
should show a line
12: blabla XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
What does your BIOS show at startup? Does it say something like PS/2 Mouse/port
etc. detected? (Might not work for you, perhaps you don't get any messages at
all)
As for the kernel,
- Character devices => Mouse support
- Character devices => Mice => PS/2
is sufficient.
Do you have any hardware you don't need for booting (like TV cards, sound
etc.) Sometimes removing them temporarily or just changing PCI slots helps,
especially when you have a stupid PnP BIOS (just had such a case).
Generally, you should avoid running gpm and X at the same time - that doesn't
seem to be your problem, though...
Hope this helps
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A mischievous, magical spirit associated with screen displays.
The computer industry has frequently borrowed from mythology:
Witness the sprites in computer graphics, the demons in artificial
intelligence, and the trolls in the marketing department.
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From: "Omer Zaim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creative and Ensoniq Audio PCI Users! Please follow me!
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:40:38 +0300
http://linux.box.sk is the place where you can find almost every card
manifacturers driver in there.
But still I cant make my Ensoniq Audio PCI Soud card to working in Corel
Linux.
Please help me!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rasputin)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [Help] Setting up 2.2.16: Problems with modules symbols and power down
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 18:09:51 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <Kenneth R�rvik> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez) wrote in
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>generate that file? I have set on the three options for "Loadable module
>>support", namely: "Enable loadable module support", "Set version
>>information in all symbols for modules", and "Kernel module loader".
>>Then make dep, make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install.
>
Deselect the 'set version information on all symbols'; that'll stop it.
If not (*and* you're recompiling your existing kernel version)
(let's say you're running 2.2.16)
get as far as 'make modules'
cd /lib/modules
mv 2.2.16 ok.2.2.16
cd - # go back to the source tree
make modules_install.
This will stop 'unresolved symbols'; if it doesn't , let me know,
cos it's always worked for me.
>You should run "make clean" before "make bzImage" :) Although this will
>probably not remove the unresolved symbol messages.
>--
>Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22718452
>Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns.
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From: Juergen Lindemeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Networking w/D-Link DFE-650TX
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:03:12 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Ron,
this card is supported but you will need a relatively new PCMCIA-driver.
You should at least have version 3.1.15 of the pcnet_cs driver (look at
/lib/modules/<kernel-version>/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.o with the strings command
-- the version-number should be in there somewhere).
If you have an older version, look at http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/
and update your pcmcia-package (instructions at this site).
If this is not your problem, you will find additional help at that site.
/juergen
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From: Charly le Transalpien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No GUI when using Trident ISA VGA card
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:11:00 +0200
Did you run the Xconfigurator command and give the appropriate parameters ?
Do you have enough RAM installed on your machine ?
Below 20 Mb, the X system will hardly works. I got one running KDE on a 486
with 24 Mb RAM. It's pretty slow but it's here ;-)
Charly
"news.demon.co.uk" a �crit :
> Hi all,
>
> I have the above card installed and a fresh install of Redhat 6.2
>
> I do not have any GUI, just text mode.
>
> After boot, the user Login: prompt flashes such that I can not log-in.
>
> Can anyone tell me what files I may need to edit or check for to get GNOME
> or KDE to work (Don't care).
>
> /etc/sysconfig/display contains preferred=GNOME
> /etc/inittab has runlevel set to 5
>
> TIA.
>
> Kevin
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From: Florian Forster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OkiPage 4w plus
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:09:41 +0200
Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Florian Forster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Has anybody of you the OkiPage 4w Plus Printer and made it printing?
>> Can you pleasce give me a guidline how to install this printer in
>> KDE
>
>You'll need to use the oki4linux package to run this printer. It
>works, but is apparently rather awkward to use. See
>http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=3D25216
Thx. But I already downloaded the driver. The Problem is I can't make the=
right
filters to use it for other files than PS
Cu
Flo
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From: EKK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: eth0 not working...
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 04:49:01 -0700
Hello,
I have a Tyan Tiger (133A VIA Apollo) motherboard
PC, and I cannot get the ethernet card to work.
The driver I compiled into the kernel reports the
card and its hardware address at the beginning.
Netconfig just causes segmentation fault.
The e-card is Intel EtherExpress Pro100+.
This is strange because I have about ten other PCs
running just fine with this card. Could it be a
'bad hardware' case? If so, why am I getting its
hardware address at boot?
Strange things have been happening with this motherboard,
like I couldn't install Linux until I downloaded the
updated boot disk (6.2) from RedHat. I am wondering if
it is because of the motherboard? I never had problems
with Intel 810 or similar motherboards, but this has
a VIA Apollo chipset.
Any issues with this chipset?
Thanks,
AG
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From: Wolfgang Fritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scanner recommendation
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:18:59 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:15:13 -0700, Nathan Appleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>
> A cheap SCSI 300x300 scanner (umax) can be had for ~ $60.
> A cheap PCI SCSI2 card (tekram) can be had for ~ $30.
>
> [deletia]
>
> Also, StarOffice has a SANE acquisition applet built in.
>
What version of SO? I have SO5.1a and cannot find it...
Wolfgang
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:36:50 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Backup solution?
Johan Kullstam wrote:
>
> Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I need a small backup solution. It mustn't be very large but at least
> > 1.5 Gigs, one very important point is that it has to be fast. (SCSI or
> > IDE, no prob). I though about a JAZ or that new drive... ahhm, yeah the
> > ORB. Any ideas?
>
> how about mirroring to another hard drive? cheap, fast and has capacity.
>
> --
> J o h a n K u l l s t a m
> [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> sysengr
Yeah well, but most backups will be needed elsewhere too, so it's not
only backup but also removable media that count. Now you probably say: "
Use harddrive caddies!". Good point, but I'm not sure if every person I
need to show one of my designs (for example) will have the needed bay
etc... But I know they all use SCSI, if not, well, I always carry with
me a converter (I'm referring to internal devices, open the comp,
connect, leave it open and there you go, of course externel ones are
more practical here, but if somebody doesn't have SCSI you're f'''ed...)
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From: "Brian E. Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone have SWBell ADSL on Mandrake (or other Linux)?
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:39:20 -0500
Thanks! That's exactly what I needed.
-BEP
> I have ADSL from SWBell. I'm in Arlington, TX. It works fine on my RedHat
6.0
> system. What I got from them was an Kingston Ethernet NIC & the "modem".
> I did have a few problems with the NIC. In fact, I had to switch my
internal
> LAN onto the Kinston NIC & connect my old 3Com NIC to the "modem".
Something
> about the NIC connected to the "modem" had to run in 10Mb mode & I
couldn't
> get the Kinston (a 10/100 NIC) to "down shift".
>
> Anyway, with my ADSL, I must use PPPoE. I use Roaring Penguin's PPPoE
software.
> I've never had a problem with it. You can get it at
> http://www.roaringpenguin.com . I never could get DHCP to work directly.
>
> Anyway, once I got the PPPoE working, I used the ipchains command to allow
> the Windows98 machine access to the Internet (IP Masquerade). Again, this
> was rather simple (once I figured it out, that is <grin>).
>
> Be sure to use ipchains to create a firewall on the Linux box or every
script
> kiddie in the world will try to hack your machines.
>
> Have fun!
> John
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:40:18 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PHOTO QUALITY printing
Elton Woo wrote:
>
> I am using an Epson Stylus Color, which has a
> maximum output ot 720 DPI.
> This is the *original* Espon Stylus Color printer, hence there is no
> "model number".
> Would appreciate any recommendations and comments on photo-quality
> printers
> in linux. Though I'm happy with Epson and inclined to upgrade to one of
> their products,
> I am open to other possibilities. This is not for commercial usage, but
> only for home use.
>
> respectfully,
>
> Elton Woo
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA.
> "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other."
> Using Linux & AMD on an Intel- / Microsoft-free system.
Any good PS printer will do the trick. Also the Epson 800's and 740 have
very good drivers for Linux (where you can go up to 1440xwhateveritis,
can't remember). Quality with my 740 is very good, although, because of
the conversion, not so sharp as with Win, but still very impressive (you
don't see the difference without putting the printou directly in front
of yer eyes)
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:41:19 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PHOTO QUALITY printing
Elton Woo wrote:
>
> I am using an Epson Stylus Color, which has a
> maximum output ot 720 DPI.
> This is the *original* Espon Stylus Color printer, hence there is no
> "model number".
> Would appreciate any recommendations and comments on photo-quality
> printers
> in linux. Though I'm happy with Epson and inclined to upgrade to one of
> their products,
> I am open to other possibilities. This is not for commercial usage, but
> only for home use.
>
> respectfully,
>
> Elton Woo
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA.
> "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other."
> Using Linux & AMD on an Intel- / Microsoft-free system.
Oh, the drivers I am referring to are from RH 6.2, don't know about any
other distro as I switched to RH from SuSE lately, and the bought the
740 (yeah, even old ones are still sold!)
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PHOTO QUALITY printing
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:06:31 GMT
Elton Woo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am using an Epson Stylus Color, which has a maximum output ot 720
> DPI. This is the *original* Espon Stylus Color printer, hence there
> is no "model number". Would appreciate any recommendations and
> comments on photo-quality printers in linux. Though I'm happy with
> Epson and inclined to upgrade to one of their products, I am open to
> other possibilities. This is not for commercial usage, but only for
> home use.
The best driver for the Epson Stylus line is the one from the gimp
print project, called "stp" in Ghostscript. It is reputed to produce
better output than the Windows drivers in some cases.
This is basically the only free software driver available for Linux
that doesn't suck for photo work on modern inkjets. Buy an Epson.
See http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?predef=CJ
I actually just met the author of this driver at the printing summit;
see http://www.linuxprinting.org/summit.html
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Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing HOWTO and Website: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting in most things Unix/Linux/*BSD/Perl/C/C++
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OkiPage 4w plus
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:07:34 GMT
Florian Forster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=3D25216
> Thx. But I already downloaded the driver. The Problem is I can't
> make the= right filters to use it for other files than PS
The "a2ps" package provides a pretty good answer to this problem.
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Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing HOWTO and Website: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting in most things Unix/Linux/*BSD/Perl/C/C++
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