Linux-Hardware Digest #462, Volume #13 Tue, 22 Aug 00 14:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: SuperMicro Motherboard...ServerWorks Chipset.... (John Burton)
Re: linux kill MBR (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: SuSE 7.0 + Fritz!X USB? ("James Chew")
Re: linux kill MBR (Pierre Dupuy)
Diamond Stealth III S-540: Problems? ("Arthur A. Simon, Jr.")
How to get the CHS-vlues for LBA-mode? ("K. Posern")
Re: RedHat Annoyance/ide-scsi problems (Villy Kruse)
Followup Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI Ct4810 woes (Yidao Cai)
Re: X11 mit SiS630 auf Notebook ("B. Birle")
Re: How to get the CHS-vlues for LBA-mode? ("Darko Palic")
Re: Diamond Stealth III S-540: Problems? ("Darko Palic")
help on uid/gid of /dev/dsp (Arul)
Re: Diamond SupraExpress V90 internal modem and RH6.1 ("claydoh")
Re: RedHat Annoyance/ide-scsi problems (Giulio Orsero)
pro's/contra's upgrading S3-ViRGE/DX/GX (2MB) to VooDoo3 3000(from 3dfx) (paul van
duijn)
Re: pro's/contra's upgrading S3-ViRGE/DX/GX (2MB) to VooDoo3 3000(from 3dfx) with
16MB?, idea's? experiences? (Johan Kullstam)
serial port/mouse combo test? (Brett C. Cammack)
Re: Screen Blanking Problem (Steve Fosdick)
ultra66 (jazz)
hunting down a SCSI RAID controller ("Vik Heyndrickx")
Re: Recommended SCSI card for Zip Plus drive and RH6.1? ("Dave Stanton")
Printer In Mandrake ("RLH")
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From: John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuperMicro Motherboard...ServerWorks Chipset....
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:19:07 -0400
Trent Piepho wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Does anyone know anything about the SuperMicro 370DL3 mother board? Does
> >anyone know anything about the performance of the ServerWorks SeverSet
> >III LE chipset? I've been looking for benchmarks & reviews of this
> >board but I haven't found anything. Any thoughts or suggestions?
>
> I've read on a mailing list that someone does in fact have linux running on a
> serverworks III chipset, the LE I think. It was just a recent stock kernel,
> so it appear that Linux should work on that motherboard. I don't know
> anything about the performance, but would be very interested in finding out.
>
> Both Supermicro and ASUS have a ServerWorks III LE based board out. Tyan
> supposedly has a III HE board, the Thunder 2500, which should give better
> performance than the LE chipset. Tyan doesn't list the board on their site,
> just the thunder 2400 which is intel 840 based. They do have a pdf manual for
> the 2500 on the support page. I can't find anyone selling a 2500, so I don't
> know what's up with that board.
>
> Neither the LE nor the HE chipsets support AGP, which greatly limits the
> performance and selection of graphics cards you can use. The serverworks III
> WS chipset supports AGP, but I don't know of any motherboards that use it.
>
> It looks like if you want 64-bit PCI slots and AGP, your only option is the
> intel 840 chipset. Except the 840 chipset doesn't work, so there are no
> options!
Hi Trent!
Thanks for the response! I'm planning on using the board in a server so
graphics display ability is not really an issue - it will be part of a cluster
and only need the console for boot up and diagnostics, no real display. From
what I understand, the HE is designed for mid to high end servers and the LE for
the low to mid range servers... I'll be getting about 10 of these beasts and I
doubt if the HE (with Xeon processors) would be really cost effective...
John
--
John Burton, Ph.D.
Senior Associate GATS, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11864 Canon Blvd - Suite 101
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (personal) Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 873-5920 (voice) (757) 873-5924 (fax)
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Subject: Re: linux kill MBR
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:20:53 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (pirlouit) wrote in
<39a27565$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Here comes the trouble, after a successful installation I reboot the
>machine and I get a black screen with
>
>
>LI
Lilo probably can't find your kernel - have you moved the kernel image
without rerunning lilo? If not, have you placed the /boot partition above
the 1024th cylinder on your hard drive?
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22718452
Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: "James Chew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 7.0 + Fritz!X USB?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:20:02 +0800
Sorry, but I can't find any link on the suse website to allow me to download
SuSe 7.0.
James.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8nqu7j$sf7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> directly from SuSE:
> http://www.suse.de/de/produkte/susesoft/linux/index.html
>
>
> In article <8np43r$8f3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "James Chew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Where do you get SuSe 7.0?
> >
> > Regards,
> > James.
> >
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8noep2
> $7fj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Is there anybody with a Fritz!X USB external ISDN card running under
> > > SuSE (7.0)?
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > Before you buy.
> >
> >
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Pierre Dupuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux kill MBR
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 16:20:57 +0200
pirlouit wrote:
>
> Hi friends,
> I installed a RH 6.2 and after one month I decided to reinstall form
> scratch.
> Here comes the trouble, after a successful installation I reboot the machine
> and I get a black screen with
>
> LI
>
> that's it.
> Any idea?
>
> thanks a lot.
You probably forgot to update the MBR accoording to your new
installation : lilo starts but cannot find a valid image at the physical
address on the disk where it expects to find it.
Reboot from a floppy and at prompt, simply type 'lilo' and reboot
afterwards.
You *must* run lilo each time you change something in the kernel (or in
lilo.conf, of course).
For details about the meaning of 'L', 'LI', ... read the HOWTO.
Best regards,
Pierre
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From: "Arthur A. Simon, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond Stealth III S-540: Problems?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 15:00:40 GMT
Am building a box on an ABIT AGP main board, 128 Mb, and have available
a
Stealth III S-540, AGP. Anyone have experience with this board under
Linux?
Are there any problems with installation or operation? Will autoprobe
properly
locate and configure this puppy? My last Video Board under Linux was a
Stealth
3-D 2000 Pro, and it worked like a charm.
TIA.
Art
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From: "K. Posern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: How to get the CHS-vlues for LBA-mode?
Date: 22 Aug 2000 15:03:56 GMT
Hi.
How do I get the CHS-values for a drive in LBA-mode?
I have the CHS-values printed on the label of the harddisc:
CHS=16383,16,63
which is the "physical geometry", doesn't it?
But how to get the "logical geometry"?
Greetings,
K. Posern.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RedHat Annoyance/ide-scsi problems
Date: 22 Aug 2000 15:14:05 GMT
On 21 Aug 2000 21:06:05 GMT, K. Bruner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>This probably qualifies as venting, as I realize that I am very
>frustrated and impatient, but so be it.
>
>I have a PC. Up until last month, I was running RedHat 6.0, relatively
>problem-free. I had purchased an IDE HP CD-RW 8200 series drive, which,
>with maybe an hour of tinkering, two at the most, I got working under the
>ide-scsi module so I could use cdrecord. Worked wonderfully.
>
>So, I "upgrade" to RH 6.2, and for the life of me, I cannot get the
>ide-scsi module to give a damn about the drive. The module loads, but
>just ignores the drive. I have tried using the same lilo.conf and
>modules.conf as I did before, and have recompiled the kernel with various
>permutations of SCSI stuff as modules or compiled into the kernel, but
>nada.
>
Is the CD drive detected as an IDE drive? If so you need to disable
IDECD.
Actualy this ought to be disabled in the redhat standard kernel, as not
doing this makes the scsi emulation code useless. I would call that a
bug in Redhat's standard kernel configuration, which they realy should
get fixed. Anyone care to complain to bugzilla?
Villy
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From: Yidao Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Followup Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI Ct4810 woes
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:24:54 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chris Zuhars wrote:
Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI. (Says ct4810 on the board) I
> thought the es1731 module was supposed to work on it, but it doesn't.
> When I run lspci, I get:
>
> Multimedia Controller: Ensoniq: Unknown device 5880 (rev 2)
>
> I've scoured the newsgroups and OSS mailing lists and read tons of posts
> about this card, but no one has mentioned the 5880 chipset with this
> card... just the 1371.
My new Ensoniq AudioPCI is a ct4810 (label on the card, but on box it
shows ct4811). I just swapped an "old" Ensoniq card which used to work
with es1371, it had the same problem on this machine, i.e. xmms plays
too fast (still makes sound though)! During the bootup, it displays
something like "Intel PCI sound device found: 8086|2415", "not able to
use it".
So it is clear that the problem is with my new machine, which also has a
built-in sound card that Linux is not able to use.
cai
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "B. Birle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
de.comp.os.unix.x11,de.comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.portable,de.comp.x11
Subject: Re: X11 mit SiS630 auf Notebook
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:08:18 +0200
Heinz Rohde schrieb:
> ...
> Grafik-Chip SiS630
>
> Was bisher versucht wurde:
> Red Hat 6.0 > Corel Linux > Turbolinux
>
> Suse 6.4 > X11 v3.3.6 und v4.0.1 > XSIS von Suse
> > ....
> Resultat:
> Entweder, ich bekomme etwas, was nach 320x240 aussieht, oder einen
> schwarzen LCD-Schirm.
Hi,
ich hatte vor einiger Zeit bei einem 12" DSTN-Display
eines Notebooks mit Cirrus-Grafikchipsatz Erfolg mit dem SVGA-XServer
und dem nachtr�glichen Editieren der XF86Config. Es galt dabei, bei den
Frequenzen die Zus�tze +hysnc bzw. +vsync hinzuzuf�gen.
Den Tipp hatte ich aus dem Internet. Leider kann ich Dir die Fundstelle
nicht mehr genau sagen.
Tipp: �ber eine Suchmaschine mit den Begriffen '+X-Server +Notebook'
suchen.
Lass mal wieder davon h�ren.
Gruss, Bertram
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From: "Darko Palic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to get the CHS-vlues for LBA-mode?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:39:14 +0200
Hi,
LBA mapping:
1. LBA Uses 255 heads
2. multiply your CHS-Mapped cylinders with your heads and divide it through
255 heads (16383 * 16 / 255 = 1027,xxx)
3. Your new mapping is 1027/255/63
4. you will lose some MB with the LBA mapping
D. Palic
"K. Posern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi.
>
> How do I get the CHS-values for a drive in LBA-mode?
>
> I have the CHS-values printed on the label of the harddisc:
> CHS=16383,16,63
>
> which is the "physical geometry", doesn't it?
>
> But how to get the "logical geometry"?
>
> Greetings,
>
> K. Posern.
>
>
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From: "Darko Palic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth III S-540: Problems?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:40:30 +0200
Hi,
I�m using the same Card under Linux without any problems
D.Palic
"Arthur A. Simon, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Am building a box on an ABIT AGP main board, 128 Mb, and have available
> a
> Stealth III S-540, AGP. Anyone have experience with this board under
> Linux?
> Are there any problems with installation or operation? Will autoprobe
> properly
> locate and configure this puppy? My last Video Board under Linux was a
> Stealth
> 3-D 2000 Pro, and it worked like a charm.
>
> TIA.
>
> Art
>
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From: Arul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help on uid/gid of /dev/dsp
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 15:41:31 GMT
Does anyone know how to setup permissions on sound devices like
/dev/dsp /dev/audio /dev/sequencer
All the permissions of these devices are set to "rw" to
the first user (user) logs in as below...
crw------- 1 user root 14, 3 Apr 30 1999 dsp
crw------- 1 user root 14, 1 Apr 30 1999 sequencer
I would like it to be rw for all users so anyone can
use the sound devices... like below
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 1 Apr 30 1999 sequencer
Cheeers.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "claydoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond SupraExpress V90 internal modem and RH6.1
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:55:17 -0400
Simon Tomlinson wrote in message <8nttld$kk2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Has anyone had success getting this modem to work with RH6.1? I've
>seen it listed as a winmodem and so don't hold out much hope.
>
>Simon
I have a Supra Express 56i internal ISA modem which works under Mandrake
7.1. I had to set jumpers for the desired COM port and IRQ, but other than
that, no problems at all. It is a hardware modem, but I believe Diamond also
made some winmodem versions as well. The website does not show this, though.
I think that if it is a PCI modem, it is probably a winmodem.
http://www.supra.com/default.asp?menu=supra
Which model do you have?
claydoh
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From: Giulio Orsero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RedHat Annoyance/ide-scsi problems
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 15:47:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> So, I "upgrade" to RH 6.2, and for the life of me, I cannot get the
> ide-scsi module to give a damn about the drive. The module loads, but
> just ignores the drive. I have tried using the same lilo.conf and
You should check that you used the correct stuff in lilo.
What does dmesg says?
What's your lilo.conf?
> modules.conf as I did before, and have recompiled the kernel with
various
> permutations of SCSI stuff as modules or compiled into the kernel, but
> nada.
I think the standard 62 kernel should be ok, just need to add stuff in
lilo.conf.
If ide-cd was a module you could make it work without touching
lilo.conf.
Next redhat releases will use ide-cd as module, I think.
> the support page to check on the ticket's progress, and it tells me my
> ticket it closed because, "once you have recompiled your kernel there
> isn't much installation support can do." They also tell me to look
They are right in not supporting a recompiled kernel.
You should re-install their kernel and tell them "I've your standard
kernel installed, please tell me how to make my ide cdrw work"
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: paul van duijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pro's/contra's upgrading S3-ViRGE/DX/GX (2MB) to VooDoo3 3000(from 3dfx)
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 15:56:24 +0200
I run SuSe 6.4 on a P200 with 96MB, i am not a gamer, but i use GIMP,
BLENDER etc.
If i upgrade this S3-card with a Voodoo3 3000 (PCI) will i experience
considerable speed increases?
Or should stick with mine trusted S3-card?
Please your opinions on this!
With Greeting
Paul van Duijn
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Subject: Re: pro's/contra's upgrading S3-ViRGE/DX/GX (2MB) to VooDoo3 3000(from 3dfx)
with 16MB?, idea's? experiences?
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 22 Aug 2000 13:10:18 -0400
paul van duijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I run SuSe 6.4 on a P200 with 96MB, i am not a gamer, but i use GIMP,
> BLENDER etc.
>
> If i upgrade this S3-card with a Voodoo3 3000 (PCI) will i experience
> considerable speed increases?
> Or should stick with mine trusted S3-card?
i upgraded my old diamond stealth 3d 2000 (based on the S3 virge) to a
voodoo3 2000 pci last year. the S3V was so broken that my SMP ppro
box could not run X (i had moved the card from an older machine where
at least it didn't crash). the newer video card fixed that. while S3
virge were actively being sold, there were no end of problems with
them reported to comp.os.linux.x. imho the S3V sucks. avoid S3 virge
at all costs.
the voodoo3 will be faster, on the screen. you can use opaque
movement &c. also you have 16MB (or more) of video memory which lets
you use 32 bit per pixel mode. the much higher dot-clock will let you
use high resolution and faster screen frame rates.
but that said, i don't know if it'd be worth it. modern machines have
had AGP video for the past couple of years. thus PCI video is
basically a dead-end. if you plan on upgrading that p200 any time
soon, i'd just suffer with the S3V and get something good in AGP when
the new box comes.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
sysengr
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brett C. Cammack)
Subject: serial port/mouse combo test?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:17:49 GMT
I've had zip luck getting an old Dexxa 2-button (model#M-M27) mouse to
work with my RH 6.1 install. The motherboard doesn't have a PS/2 port
so I can't try one of my other mice. (and the ps/2->9-pin adapter
doesn't seem to work) I've hit the MAN and HOWTO pages, searched the
web, etc. and I am stuck.
I've tried every combination of mouse type in mouseconfig with no joy.
I never get mouse action in X. According to the install, it
recognizes ttys0 and has it on IRQ4, so *possibly* the port is live
and functioning properly. The CMOS is set to Com1/3F8.
I used to use this mouse/mobo combination, but enough time has
transpired that I am uncertain of either. Is there any simple Linux
or DOS prog that I can run which simply reports the presence/absence
of the port and/or mouse? Right now, I'm sort of stuck as to knowing
what direction to take here.
Any suggestions/guidance/urls graciously accepted...
Regards,
Brett C. Cammack
Linux newbie
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From: Steve Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Screen Blanking Problem
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:22:04 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "J.E.J. op den Brouw"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using RH 6.2 on a noname laptop and just upgraded my kernel to
> 2.2.16-3 (RPM) and now I'm faced with the fact that if the screen
> blanks, the keyboard gets locked.
>
> Does anyone know how to proceed?
It sounds like the BIOS is doing some kind of power management without
Linux knowing it is happenning, so when the linux kernel tries to use a
device (like the disk) it finds it doesn't response because it's in power
saving mode.
If you want power saving features you will need the power management
code in the Linux kernel (it's a kernel compile time option). How you tell
if a pre-packaged kernel has this option turned on is, I think, distribution
specific.
So options I can see are:
1. Get a kernel with power saving (APM) enabled for your distro.
2. Get the kernel source and compile it yourself (with APM on)
3. Turn APM off in the BIOS (and remeber to shutdown PC when not in use).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jazz)
Subject: ultra66
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:17:20 -0400
I am running Redhat6.1. I have two harddrives on Ultra66.
I managed to install the harddrives and format the drives.
However, the capacity of drives are far less than what supposed
to be. A 40 gb drive provides only 6 gb capacity. Any suggestion
and comments are appriciated.
Tie
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From: "Vik Heyndrickx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hunting down a SCSI RAID controller
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:05:41 GMT
Hi,
I'm looking for a PCI __RAID__ U2W-SCSI (160/m) host adapter, which is
beyond any problem supported by a recent linux 2.2 kernel.
If anyone could share his experiences about his SCSI RAID controller, I'd
greatly appreciate it. These hardware are quite expensive, and I cannot risk
buying something I might be unable to use with a decent operating system.
Last time I looked, all RAID solutions from Adaptec were unsupported by
linux, and from what I've been told, they never will, so it will have to be
a different brand I suppose...
Thanks,
--
Vik
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From: "Dave Stanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI card for Zip Plus drive and RH6.1?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 19:09:27 +0100
"Simon Tomlinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8nttca$kk2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I currently run my Zip Plus drive connected to my PC parallel port
> using RH6.1. However I can't use my printer off the same port. I have
> considered putting in a second parallel port but would rather add a
> Linux compatible SCSI card and run the zip plus off that. What is the
> best (ie cheap and win9x RH6.1 Zip compatible) PCI SCSI card to use?
>
> Any suggestions
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon
Don't know about cheap ( got mine s/h ) but have had good results from
Advansys cards.
Dave
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From: "RLH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Printer In Mandrake
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:08:37 GMT
I recently acquired a Raven LP-410 Laser Printer and was wondering if anyone
has had any luck in getting one to work in Mandrake 7.1.
In Windows this printer uses the Panasonic KXP-4410 print driver and works
perfectly, but I need to know how to get it to work with linux. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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