Linux-Hardware Digest #500, Volume #13 Wed, 30 Aug 00 11:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Plextor PlexWriter 12/10/32A, is the Burn Proof software or (Wayne Fallen)
Re: Xircom realport driver on RH 6.2 ("Alistair Mann")
>64MB mem read fail ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Do Linux and VIA Apollo 133A Play Nicely together? ("Zajdel")
Re: >64MB mem read fail (Sven Bovin)
A7V, Promise and Linux ("Horst Simon")
Re: >64MB mem read fail ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux/unix programs 4928 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Copying DVDs (Mark Lucas)
Re: confused which Adaptec SCSI card works with Red Hat Linux (M. Buchenrieder)
Adaptec 29160 Controller (Marco Tessore)
Re: Copying DVDs (Frederick Artiss)
IBM 300PL hanging regularly (Jim Diamond)
Re: Dell and Micron ("B. Joshua Rosen")
Getting Promise Ultra66 controller to boot in CHS mode? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help getting a tape drive/mt/dump working? (David L. Partain)
CD-R/RW Help (Justo M. Casablanca)
Re: Canon BJC-6000 Printer Support? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Kernel Option for PIII Processor? ("Tkrin")
Re: >64MB mem read fail (Chuck)
Re: CD-R/RW Help ("John E. Garrott Sr")
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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 19:36:29 +1000
From: Wayne Fallen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Plextor PlexWriter 12/10/32A, is the Burn Proof software or
I just bought a new Plexwriter 4/2/20 SCSI II CD Writer and SuSE 6.4
Linux recognises my NCR53c810 SCSI II card no problem.
My system is an EIDE with three HDD's and one IDE CD-Rom. All this
stuff works just fine.
However, I cannot read data from the SCSI Plexwriter. All that happens
with the Plexwriter is the ON light continually flashing on and off. I
have tried various jumper settings - all to no avail.
As you people seem to have success, perhaps you could advise me on some
jumper settings (I have tried various combinations from the manual) that
may help, or perhaps advise me if the ON light continuous flashing means
some other problem
Any helpful advice will be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Wayne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> The latest version of cdrecord supports "BurnProof". I have the
> 12/10/32, nice drive. No problems (yet).
>
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 06:30:28 -0400, Walter Francis
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I have decided my christmas present this year is going to be a CD writer
> >that *works* (as opposed to my HP 7200i CoasterMaker (tm))
> >
> >I just noticed the new(ish?) Plextor drive which has technology to stop
> >the burn process and restart it given a buffer underrun or other related
> >problems. Is this done in hardware or is it strictly software? IE: If
> >I get this drive in Linux, will this technology work or will it have to
> >wait for supporting software?
> >
> >I'd rather have a SCSI drive, but as this drive is $300 street (and
> >likely lower by now, haven't looked for prices) it's going to be cheaper
> >to get this drive with my existing IDE system than get a SCSI drive and
> >a SCSI controller.
> >
> >I hope this hasn't been discussed recently, Deja.com showed nothing I
> >could find.
> >
> >--
> >Walter Francis
> >http://theblackmoor.net Powered by Red Hat Linux 6.x
>
> I think, therefore, ken_i_m
> Chief Gadgeteer, Elegant Innovations
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From: "Alistair Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Xircom realport driver on RH 6.2
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 11:09:37 +0100
"Ken Crofts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have installed Linux Red HAt 6.2 Toshiba Satellite 4100XDVD laptop. I
> wish to use Xircom Realport 10/100 CE3 card. From reading David Hinds
> PCMCIA-Howto it suggests card is compatible with Linux. I have loaded
> xirc2ps_cs module, and this module appears when I type in lsmod. When I
> type in cardctl ident it identifies card. however when I insert or remove
> card it gives a high beep then a low beep which I believe indicates card
is
> not configured properly.
>
> The problem I have is when I use the Kernel Daemon Configuration from teh
> ControlPanel it asks me to select type and module. I select type as
"eth",
> but when I go to select module there appears to be no driver for xircom
> card. Does anyone know what name of module should be, and whether I need
> to copy anything into lib/modules/2.2.14-12/net/ directory. I am
relatively
> new to Linux so fairly simple instructions would be appreciated.
A high beep and a low beep means the PC Card was recognised properly but
that the software needed to actually use it failed. The reason for that
failure would normally be written to /var/log/messages.
Try it again, then immediately look at the log. This will give you (and
perhaps us) more insight into what the failure is.
As far as the control panel is concerned, my one (with a Xircom XEM5600 and
xirc2ps_cs/serial_cs) filled in automagically with the tulip driver.
HTH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: >64MB mem read fail
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:38:32 GMT
I'm running Redhat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14-5.0, and my system doesn't
detect memory above 64mb (I have 256).
My config:
Abit BE6-II, 660Mhz P-III (6 X 110Mhz bus)
256 mb RAM (in 2 PC133 128mb chips)
2 HDs, 4 and 7GB
nVidia TNT2 ultra (Diamond Viper 770)
my Output from free is still only 64mb total physical memory, and the
total 263mb swap (2 partitions)
I've tried compiling 2.2.14 again, and tried running 2.2.16 also. On the
other hand if I run 2.4.0 test7 the kernel detects the right amount of
RAM.
Any Ideas?
Regards
Klumhru
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From: "Zajdel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Do Linux and VIA Apollo 133A Play Nicely together?
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:24:41 GMT
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Is Linux compatible with the VIA Apollo 133A chipset? Are there
any
>> stability issues?
>>
>> I'm building an SMP system. The board is either going to be a
Tyan
>> S1832 (BX) "F" series running 2 PIII 800 Coppermine CPUs, or a Tyan
>> S1834 (VIA 133A) with 2 PIII 933 cpus.
I have MSI-6321 (aka 649Dpro) dual P3 667 (FCPGA) 128MB ECC. Started with
RH6.0, now patched to 2.2.16 due to VIA UDMA66 and on-board sound.
It works fine. If you are concerned about memory performance goto
www.h-oda.com (or look for how to use WCPRSET).
Then choose what you want (2-way, 4-way interleaving) and use linux setpci
to set chipset registers (e.g. setpci -s 0:0.0 50.b=FF).
Have fun.
Paul Zajdel
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From: Sven Bovin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: >64MB mem read fail
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:07:32 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm running Redhat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14-5.0, and my system doesn't
> detect memory above 64mb (I have 256).
>
> My config:
> Abit BE6-II, 660Mhz P-III (6 X 110Mhz bus)
> 256 mb RAM (in 2 PC133 128mb chips)
> 2 HDs, 4 and 7GB
> nVidia TNT2 ultra (Diamond Viper 770)
>
> my Output from free is still only 64mb total physical memory, and the
> total 263mb swap (2 partitions)
>
> I've tried compiling 2.2.14 again, and tried running 2.2.16 also. On
> the
> other hand if I run 2.4.0 test7 the kernel detects the right amount of
> RAM.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> Regards
> Klumhru
Add
append="mem=256M"
to your lilo.conf and rerun lilo.
This is, BTW, a vFAQ (very Frequently Asked Question).
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From: "Horst Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A7V, Promise and Linux
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboards.asus
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 11:39:56 GMT
I just recently changed from a K6-2/450 to a Duron-700. First I had a Epox M/B,
all worked ok with this mothermoard, except power on. After a soft power off, I could
not power on with the front panel power switch. I had to power off/on on the power
supply. This happened only when it was powered off more then 4-5 hours.
Since I didn't wan't to crawl under the desk for power on I decided to return the epox
board and spend more money for a ASUS A7V, because I had good experience with
the early ASUS Pentium boards.
When I started up for the first time, I got constant blue screens in W2000 and NT4,
Linux
got disk errors and segmentation faults.
I swapped my memory around into different slots a few times and it hasn't failed since
this
time.
I have an A7V with the dip-switches and bios 1002.
SB-LIVE in slot 3
Nvidia TNT2 32MB AGP Card
INTEL 10/100 eepro in slot 5
Seagate 20MB ST320423
CD-ROM Memorex 48x
256MB memory 133's, which are 2 x 128MB. One module is TT and the other Hyundai.
I have the normal BIOS settings and the memory set to 133. Installed additional
chassis fan.
The system has W2K, NT4 and SuSE Linux 6.4. I have not encountered any problems, after
sorting out the inital problems, which were probably not well seated memory modules.
Now I try to get the Promise ATA100 controller working under Linux. It works very well
under
NT4 and W2K, after installing the drivers from VIA and Promise, but Linux can not
recognize
any drive on the Promise/ATA100 controller.
Anyone aware of any drivers for Linux?
Regards,
Horst Simon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: >64MB mem read fail
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 11:44:50 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Sven Bovin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I'm running Redhat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14-5.0, and my system doesn't
> > detect memory above 64mb (I have 256).
> >
> > My config:
> > Abit BE6-II, 660Mhz P-III (6 X 110Mhz bus)
> > 256 mb RAM (in 2 PC133 128mb chips)
> > 2 HDs, 4 and 7GB
> > nVidia TNT2 ultra (Diamond Viper 770)
> >
> > my Output from free is still only 64mb total physical memory, and
the
> > total 263mb swap (2 partitions)
> >
> > I've tried compiling 2.2.14 again, and tried running 2.2.16 also. On
> > the
> > other hand if I run 2.4.0 test7 the kernel detects the right amount
of
> > RAM.
> >
> > Any Ideas?
> >
> > Regards
> > Klumhru
>
> Add
> append="mem=256M"
> to your lilo.conf and rerun lilo.
> This is, BTW, a vFAQ (very Frequently Asked Question).
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> sven dot bovin at chem dot kuleuven dot ac dot be
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
What I wrote:
append="MEM=256M"
What I should have written:
append="mem=256M"
My mistake.
Regards
Klumhru
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux/unix programs 4928
Date: 30 Aug 2000 11:45:45 GMT
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Debian 2.2
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SuSE Linux 6.4 for ALPHA (kernel 2.2.14) 5 CD-ova
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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:24:34 -0400
From: Mark Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Copying DVDs
You'll need a DVD burner (about 5k) and you'll need to port the driver,
most likely - anyone know of any DVD drivers out there?
Frederick Artiss wrote:
> Anyone know if it's possible to copy DVDs? If so what equipment and
> software is needed?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: confused which Adaptec SCSI card works with Red Hat Linux
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:38:36 GMT
"Kevin Mortimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
>and there's 3 different AHA 2940uw and
>what's the difference between the 3 SCSI 2940uw cards or are these
>the same.
[...]
The AHA2940 chipset was used by Adaptec on a variety of different
cards. Not only was the original 2940 a non-wide, non-ultra card,
the very same card existed in at least three slightly different
layouts. AFAIR, the old 2940 is not on sale anymore. All you
get these days is the UW model, and of course other cards like
the U2W, the 3940 ones etc.
Using a 2940UW card _should_ give you all you need, though
personally I
a) wouldn't use any Adaptec card anymore (overprized and extremely
sensible to cable and termination errors);
b) would go for the U2W models now, as these cards make life
much easier (especially if several SCSI devices are to be used).
Michael
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From: Marco Tessore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec 29160 Controller
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:44:55 +0200
Did anyone know if the kernel 2.2.16 support this controller?
In this case, where is the driver?
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From: Frederick Artiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Copying DVDs
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:05:25 GMT
Sounds like the equipment costs way more than the value of what it would
create for now.
Frederick Artiss wrote:
>
> Anyone know if it's possible to copy DVDs? If so what equipment and
> software is needed?
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: IBM 300PL hanging regularly
From: Jim Diamond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:17:27 GMT
Hi,
I have an IBM PC (don't ask!), a 300PL 6565-86U. This machine has
218Mb of memory and an SR9 Xtreme 16 Mb video card. I recently
installed Slackware 7.1 and I am using the SVGA driver (XF86_SVGA) at
24 bpp, 1024x768. Slackware 7.1 uses XFree86 3.3.6.
The problem is that the machine regularly hangs when letting
xscreensaver run. Sometimes the machine will run for 12 hours or so,
other times it has hung within a minute or two. When it hangs, it
doesn't respond to pings or any keyboard or mouse activity, so I have
to power-cycle it to reboot.
This problem has occurred both with the generic kernel that comes with
Slackware 7.1 as well as one which I compiled for the specific
hardware and options that I wanted (both 2.2.16 kernels).
I'm a bit stumped at to what direction to turn at this point. If
2.2.16 was this flaky, there would be lots of people complaining
bitterly. Similarly, if XF86_SVGA was this flaky, I'd also assume
there would be lots of complaints (unless I'm the only person using it
with this video card, which also seems unlikely).
The only clue I have is that both the "strange" screensaver and the
"ifs" screensaver have been running a number of times when the machine
hung (I modified my .xscreensaver file so that the "start new
screensaver" events are logged). I could just remove these from the
lists of screensavers which run, but if they are only helping to
reveal a hardware problem with the PC (for instance), maybe all I'll
be doing is fooling myself into thinking that it's safe to do critical
work on this machine.
Anyone out there have any experince with this machine? Any
suggestions for ways of giving the hardware (the video card and main
memory come to mind) good tests?
Thanks.
Jim Diamond
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From: "B. Joshua Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dell and Micron
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:42:06 -0400
I've installed it on 4 Dells and 1 Micron, no problems.
Mark wrote:
>
> I'm going to be purchasing a new computer soon. Has anyone had problems
> installing Linux on Dell and Micron computers?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Getting Promise Ultra66 controller to boot in CHS mode?
Date: 30 Aug 2000 09:27:09 -0400
Does anyone know how to get the Promise Ultra66 controller to work in CHS
mode?
My current system has a single IDE drive formated in CHS mode.
This includes a small boot partition (/dev/hda1), a swap partition
(/dev/hda2), and my main linux partition (/dev/hda3).
When I put this drive on Promise controller in it sees the drive as LBA on
boot and can't access the drive.
Is there any way to change Ultra66 setting to CHS, either in the
drive or by on the Ultra66 controller? I guess the other option is
to boot from a floppy and change it with a boot option. Has anyone
done this?
Thanks for any info,
Richard
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David L. Partain)
Subject: Help getting a tape drive/mt/dump working?
Date: 30 Aug 2000 10:15:05 -0400
Greetings,
I have a RH 6.2 machine with an HP SureStore Tape 6000 attached
to it that I had hoped to use for backups. I had planned to
use plain ol' dump for doing this, but things seem not to work
as I had hoped, and I'm a bit stumped. Here's what I have:
# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=-1, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x24 (DDS-2).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (1010000):
ONLINE IM_REP_EN
# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: C1533A Rev: 9503
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
# cat /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/0
Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 5.1.30/3.2.4
Compile Options:
TCQ Enabled By Default : Disabled
AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS : Enabled
AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY : 5
Adapter Configuration:
SCSI Adapter: Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter
Ultra Wide Controller Channel A at PCI 0/13/0
PCI MMAPed I/O Base: 0xff001000
Adapter SEEPROM Config: SEEPROM found and used.
Adaptec SCSI BIOS: Enabled
IRQ: 10
SCBs: Active 0, Max Active 1,
Allocated 15, HW 32, Page 255
Interrupts: 45
BIOS Control Word: 0x18a6
Adapter Control Word: 0x005f
Extended Translation: Enabled
Disconnect Enable Flags: 0xffff
Ultra Enable Flags: 0x0000
Tag Queue Enable Flags: 0x0000
Ordered Queue Tag Flags: 0x0000
Default Tag Queue Depth: 8
Tagged Queue By Device array for aic7xxx host instance 0:
{255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255}
Actual queue depth per device for aic7xxx host instance 0:
{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1}
Statistics:
# cat /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/1
Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 5.1.30/3.2.4
Compile Options:
TCQ Enabled By Default : Disabled
AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS : Enabled
AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY : 5
Adapter Configuration:
SCSI Adapter: Adaptec AIC-7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter
Ultra Narrow Controller Channel B at PCI 0/13/1
PCI MMAPed I/O Base: 0xff000000
Adapter SEEPROM Config: SEEPROM found and used.
Adaptec SCSI BIOS: Enabled
IRQ: 9
SCBs: Active 0, Max Active 1,
Allocated 15, HW 32, Page 255
Interrupts: 100
BIOS Control Word: 0x18a6
Adapter Control Word: 0x005f
Extended Translation: Enabled
Disconnect Enable Flags: 0x00ff
Ultra Enable Flags: 0x0000
Tag Queue Enable Flags: 0x0000
Ordered Queue Tag Flags: 0x0000
Default Tag Queue Depth: 8
Tagged Queue By Device array for aic7xxx host instance 1:
{255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255}
Actual queue depth per device for aic7xxx host instance 1:
{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1}
Statistics:
(scsi1:0:4:0)
Device using Narrow/Sync transfers at 10.0 MByte/sec, offset 8
Transinfo settings: current(25/8/0/0), goal(12/15/0/0), user(12/15/0/0)
Total transfers 0 (0 reads and 0 writes)
< 2K 2K+ 4K+ 8K+ 16K+ 32K+ 64K+ 128K+
Reads: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Writes: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
If I do a:
# tar cvf /dev/nst0c tmp
to dump something to the tape, it seems to work fine, but if I
then do
# mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
I get i/o errors, and it doesn't appear to have written
anything. Then, if I look at the status again, it's still at
file 0.
Or, if I dump a filesystem and then try to use
"mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1" to move around, it returns immediately, but
doesn't move the tape. In fact, I never hear the tape moving.
Until I can get this working, I'm sure I can't do dumps since
I need to be able to do multiple file systems per tape.
I'm sure I'm doing really stupid, so I'd be very grateful
for any help you might be able to offer. All I want to do
is to be able to do dumps of this machine and a nearby Sun
occasionally....
I would be grateful for any help.
Thanks.
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From: Justo M. Casablanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD-R/RW Help
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:29:09 GMT
Hi all, I have some questions about burning CD-R/RW in Linux (Red Hat 6.2
distro.):
1. How do I make a bootable CD-R/RW burn of my RH 6.2 installation CD ? I
would rather not have to download the ISO image, given the bandwidth
of my internet connection.
2. Does Linux support 80-minute/700 MB CD-R/RW's ? Does my burner (MATSHITA
- Panasonic? - CW-7585 support these extra-sized disks ? I have looked
on the manufacturer's web site, and there is no indication one way or
the other.
3. Could someone point me to some resources on CD-R/RW burning under
Linux ?
Thx in advance !
Justo M. Casablanca
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Canon BJC-6000 Printer Support?
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:26:50 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <8ob7rd$bfe$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have just bought a Canon BJC-6000 Color printer and am interested
in
> >setting it to use with my Linux machine running SuSE-6.4 Linux
Distro.
> >Does anyone have any idea what kind of software and setup do I need
to
> >get this Canon BJC-6000 Color printer running under Linux?
> >
> >TIA.
> >
> >
> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >Before you buy.
> >
>
> See linuxprinting.org and references to the BJC6000. From what I read
there
> this printer is not fully supported by any current drivers and may
not
> print plain text. You will probably need to experiment with
ghostscript,
> apsfilter, magicfilter, or others to see if it can do what you need.
>
> The above site should provide ample info on how to set up your
printer in
> linux, although I thought SUSE's yast had some printer setup tools.
>
> I have been considering the BJC6000, and like the idea of the
individual
> ink tanks, but if I want to use it with linux I think I am more
likely to
> get the Epson 740 or 760.
>
> How is the text quality with the BJC6000, and can it print ok on a
quality
> plain copy paper?
>
> Although hardware support is improving in linux, you should always
research
> before buying anything if you want to use it with linux.
>
> Good luck with your printer.
>
Thank you for the response. In term of the its quality when printing
on a plain copy paper under windows NT-4.0, it looks as if it is
printed on a laser printer. I have not had a chance trying this BJC-
6000 under Linux. I am thinking of doing some reverse engineering work
on this printer's drivers but don't know where to start. Although I
have heard that there is such a thing called windows decompilers that
will decompile the windows .EXE and .DLL files to a C source code, I
still am not familiar myself with the Windows OS. May be after someone
tells me where I can get the windows decompiler, it is then I will be
able to start decompiling the printer drivers and port them to Linux.
BTW, I only paid $15 (after the huge rebates and local tax before the
rebates) for this BJC-6000. I guessed it certainly worths itself for
$15 than paying more to get the EPSON Stylus 740.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Tkrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel Option for PIII Processor?
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:47:33 -0500
I recompiled my kernel for my PIII processors and noticed that my time for
processing SetiAtHome data became slower by two hours. I selected the
Pentium Pro (6x86) option for my setup. Should I have selected one of the
other processor options instead?
I am running Mandrake 7.1 on a dual PIII 866 w/ kernel 2.2.16.
Thanks.
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From: Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: >64MB mem read fail
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:47:56 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sven Bovin wrote:
> This is, BTW, a vFAQ (very Frequently Asked Question).
2nd time in 2 days, 3rd time in a week :)
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From: "John E. Garrott Sr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-R/RW Help
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 07:52:00 -0700
"Justo M. Casablanca" wrote:
>
> Hi all, I have some questions about burning CD-R/RW in Linux (Red Hat 6.2
> distro.):
>
> 1. How do I make a bootable CD-R/RW burn of my RH 6.2 installation CD ? I
> would rather not have to download the ISO image, given the bandwidth
> of my internet connection.
>
> 2. Does Linux support 80-minute/700 MB CD-R/RW's ? Does my burner (MATSHITA
> - Panasonic? - CW-7585 support these extra-sized disks ? I have looked
> on the manufacturer's web site, and there is no indication one way or
> the other.
>
> 3. Could someone point me to some resources on CD-R/RW burning under
> Linux ?
>
> Thx in advance !
>
> Justo M. Casablanca
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
1. I downloaded the necessary files for
Slackware 7.1 (Not the iso image ... to big!)
and put them under /home/slackware, preserving
the tree structure.
Then I followed the directions in the
CD-Writing-HOWTO from
http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto
I also had used this document to get the
CD writer working.
2. I don't know. I use an HP drive myself.
However, if something isn't mentioned in
the specs, it probably can't be done or
doesn't exist.
3. The above mentioned HOWTO has some links
that should help you get started.
Good luck,
John
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