Linux-Hardware Digest #531, Volume #13 Tue, 5 Sep 00 14:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: How to get an lpd printer to *not* wait for an entire file to spool
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XCAM: How to get working with V4L BT878? (Darren Enns)
Re: TurboLinux 6.0 install with a GeForce..Help Please or I will kill
myself!!!!!!!!..really!!! ("AGP")
Re: Tricky SCSI Dual Boot problem. (Chuck)
Xsane Plugin with Gimp: PROBLEMS (Darren Enns)
PCI hardware modem not initializing ("vpiercy")
SB Live! supported? (Timothy Stark)
CMI 8330/C3D sound card (Mile Davidovic)
Errors inserting module with 2.4 kernel (Bob Jones)
Re: CMI 8330/C3D sound card (Edward Lee)
Re: Lexmark Z12 Inkjet Printer (Grant Taylor)
Re: Driver for printing to a multifunction machine? (Grant Taylor)
Re: Kernel Config File. (Chuck)
Re: Printer for Linux (Grant Taylor)
Re: SB Live! supported? ("Rafael Avila de Esp�ndola")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.printers,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: How to get an lpd printer to *not* wait for an entire file to spool
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 14:15:32 GMT
On Sun, 03 Sep 2000 17:18:11 -0500, Edwin Van Hoeke
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I need to do some high-volume/high-speed printing (about 1,000,000 pages
>of reports) under Linux, but I have found that the printing system
>(LPRng) waits for the *entire* document to be sent to the printer before
>printing even the first line.
>
>How hard could this be?
I think you should ask this of a mailing list devoted to the
particular version of LPR you are running. There are several programs
which are involved: lpd, an input filter, an output filter, and
possibly more than 1 TCP/IP stack. The LPRng mailing list see various
groups talk about print requirements far in excess of what you are
mentioning. I'm not sure how other print spooling systems measure up,
but that might be a btter place to look for answers.
Gord
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From: Darren Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XCAM: How to get working with V4L BT878?
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 14:41:48 GMT
I got 'xsane' working with my cheap flatbed scanner, and then
noticed that another video source was my TV capture card.
In both Xsane and Xcam, the picture is black -- even though
a signal must be present. In fact, even if one were present
I am not sure how I would be able to control where the video
signal was coming from (TV or Composite).
Any advise? It seems to want to use '/dev/video0', which
seems reasonable.
Thanks
Dare
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From: "AGP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TurboLinux 6.0 install with a GeForce..Help Please or I will kill
myself!!!!!!!!..really!!!
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:02:07 -0500
well, sure i understand that. however on TL if i choose video test mode then
it will try to find a mode that works. if none of them work there is an
error. if i try
to cancel out of it i get an error. there is no way to get out of the mode
once its
been initiated. so i just reboot and i dont hink the OS is installed. ill
try other things
once i get my mobo back.
thanx
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Murray Eisenberg wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Just because a video TEST mode bombs does not necessarily mean that that
>resolution + scan rates won't satisfactorily and safely get installed!
>
>This happened with me on an older PC with a Number Nine Imagine 128
>video card (4 MB VRAM). When I did an out-of-the-box installation of
>Red Hat 6.2 (selecting Gnome workstation) and specified 1024 x 768 with
>the range of H and V frequencies allowed by the card and my monitor,
>running the test of the Linux installation froze the computer. But
>restarting the whole thing and just going ahead and continuing without
>testing was fine.
>
>Beware, though, that you must be sure you are giving correct
>parameters. Otherwise, you could damage hardware!
>
>
>AGP wrote:
>>
>> well mines is an ELSA Erazor x2 GeForce chipset) and i tried
>> to use the SVGA of the X server on TurboLinux 6.0 release. i chose
>> all possible resolutions and the video test mode bombed on all of them.
>> Im not sure that TL has "generic geforce" but i will check. anyway, my
mobo
>> took a dump. i dont know if it was because of the 10th attempt at
installing
>> this OS or what but it just took a dump.
>>
>> --
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>>
>> Robert Andrew Bell wrote in message ...
>> >The 3d Nvidia drivers are only needed if you want full access to the 3d
>> >capabilities of the Geforce card. During your initial install of Linux
you
>> >must make sure that the svga server package is installed. Once you get
into
>> >the XFree86 setup screen select 'Card' from the top menu and you should
see
>> >a window with a bunch of video card names, scroll down and select
Generic
>> >Geforce and then select 'Monitor' from the top menu and select your
monitor
>> >type from the list or manually enter the vertical and horizontal
>> frequencies
>> >for your monitor.Finally select the last menu item and select done and
it
>> >should test to see if your X server will come up,if it does then you can
>> >select save configuration and reboot. You could also just do text based
>> >install (say no to X configuration during install) and then once you
have a
>> >running system you can setup X by running either xf86config (text) or
>> >XF86Setup (graphical) which would allow you to install a newer version
of
>> >XFree86 before doing the configuration. Also, if you want a more
automated
>> >hands off installation then try Mandrake 7.1, it's very good at setting
up
>> >hardware and will set up a very nice gui with very little effort.Anyway,
I
>> >hope I've been of some help as I'm not too good at expaining things ( I
>> know
>> >what I want to say but I'm not very good at writing it down)
>> >
>> >Rob.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Murray Eisenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> >> Be gentle...I'm a Linux newbie...
>> >>
>> >> To do a RH 6.2 Gnome workstation installation, one normally uses a
>> >> graphical interface as I recall (from an installation on an older PC).
>> >> But if one has to get 3rd party video drivers, how can one bootstrap
the
>> >> whole process?
>> >>
>> >> I just don't understand something here! Can you point me in the right
>> >> direction.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Robert Andrew Bell wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi, I'm not sure what your problem is but any distro using XFree86
>> >3.3.x
>> >> > and above has generic support for Geforce256 & ddr but you must
install
>> >the
>> >> > svga server during your initial installation. I've used a Prophet
256
>> >with
>> >> > Slackware 7.0 & 7.1, Mandrake 7.0 $ 7.1 and FreeBSD 4.1 all with no
>> >problems
>> >> > what-so-ever. If you want to use Nvidia's latest 3d drivers then you
>> >will
>> >> > need to install XFree86 4.0.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Murray Eisenberg e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> Mathematics & Statistics phone: 413/545-2859 (W)
>> >> University of Massachusetts 413/549-1020 (H)
>> >> Amherst, MA 01003-4515
>> >
>> >
>
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From: Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tricky SCSI Dual Boot problem.
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 11:57:04 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you have lilo configured correctly? The Win98 section should look something
like:
other=/dev/sdax // x is the number of the Win98
partition. Odds are x=1
label=winblows98
table=/dev/sda // note the _sda_ as opposed to
_sdax_
Bartek Kostrzewa wrote:
> Ok, first of all, don't shout at me that I'm using Outlook Express for
> writing this... unfortunately, at the moment I have to... :(
>
> So now to the problem. I've got a nifty configuration, ADAPTEC 29160N SCSI
> card (Ultra160), IBM Ultrastar U160 SCSI hd.
>
> Now the problem with these is that when I'm in a Dual Boot config with LILO
> installed (Linux,W98) W98 won't start! It starts booting (Windows is
> loading.....) then simply halts. I suppose that the driver for the SCSI card
> is loaded in the windows boot loader residing in the boot block of the HD,
> but that's where LILO is now. Linux has no problems at all and works
> perfectly.
>
> I need W98 for some programs though (Dreamweaver3 and Phtoshop 5) which are
> simply too slow in VMWare on a virtual disk (as VMWare doesn't support SCSI
> natively...).
>
> Any ideas on what to do? (I don't want to use a boot disk because sometimes
> I have to reboot very often)
>
> And for now I'm stuck with this stupid Winblows for everything... duh. I'm
> going to try out Win2K soon, I hope that will fix it, but it would be nice
> to know a fix for the current situation, maybe I will be forced to go back
> to 98 anyways.
>
> --
> Bartek Kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
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From: Darren Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xsane Plugin with Gimp: PROBLEMS
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:08:37 GMT
I tried compiling 'xsane' with the 'gimp' option:
configure --enable-gimp
This is what the messages were:
checking whether GIMP plugin is requested... yes
checking whether JPEG support is requested... yes
checking whether PNG support is requested... yes
checking whether TIFF support is requested... yes
...
checking for libgimp/gimp.h... (cached) no
checking for libgimp/gimpfeatures.h... (cached) no
checking for png.h... (cached) yes
checking for png_create_info_struct in -lpng... (cached) yes
checking for sane/sane.h... (cached) yes
checking for sane_init in -lsane... (cached) yes
...
****************************************************************
* *
* XSANE configure status: *
* ----------------------- *
* - NLS activated (external) *
* - GIMP plugin deactivated *
* - JPEG support activated *
* - TIFF support activated *
* - PNG support activated *
*
*
...
This does not make sense to me, since I installed the gimp
developer RPM and the appropriate files seem to be in
/usr/include/libgimp.
The RPM I used was:
gimp-devel-1.0.4-3.i386.rpm
Any advise?
Thanks
Dare
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From: "vpiercy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI hardware modem not initializing
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 12:07:45 -0500
Hi,
I recently upgraded my motherboard (the Linux partitions were hosed by my
disk contollers failing) and now I can't initialize my 3-COM PCI
controller-based internal modem. I was able to initialize the modem (and go
online
and surf, etc.) before I swapped the motherboard.
The thing that really gets me is that the modem works fine under Windows
(com5, IRQ 9, I/O 0x1050-0x1057--IRQ holder for PCI steering has my sound
card, my USR/3-COM 56K Fax PCI modem, and Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB
Universal Host Controller sharing the same IRQ (9)).
I do a cat /proc/pci and find the IRQ and I/O
values for what I take to be the modem (they are the same values as in
Windows on my dual-boot system with Redat 6.2.14).
Then I type
setserial /dev/ttyS1 irq 9 port 0x1051 autoconfig
There is a link between /dev/modem and /dev/ttyS1.
When I go to Gnome ppp to dial up a connection, nothing happens. Minicom
just sits there too--it seems to think that it has dialed up and connected
but it hasn't--no dialing, handshaking at all, and no "OK" message. When I
run a debug in Redhat Config for the modem, I get the message that there is
an I/O problem. Wvdialconf also says there is no serial port.
When I type dmesg I find the following seemingly relevant lines:
Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY-PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
...
Creative SBLive! at 0x1020 on irq 9
When the modem was working before I swapped motherboards, the modem shared
IRQ 12 with the sound card, and the modem was assigned com 5 under Windows.
This setup presented no problems for Linux then. But now Linux can't find
the modem. I've been looking at the MODEM-HOW-TO pages and have to say I'm
still stumped.
Does anyone have any suggestions about some things I might try to figure
this problem out?
Thanks!
Van
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Bloomington, Indiana
USA
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From: Timothy Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SB Live! supported?
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 17:08:38 GMT
Hello folks:
I like to check with you because I am considering to buy Sound Blaster
Live! Platnium sound card. Do Linux support that?
Thank you!
-- Tim Stark
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"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Amen." -- John 3:16 (King James Version Bible)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mile Davidovic)
Subject: CMI 8330/C3D sound card
Date: 5 Sep 2000 16:55:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have problem to configure my sound card. Sound card which I use is
integreted on my motherboard like a isa card.
I use RedHat 6.2 with kernel ver. 2.2.16.
I found audio driver on cmedia site and it is same like this one which exist
in kernel 2.2.16.
Sound card work inproperly. When I play music cd work ok, but when I play
mp3 songs sound is very bad quality.
I try OSS, but result is same.
Anyone have idea?
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From: Bob Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Errors inserting module with 2.4 kernel
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 17:20:15 GMT
My token ring card works perfectly using 2.2.16 but when I try to use
2.4-pre.... I get errors inserting the module.
Here is my output
modprobe ibmtr
ibmtr: register_trdev() returned non-zero.
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/kernel/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.o:
init_module: Input/output error
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/kernel/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/kernel/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/kernel/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.o: insmod
ibmtr failed
insmod ibmtr
Using /lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/kernel/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.o ibmtr:
register_trdev() returned non-zero.
/lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/kernel/drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.o:
init_module: Input/output error
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
I have the following in my modules.conf
alias tr0 ibmtr
options ibmtr io=0xa24 irq=11
alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias char-major-107 3dfx
alias sound emu10k1 alias
char-major-81 bttv
I ran the dos setup utility for the card. (An IBM 16/4 PNP) and set the
values myself. I tried a couple of different ones but they all have the
same effect.
The kernel and modules compile without error and I have ran make
modules_install ;) Any ideas?
Thanks Dave
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CMI 8330/C3D sound card
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 10:27:15 -0700
Mile Davidovic wrote:
> Sound card work inproperly. When I play music cd work ok, but when I play
> mp3 songs sound is very bad quality.
You probably have it on 8 bits sound (mp3 is 16 bits). Download the CMI8330
driver at http://linnix.com.
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark Z12 Inkjet Printer
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 17:33:40 GMT
"Noble Pepper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Have you looked at www.linuxprinting.com?
You mean .org ;)
Someone else owns linuxprinting.com, and they don't currently operate
a web page or anything. Hopefully when they do they won't be too
overtly commercial, but that seems unlikely...
> If your printer is listed there it will have info on getting it to
> work, if not you got a problem.
The Z12 is not listed. The Z11 works with a driver for the Color
Jetprinter 5000, but it's not certain that the Z12 is actually related
to the Z11; I know that the 31 and 32 are quite different, for
example.
There are about 5 lexmark inkjet drivers in the world. Please,
someone try them all, and let me know which, if any, works.
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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: Driver for printing to a multifunction machine?
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 17:35:48 GMT
Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Anyone know how to set up linux to print to a multifunction machine?
> I have a Brother MFC MFC-6550mc hooked to lpt1 on my pc. The generic
> postscript and HP laserjet printer drivers don't work.
Odd; according to my information this device prints fine with the
ljet2p driver in Ghostscript.
See http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=211017
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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: Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel Config File.
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 13:50:32 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Usually
/usr/src/$old_linux_directory/.config, or
/usr/src/$old_linux_directory/configs/$your_kernel_default
AAA wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My question deals with compiling the kernel on RH 6.2. You have the
> option to save configuration after doing make config or make xconfig
> into a file. Where would the file corresponding to your installed
> kernel (When you first install the system after selecting either custom
> or KDE or GNOME workstation or server) be. In other words, after you do
> the install, does the system keep the config file corresponding to your
> kernel somewhere on the system so for later if you just want to modify
> that as opposed to rebuilding the kernel from scratch and risk
> destroying some features that you hav (Sound in my case)?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ahmed
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer for Linux
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 17:58:26 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I am most interested in excellent b&w output with good speed. Color
> is not a must, but I wouldn't mind it.
Given these statements, I would point you toward a laser printer.
They produce better text quality than any inkjet at lower cost and
higher speed.
Think about the color thing; if you do in fact need color, then you're
stuck with either an inkjet (with expensive ink and papers) or a color
laser (just plain expensive).
> The biggest priority, though, is that the Linux support is rock
> solid -- therefore I've been thinking about getting a printer that
> has native PostScript.
Essentially the entire Optra line from Lexmark can be recommended as
"rock solid" for use with Linux. Every device is fully documented in
ways useful for developers or power users, and Lexmark also provides
complete "push here dummy" software support for Linux. I think that
the whole line comes with Postscript standard, although one or two of
the cheapest ones might yet be PCL-only. No matter; they all work.
If you find that you need color, then the main choice would be the
Epson Stylus devices. These are the only non-Postscript color inkjets
available with good support for free software; indeed, on many of them
the print quality is *better* with the free drivers than with Epson's
own Windows software. As with all modern inkjets, these produce
fairly good text output and good to excellent color photo output, but
any good output will require expensive specialty papers.
> I am willing to spend up to $500, but I am also very interested in
> cheaper solutions that fit my needs.
The Optra E312 (not the E312L), plus an extra memory module, would run
you perhaps $400-450.
For comparison, HP's LaserJet 1100 is similarly priced, but runs
slower, has no Postscript, supports a lower level of PCL, and doesn't
have a USB port.
> I have looked into some of HP's printers and found that the DeskJet
> 1220C/PS would be great, but it's a little too much and I don't need
> the large page abilities it has.
Avoid the 1220C/PS. It is not a Postscript device; rather, they ship
a Windows-based RIP for Postscript support. The 1220C prints
relatively poorly with free software.
> Any suggestions? Any pages that compare printers for Linux?
My own site has mostly support-oriented information, but there is a
way to list all perfectly working lasers or color inkjets.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing HOWTO and Website: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting in most things Unix/Linux/*BSD/Perl/C/C++
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From: "Rafael Avila de Esp�ndola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB Live! supported?
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 14:58:36 -0300
In article <qM9t5.340073$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Timothy Stark
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello folks:
>
> I like to check with you because I am considering to buy Sound Blaster
> Live! Platnium sound card. Do Linux support that?
>
> Thank you!
>
> -- Tim Stark
>
Yes, http://www.alsa-project.org/
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