Linux-Hardware Digest #692, Volume #13 Sun, 8 Oct 00 14:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux Mandrake and Lexmark z52 (Grant Taylor)
Re: stcolor epson860 (Grant Taylor)
Re: Canon LPB660 (Grant Taylor)
Re: *SLOW* cable modem connection (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: SCSI support in RH 6.2, kernel 2.2.14-5.0 (David_C)
Re: Ejecting a ZIP disk? (David_C)
Re: UsRobitics sportster voice series, supported? (Scott Alfter)
Re: Cable modem, ethernet, and DHCP (James)
Re: Promise Ultra66 Driver ("Bill Sherrard")
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Mandrake and Lexmark z52
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 16:15:29 GMT
"Shaun McCann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've just installed Linux Mandrake on my system and everything has
> installed so far without a problem, apart from the above mentioned
> printer. I have been unable to find a suitable driver for Linux
> anywhere. I've tried Lexmark themselves and have searched various
> Linux hardware compatibility lists to no avail.
> Interestingly, though, one list I searched said my printer was
> supported in Red Hat Linux, Suse Linux and Corel Linux but no
> mention of Mandrake Linux! Can any-one help me sort this problem
> out?
Hmm. That list was wrong; AFAIK *no* distribution, including I think
Mandrake 7.2, supports the Lexmrk z52.
The driver, however, does actually exist. See this printer's entry in
my database: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=328553
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor<at>picante.com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
News, Discussion Forums, Support Database, Software, and more...
------------------------------
From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: stcolor epson860
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 16:16:19 GMT
"Ivan Danicic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello, My printer has very poor resolution output when printing
> under linux using the stcolor driver for ghostscript.
Use the stp driver from the Gimp-print project. See
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor<at>picante.com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
News, Discussion Forums, Support Database, Software, and more...
------------------------------
From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Canon LPB660
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 16:20:47 GMT
"Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there any way to make a Canon LBP660 run on my mandrake OS ?
Not that I know of. There's a chance that it might work with the lbp8
Ghostscript driver.
If you do find anything out, please add it to
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=64416
...or just mail me.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor<at>picante.com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
News, Discussion Forums, Support Database, Software, and more...
------------------------------
From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *SLOW* cable modem connection
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 01:30:58 +0200
"Andrew P. Billyard" wrote:
> I basically set this system up with Red Hat 6.2's "linuxconf".
Sorry, I haven't used linuxconf and RH 6.2 myself and have found it hard
to help people using that to set up their network connections.
> My IP address is dynamically assigned by the dhcp protocol. Why
> should I be setting my broadcast to 24.150.5.255?
Because that is the broadcast address when you have your IP-address and
netmask. A broadcast address is the address you send to when you want to
tell something to everyone on the same subnet.
> How do I do this?
Again, I'm not familiar with linuxconf which probably is the tool you
should use. Maybe it is possible for you to do
ifconfig eth0 broadcast 24.150.5.255
But you would lose that setting at your next reboot.
regards Henrik
--
spammer strikeback:
root@localhost
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: David_C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SCSI support in RH 6.2, kernel 2.2.14-5.0
Date: 08 Oct 2000 13:36:38 -0400
Gary Sandine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> In /etc/lilo.conf, under the appropriate "image=" section (the one for
> the kernel you wish to use), add
>
> append="fdomain=0x140,10,7"
>
> Or - at the LILO: prompt, type "linux fdomain=0x140,10,7" (assuming
> the label for the appropriate kernel is "linux").
This will only work if the "fdomain" module is loaded. It will have to
be part of the initial ramdisk image or compiled into the kernel as well.
-- David
------------------------------
From: David_C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ejecting a ZIP disk?
Date: 08 Oct 2000 13:39:53 -0400
"Luc Van Bogaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Can anyone tell me how to eject the disk from my internal IDE ZIP drive
> (Linux Mandrake, KDE) ?
When the disk is not mounted, the front-panel eject button will work.
If you press this buttong when the disk is mounted, it should do
nothing, since Linux locks devices with mounted media in them. The
drive will remember that you pushed the button, hoewver, and will eject
when you unmount it.
If you want to do a software eject, there is a program called "eject".
In RedHat, the package name is also eject. It should do what you want.
Note, however, that the eject program may have to be run as root in
order to work. On my system (with a SCSI Zip drive), I could only eject
CDs without turning on the setuid bit on the eject executable.
-- David
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: UsRobitics sportster voice series, supported?
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 17:42:31 -0000
=====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE=====
Hash: SHA1
In article <8rpu41$dj2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am about to buy a Us Robotics sportster voice modem and am trying to find
>out if they are supported in Linux (I have the latest stable kernel).
I have one (an external) from the pre-V.90 days that runs great. Nothing
special in the kernel is needed. If you want to take advantage of the
modem's voice capability, you'll want to get vgetty (part of mgetty+sendfax)
and set that up. Mine is set up to answer phone calls, receive faxes, and
allow dial-in access to my computer...all on one phone line.
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (remove Voyager's hull number for email address)
\_^_/ http://salfter.dyndns.org
=====BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE=====
Version: GnuPG v1.0.2 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org
iD8DBQE54LHuVgTKos01OwkRAkm3AKDZurxQ+0RiHW/0vvQkNu/5EPSQbwCgh1Oi
JFphJgHpp1Ro2Zn/n7jbHIM=
=MEw6
=====END PGP SIGNATURE=====
------------------------------
From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cable modem, ethernet, and DHCP
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 17:43:00 GMT
Jim, you say to set DHCP_HOSTNAME=cxxxxxxx, which is the id number your cable
setup gives you. I don't know this number, how can I find it?
Jim Gadbaw wrote:
> Jeremy Smith wrote:
>
> > Amen to that. I am in the same boat
> > "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Arg, linux newbie here with some problems setting up my cable modem with
> > > dhcp. I have Mandrake 7.1. I type in "netconf" which takes me to the
> > > network configurator. In "Basic Host Info" there is a "hostname +
> > > domain" entry which is set to "localhost.localdomain".
> > > Under the "adapter1" tab is the following info:
> > > net device: eth0
> > > kernel module: 3c509
> > > irq: 10
> > > ip: my ip
> > > the dhcp radio button is selected
> > >
> > > When I close out of netconf and tell is to activate changes I get an
> > > error. Here it is:
> > >
> > > Executing /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S10network reload:
> > > > Bringing up device eth0 Determining IP information for eth0 via
> > > dhcp...faile
> > > > [FAILED]
> > >
> > > And that's that. No internet connection. I've already read a couple of
> > > how-to's (especially cable modem, dhcp mini-howto, and the ethernet
> > > howto) and they didn't help.
> > >
> > > I have a 3com Etherlink III (3c509B)
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated! Getting frustrated and wanting to switch back
> > > to Winblowz.
> > >
> > > James L
> > >
>
> Jeremy - Maybe it was more luck than knowledge, but this worked for me. Do as
> you did under netconfig - set your eth0 to DHCP and select boot at start up.
> Then go to /etc and add to your profile file DHCP_HOSTNAME=cxxxxxxxx - the id
> number your cable set up gives you. Add to export just DHCP_HOSTNAME to
> export it out. Then go to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and find ifcfg-eth0
> file and add the line DHCP_HOSTNAME=cxxxxxxx - your id number again. Reboot
> and that was all I did to have the DHCP working for me RH 7.0- on my laptop
> with pcmcia ethernet card. Hang in there -- Jim
------------------------------
From: "Bill Sherrard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra66 Driver
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 12:48:16 -0500
When installing to a Promise ATA66 controller,you must specify the device
address before booting,so the machine knows where the HD is located.This is
what i did:
1.Boot linux from the cd in text mode
2.Switch to another console by ALT-F2
3.Type cat /proc/pci | more
4.Look for your Promise controller listed and write down the addresses
listed for it.
5.Reboot the machine
6.At the boot: prompt type the address of the Promise controller as part of
the boot.The second and fourth memory addresses need to be increased by 2
each.
In my case it was:
linux ide2=0x0160,0x101f ide3=0x1020,0x1080
7.Now the HD should show up during the install process.After installing,you
need to add the drive parameters to the lilo.conf file.
> How does this work if you are trying to install RH 7 on a machine that
> has the only hardrive hooked to the promise controller. When I try to
> install on my gateway, it tells me it can't find a disk.
>
> keith
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.hardware) via:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Hardware Digest
******************************
