Linux-Misc Digest #920, Volume #19 Wed, 21 Apr 99 17:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: dial-up problems via PPP ("XsAndOs")
Re: Answering the phone (Bill Unruh)
Re: ***** Creating a type 82 swap partition (Nick)
Re: logitech mouse problems... (Digital Wokan)
Setting a program to run as a daemon (James Cook)
Re: superblock corrupt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Icons from Macintosh (David C. Oshel)
Re: bzImage problems ("C. David Wilde")
Two Soundcards... (David Tansley)
Re: Gozilla for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux Book Recommendations please??
Re: Linux Book Recommendations please??
Re: SuSE support (**Nick Brown)
Re: Development guide for HP CRet & PhotoRetII (Andreas Dilger)
Answering the phone ("Gert Veldhuis")
Netscape 4.51 Messenger kills Intel Box ("Richard Abraham")
Re: Windows is trying to read my linux hd? (follow-up) ("Tom Emerson")
NIS & YPSERV ("Anthony J. Gabrielson")
Re: How do I set up a password server for Windows 95? ("Anthony J. Gabrielson")
Need lex not flex for linux ("Michael Wolff")
Re: SCSI scanners anyone? (Markus Wandel)
Re: Why won't RedHat see my network card? ("Carl Kramer (RobotFan)")
Come In NOW! All Free! ("Xarj")
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From: "XsAndOs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: dial-up problems via PPP
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:27:19 -0500
It may be that the PNP is the problem. If there are jumpers on the modem try
hardware setting the modem to an open com port and irq. This fixed my modem
response problem on a pnp zoom modem.
The Good Guy wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
> Not too long ago I successfully installed RedHat Linux 5.1... which
>comes with kernel 2.0.34. I am having problems setting up an internet
>connection through PPP. Now, I have HAD this exact same copy of Linux on
>the machine before with an internet connection running fine (through
>Minicom and PPPD) but I deleted Linux and now decided to reinstall it.
> I cannot connect to the internet. At first I tried using Minicom and
>PPPD like i always have before but noticed PPPD was generating an error
>message because there was no PPP kernel support, so I sucessfully
>recompiled the kernel.
> Still Minicom doesn't work. no more error messages but it just
>dials, asks for login and password but it won't connect. I pick up the
>phone to find a dial tone.
>
>I also tried configuring the /etc/ppp/ppp-on script and its components
>to function but when I run it it justs makes the modem click (I guess
>like an ATZ command). That's it, it won't even dial. it just quits. I
>tried to get it to log the messages to the system log but the paths it
>wanted didn't exist so I stopped bothering with it.
> What can i do? No error messages, it just won't even dial!! My modem
>is a SupraExpress 288i PnP. Even though it is a PnP it HAS worked
>perfectly before!
>
>Any help would be much appreciated! :)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bart Trzynadlowski
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Answering the phone
Date: 21 Apr 1999 17:28:23 GMT
In <7fktq3$n3k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Andre Malafaya Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>You must set it to answer after 6 rings.
>Just send it ATS0=6 ( I think) before trying the connection.
No. A) Make sure that you are using mgetty.
b) ATS0=0 to switch off autoanswering by the modem
c) rings 6
in /etc/mgetty*/mgetty.config
>> I am builing my PPP server, but how can I make it possible that the modem
>> answer when the line rung 6 times. At this moment the modem is answering
>the
>> line after only one ring.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: ***** Creating a type 82 swap partition
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:29:54 GMT
Okay, thanks. They both vicxtimized my systems the first time, and
since I currently don't have a good way to backup & restore my
different file systems, I don't want to give it another chance. Using
Norton's Disk Editor, I found the two bytes where the 82H belongs, and
was able to change it, so now I can use mkswap to format it. Thanks
for the info, I won't look for a different fdisk.
Nick
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:08:25 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul
Sherwin) wrote:
>Read my post! There is _no_such_thing_ as Redhat fdisk! Just fdisk!
>Disk druid is a redhat program, but fdisk is straight linux..
>
>On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:37:46 +1200, Lloyd Weehuizen
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Hmm sounds like you where using a RH varient of fdisk
>No such thing friend.
>> use the normal linux
>>fdisk, it will allow you to do ANYTHING, very powerful.
>>
>Indeed, I use it all the time, but I understand how hard disk
>partitioning works! Fdisk can be very scary for a Linux newbie and can
>do a great deal of damage with very little warning. The moral is -
>make sure you know what you're doing when you change anything!
>
>BTW, cfdisk is easier to use than fdisk, and does pretty much the same
>things.
>
>Best regards, Paul
>
>Paul Sherwin Consulting 22 Monmouth Road, Oxford OX1 4TD, UK
>Phone +44 (0)1865 721438
>http://www.telinco.co.uk/psherwin/index.htm
>Fax +44 (0)1865 434331 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Pager +44 (0)7666 797228
>
>On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:26:32 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick) wrote:
>
>>Yes, it was RH5.1 - I didn't know it had a modified version of FDisk.
>>I tried their spport, which is totally worthless.
>>
>>Can you please tell me where I can get the generic Linux FDISK,
>>please? Thanks!
>>
>>Nick
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:37:46 +1200, Lloyd Weehuizen
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Nick wrote:
>>>>***** Creating a type 82 swap partition
>>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I'm leary of using Linux's FDISK at all because it victomized me when
>>>>I installed Linux. RH5.1 insisted that my swap partition be in an
>>>>extended/logical partition, and where I put everything else (root,
>>>>usr, etc.) in a primary partition. The problem is that it appends the
>>>>record to the end of the table, where the physical location in at the
>>>>froont of the table. This means that it made the entire disk
>>>>unaccessable to all the other OS's (DOS, Win3x, Win9x, WinNT, OS/2).
>>>
>>>Hmm sounds like you where using a RH varient of fdisk, use the normal linux
>>>fdisk, it will allow you to do ANYTHING, very powerful.
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>> <=- Lloyd Weehuizen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=>
>>> Another Unix/C++/Java Hacker -- Debian Linux 2.0
>>>
>>
>
>Paul Sherwin Consulting 22 Monmouth Road, Oxford OX1 4TD, UK
>Phone +44 (0)1865 721438 http://www.telinco.co.uk/psherwin/index.htm
>Fax +44 (0)1865 434331 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Pager +44 (0)7666 797228
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:54:51 -0400
From: Digital Wokan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.hardware,fido.ger.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: logitech mouse problems...
I tried XF86Setup and went to its mouse configuration screen. You can
run through those options until something works.
Christoph Klaja wrote:
>
> > On most systems /dev/mouse is a link to the actual mouse interface
> > device.
> > Maybe /dev/mouse points to the wrong place.
> > Consider using RedHat's mouseconfig.
>
> unfortunately no.../dev/mouse links to /dev/psaux....and this is the right
> one, afaik
>
> c ya
> __
> \__HRIS
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Cook)
Subject: Setting a program to run as a daemon
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:20:49 GMT
Linux Version: Redhat 5.2
Platform: Pentium 200, 64MB
Administrator: Green as Hell
I want to remove the Apache web server from my Linux box and run an excellent
Java-based webserver (vqServer) that I have come to love. In order to test the
webserver I needed to disable Apache from starting up and grabbing port 80. Thus
began my odyssey into the rc directory. I saw the file that launched Apache, and
the same file in eight other directories. Immediately confused, I turned to the
newsgroups and found out how to permanently remove Apache.
rpm -e apache
Very easy, albeit drastic. I simply wanted to disable the beast from running,
but I got some disk space back anyway. Now, how do I tell Linux to start my
webserver at runtime? I imagine I have to go into the quagmire of rc directories
and create some kind of shell scripts? (Almost sounds like I know what a shell
script is)
thanks,
jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: superblock corrupt
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 17:01:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've read all the suggestions on superblock repair. But what does one do
> when you can't even get the system to boot, using loadlin and the
> kernel. I tried backup kernels, Slackware root/boot, RH boot(I run
> RH5.2), no matter what I tried it always went into kernel panic when
> trying to mount, and would not recognize /. Is this not hopeless? I
> wound up initializing the system and of course lost all my data.
Use a rescue system that runs in RAM (RAM-disk); you should be able to
repair a filesystem, i.e. run efsck on unmounted partition to repair.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C. Oshel)
Subject: Re: Icons from Macintosh
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:14:48 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Don C
Leamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Macintosh CD full of icons left over from my old Mac. I'd like to
> use some of them as icons on my Linux Xwindows screen. I can mount the
> CD as an hfs volume, but I need a converter to translate the bitmaps.
> Anyone know of such a beast?
> thanks
Graphic Converter 3.6.x from www.lemkesoft.com -- or get version 3.5.1
from the April '99 MacAddict CD, which has a ton of other graphics
shareware on it that will probably do the job exactly the way you want it
to. GC is still my first choice, though.
--
David C. Oshel http://pobox.com/~dcoshel
Cedar Rapids, IA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
``Tension, apprehension and dissension have begun.''
-- Duffy Wyg&, in Alfred Bester's _The Demolished Man_
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From: "C. David Wilde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: bzImage problems
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:36:34 -0700
The other thing that I'm wondering is when I do a make zImage it creates a
file called vmlinuz in the /usr/src/llinux/arch/i386/boot dir, but when I do
a make bzImage it creates the file called bzImage.
"C. David Wilde" wrote:
> I just built the 2.2.3 kernel with the make bzImage command on an
> S.u.S.E. 6.0 system. It created a file called bzImage in the
> /usr/src/linux/arch/i386 directory that was about the size of what it
> said the kernel was when the compiler finished. I copied this file to
> /boot and renamed it to vmlinuz and added it to lilo. Now on boot LILO
> starts and starts loading the kernel, but freezes while uncomressing the
> kernel. I've built a lots of kernels without bzImage and used modules
> but there was some stuff that I wanted in this kernel that made it big.
> TIA
>
> Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Tansley)
Subject: Two Soundcards...
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 14:06:37 GMT
Well, I've managed to get Linux into a nice stable state with the
excellent Gnome working perfectly.
Now I'd like to get some of my other problems sorted. First up....soundcard.
I've currently got a SB Live Value card, which I accept doesnt work yet,
and a disabled on-board 3d-sound pro soundcard built in to my motherboard.
Since the SB Live is a no go, I thought maybe I could bring the mobo
soundcard out of retirement and try that out.
Couple of questions:
1) Will this card actually work? It is hardly the greatest card in the
world, but I never had any problems with dos SB compatibility. Does Linux
support this card?
2) Will Linux be able to detect the card without conflict. Presumably I
can disable the card in windows to resolve any conflicts there, but what
about Linux? Any ideas?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
--
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Gozilla for Linux?
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 19:30:18 GMT
: I think Netscape 4.5 for linux (unsupported glibc version) will
: resume an interrupted download. At least I think it does.
: Anyone know for sure?
It doesn't work for me.. I was at 90MB of a 100MB file and netscrape
bailed when I entered a Java site. It took down the download window as
well. When I restarted, my only option was to overwrite. Maybe netscrape
only resumes for ftp x-fers.. this was a http xfer in my case.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Book Recommendations please??
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 02:33:37 +1000
> Dang! And to think since last Fall I've been compiling kernels on
> Slack 3.5 & using them without any problem ... Good thing you came
> along to let me know I haven't really been using my box 'cause my
> kernels are all messed up.
> Where does this DISinformation come from, anyway?
The realm of widely known and accepted facts.
The ecgs and pgcc FAQs would be a good place to start.
cya
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Book Recommendations please??
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 02:44:16 +1000
Jeremy Lunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> BTW Slackware 3.5 uses egcs as the default c compiler, which will mess things
>> up bad if you recomplile a 2.0 kernel with it.
> Must be fixed in 3.6 cuz it used gcc by defualt.
Yep, 3.6 uses gcc for c and egcs for c++, in line with most other new
distributions.
>But I am gonna replace
> slackwarez with debian cuz it is so broken. XFree86 in slackwarez has
> some major bug where whenever I am switching between X and other virtual
> consoles a lot it displays this windows that has the title "Windows" and
> a list of X apps that are open, and if I put the mouse over that list it
> highlights them, but I can't do anything else in X.. usually meaning I
> have to terminate it. I have also found problems with X libs not being
> thread safe and have not been able to fix that.
The Slackware people have some bizarre reason for beleiving that glibc2
(aka libc6) isn't ready for a production system. Slackware 4 when it
comes out is will supposedly contain kernel 2.2.whatever, but will still
use the old, obsolete and unmaintained libc5. Because libc5 doesn't
contain threading support the Slackware people don't feel the need to
provide thread safe libraries.
I love Slackware's (lack of a) packaging system, and I would not know as
much as I do about Linux if it wasn't for it's "do everything manually"
attitude, but it really is behind the times.
I;m running Debian now BTW, although I only installed a bare bones system
and installed the rest from the source in order to make it as Slackware
like as possible.
cya
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE support
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 18:00:06 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael put it more forcefully (quite a lot more than the average
software vendor's support people usually do, but more power to him, if
Linux means anything it means freedom to say what you mean), but I have
a couple of observations:
- When you bought 5.3 you could have very easily found out SuSE's
release schedule. It's not a major secret. Even if they didn't tell
you (and I'd be surprised), you could have found out in a dozen places
on the net. So the choice to junk 5.3 after just a few weeks was yours
alone.
- Installing your own kernel is not very hard. In fact, I would suggest
that almost anyone who actually _needs_ a new kernel, is by definition
someone who can work out how to do it. Read the kernel HOWTO and the
LILO manuals (if SuSE uses LILO; apologies to the SuSE folks, I'm a
cheapskate Debian user). If you only want the new kernel so you can
tell your friends that you have the new kernel, you may want to think
twice about whether Linux is right for you. This NG is full of people
who have successfully upgraded their kernel after getting help here.
- In my experience, Microsoft's "support" for upgrades, such as an NT
service pack, consists of:
- a download (30 MB or more for SP4)
- a document which you print and read, then implement, [pray], and
reboot.
This strikes me as very similar to a Linux kernel upgrade, except that
you can upgrade the kernel initially without changing a byte of your
config (simply make a boot floppy and run the new kernel from that until
you're happy). Of course, you could phone MS and pay, how much is it,
$90 a pop to talk to someone who can't help you ?
The 2.2 kernel sources (pick the one you like; ask SuSE which one is in
6.1, for example) are available everywhere. They occupy about 10MB. At
28.8 Kbits/s this will take about an hour to download. Where I live
that call costs about $1.50.
With competition from Debian (which I downloaded for $0.00 plus a couple
of hours of phone time), you can hardly expect SuSE to go in for
monopoly pricing. Of course, if you can find someone prepared to listen
for an hour on the phone for your $50, go right ahead.
Valerio Cattani wrote:
> With great disappointment I have to recognize that Microsoft is much
> more serious than SuSE. When some upgrading are available they provide
> all the instructions and support!!!!
--
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Protect yourself against Word 95/97 viruses, free - check out
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/Vineyard/1446/atlas-t.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Dilger)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.drivers,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Development guide for HP CRet & PhotoRetII
Date: 21 Apr 1999 15:53:14 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Anders Staehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Has anyone tried to develop a driver for the HP DeskJet 890, 1100 or
>1120 printers utilizing the HP proprietary CRet or PhotoRetII mode, and
>where did you find the necessary information?
The first thing I would check is the latest version of GhostScript, as this
is as close to a "printer driver" as you get with Linux (barring proprietary
stuff like in WordPerfect). If these printers already handle PostScript
directly, then there's not really any reason for doing more, is there? If
they don't handle PS, then I'd suggest enhancing GS starting with one of the
other HP color PCL drivers, which may have most of the functionality already.
Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger University of Calgary \"If a man ate a pound of pasta and
Micronet Research Group \ a pound of antipasto, would they
Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering \ cancel out, leaving him still
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ hungry?" -- Dogbert
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From: "Gert Veldhuis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]%>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Answering the phone
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 18:13:29 +0200
Hello,
I am builing my PPP server, but how can I make it possible that the modem
answer when the line rung 6 times. At this moment the modem is answering the
line after only one ring.
Thank you in advance!
Regards,
Gert Veldhuis
The Netherlands
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From: "Richard Abraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape 4.51 Messenger kills Intel Box
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:30:32 -0400
I have installed RH5.2 on a 75 Mhz Pentium.
I installed Netscape and proceeded to upgrade it to the latest version.
4.51
Linux is running very smoothly EXCEPT when I attempt to send a message using
Netscape mail. It chokes away for a while, Netscape windows will not close
but they will minimize. All linux commands in all windows result in
segmentation faults. I'm able to exit fvwm but as soon as I enter anything
in the login window the display goes blank, the disk whirrs and the display
comes back with the normal background and blanks repeatedly. The only thing
I can do is turn the computer off. I comes back fine.
This has happened on 4 different occasions and is not intermittent.
I wonder if anyone else has experienced this or knows what could be going
on.
Thanks in advance.
Richard Abraham
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From: "Tom Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Windows is trying to read my linux hd? (follow-up)
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:39:20 -0700
Emily wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>ooops
>silly me
>thanks for all the email suggestions, everybody!
[...]
>So now I have a rather big project on my hands. I think windoze is
>having difficulty with a linux partition/drive sandwiched between two
>fat32 drives
I remember back in the early days of OS/2 there was some mention about where
to partition HPFS drives and the fact that "dos based" OS's could get
confused and literally "stop looking" as soon as they found a non-native
partition -- i.e., any FAT partitions BEHIND the HPFS partition would only
be accessible under OS/2 [or, in theory, NT 3.1/3.5 since that version of NT
supports HPFS]
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From: "Anthony J. Gabrielson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NIS & YPSERV
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 15:32:14 -0400
Hello all,
Have any of you set up ypserv? I am having a very difficult time
of it and if anbody could shine some light on it - it would be greatly
appreciated. I understand it can be cranky, but its just being difficult.
Examples of config files, words of advice for it - would be helpful.
Thanks,
Anthony
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From: "Anthony J. Gabrielson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I set up a password server for Windows 95?
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 15:28:29 -0400
Samba can't do that yet. If you use nis and and an NIS client for windows
it'll work - ypserv is very difficult to setup.
Anthony
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Evan Panagiotopoulos wrote:
> I searched the HOW TO's and didn't find a thing. How do I set Linux to
> act as a password server so Windows users have to deal with one
> password?
> I have Samba running, can that help?
>
> Thanks,
>
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From: "Michael Wolff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need lex not flex for linux
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:38:59 +0200
Hey folks,
I need to translate a lex source in which the input function is redefined.
The flex won't work with such a re redefinition. Therefore I'm looking for a
lex, does anybody where I can get a copy of it.
Thanx
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus Wandel)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.solaris.x86,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: SCSI scanners anyone?
Date: 20 Apr 1999 18:01:01 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rob Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I've just got hold of an Epson GT7000 SCSI scanner. It works just fine
>under Win95/Photoshop 4, but obviously I'd rather use it under Unix with
>the GIMP 1.1.4. Has anyone tried/accomplished this, and if so is there
>anything I should know about it? Can anyone point me to any useful
>resources? If I get the thing working I'll be putting the whole process
>on the web, so helping me now could work to lots of people's advantage
>later.
>
>The SCSI end of things (kernel/card) is all taken care of, but I haven't
>tried anything further than that yet. Just wondered if I would be
>wasting my time?
There's even an alternative to SANE, it's called "epscan" and it's on the
metalab archive site. I had to make two small patches to get it to work
with my RedHat 5.2 system and ActionScanner II (aka GT5000) scanner but
after that it's great, standalone program that does exactly what a scanner
front-end should do and nothing more.
The things I had to change:
1. epscan expects the SCSI generic devices to be sg0, sg1, ... instead of
sga, sgb, ... (or maybe the other way around.) I just made symbolic
links and that was that.
2. It expects an EPSON scanner to identify itself as "EPSON SCANNER ..."
whereas the GT5000 says "EPSON SCANNER ...". I just patched the
string in the binary instead of recompiling.
Why not recompile? Because the source expected an older version of the
include files than my system had, and I didn't want to bother figuring out
what to change.
Markus
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From: "Carl Kramer (RobotFan)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Why won't RedHat see my network card?
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 15:46:38 -0400
/dev/niall wrote:
> Take note of the IRQ and address that Windows assigns it. Then, when
> installing Redhat, do not select AutoProbe. Pick your card type and enter the
> values manually (ex. irq=7, io=0x330).
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Carl Kramer (RobotFan)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I recently tried to re-install 5.1 on a machine that had been connected
> > to a network without any problems. During the reinstallation, when
> > prompted for a driver, I selected my card from the list and selected the
> > 'autoprobe' option. I was greeted with the error message "I can't find
> > the device anywhere on your system!". I opened the case and inspected
> > the card. Nothing seemed to be wrong, but I replaced the card anyway
> > and tried again. Same problem. I tried different slots on the mother
> > board. No dice. I tried using different cards all together (3com,
> > D-LINK, NE-2000). None worked. I tried specifying the IO and IRQ
> > parameters. Nuh-uh. Checked the CMOS for any irregularities. Didn't
> > help.
> >
> > "Error
> > I can't find the device anywhere on your system!"
> >
> > Is all that I get for my trouble. I downloaded the image for 5.2 boot
> > and supplemental. Tried to install from FTP, but still no go.
> > I wiped the hard drive completely clean (with the help of Partition
> > Magic), started over again and still no soap.
> >
> > Meanwhile, when I swap out the hard drive with one that has windows 95
> > installed on it. Windows finds and installs the drivers for the card
> > without any problem.
> >
> > I am utterly stumped.
> >
> > Why won't RedHat see my network card?
> >
> > Any help would be most appreciated.
> > Thanks.
> >
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I hate to say this but, been there done that. Thanks for trying to help.
Carl
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