Linux-Misc Digest #747, Volume #23 Sat, 4 Mar 00 14:13:03 EST
Contents:
Epson printer pauses during printing (Bruno Barberi Gnecco)
Re: Script of dialup connection in RH6.1 (The Scotts)
Re: MatLab (or similar) for Linux? (David Vrabel)
Re: something like loadkeys for X ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Where can I find fonts for Linux (Rod Smith)
VNC Keymap ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SCSI card (Andreas Kraska)
Myth2 Linux demo has no sound ?? (Dave Phillips)
Re: Help....MS IntelliEye Mouse (Jan Schaumann)
Re: Named Log Messages ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
printer install (Leo C. Wondrash)
Re: Redhat 6.1? ("D. C. & M. V. Sessions")
Re: what setup of Redhat 6.1 is most similar to WIN95/98? ("D. C. & M. V. Sessions")
Changing ownerships in /dev ("D. C. & M. V. Sessions")
Re: Named Log Messages (William Hunt)
Re: something like loadkeys for X (Aron Felix Gurski)
Xircom CBEM56G (CC)
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From: Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Epson printer pauses during printing
Date: 4 Mar 2000 08:49:05 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a Epson Stylus Color 600 printer, which have been working fine
(in Win and Linux) for years. Recently I updated to Slackware 7.0, and now
whenever I print something, the printer pauses about three times per page,
from about 20 to 40 seconds each turn. The quality and everything else have
not changed.
dmesg shows the following:
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
registered device ppp0
lp0: the printing could be optimized using the TRUST_IRQ flag, see the top of
linux/drivers/char/lp.c
So I read lp.c, and it said to `tunelp /dev/lp0 -T on`. I did that,
but nothing improved. lp is compiled as a module, as parport_pc.o and
parport_probe.o. I have also in a ZIP drive daisy-chained, but it had never
given problems also for more than a year.
Help anyone?
--
Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1980/
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore". - Poe
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Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 14:55:39 +0000
From: The Scotts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Script of dialup connection in RH6.1
kppp (part of kde) has a script option.
Bob Scott
Andrew Shiue wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to make rp3 (the ppp dialup program in RH6.1) use
> script (my isp need one more link type option other than login name and
> passwrod)? I check the rp3-config but cannot find a way to force it use my
> script. I also tried its debug function and it passed the login and password
> and failed when the server ask the option. I tried to go back to netcfg; but
> when I try to active the ppp interface, I just have a "failed to activate
> /etc/sysconf/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0". The netcfg worked well on my old
> RH5.0. I cannot find any different setup between 6.1 and 5.0.
>
> Thanks for help,
>
> --Andy
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From: David Vrabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MatLab (or similar) for Linux?
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 15:03:18 +0000
On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Po-Tai Cheng wrote:
> I am looking something like MatLab for my Linux box. Can anyone share
> his/her experiences? Thanks.
There's Matlab (http://www.mathworks.com/) or you could try GNU Octave
(http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave/) which is MatLab like but I don't think
it is as fully featured, it is however Free Software.
David Vrabel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: something like loadkeys for X
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 15:09:13 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Aron Felix Gurski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > We had a broken keyboard today (broken a key) I tried using the
> > loadkeys cmd with a modified keymap (changed "caps lock" to "a")
which
> > works fine on a plain tty but dosn't work under X. How do you remap
the
> > keyboard for X ?
>
> Try
> man xmodmap
>
> --
Yup, that does it; how simple. Not that it matters anymore, (new
keybord) but out of curiosity, I wonder how you do this in microsoft?
> -- Aron
>
> NB: To reply by e-mail, remove "spam-block." from my address.
> - - - - - - - - - - -
> "A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never
learnt to
> walk."
>
> -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Where can I find fonts for Linux
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 15:29:00 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (BJW7TOAEM) writes:
> I am looking for free or not free type 1 fonts that I can use under Linux
> in WordPerfect 8 and StarOffice. The one thing that I lack is being able to
> make my documents look good with some nice fonts. I would really apprechate
> any help, and here is your chance all the people that want to sell their type 1
> fonts, I would say I am willing to pay $20 or less (I would like free but hey
> when you want something good sometimes you can't get it for free but Linux
> defies that.) Thanks for your help.
First, be aware that WP 8 has its own font rasterizer independent of X's,
so installing fonts in X will be insufficient (and, indeed, unnecessary)
to use fonts in WP. I know less about StarOffice, but I believe you need
to install fonts in X and then muck with some configuration files to get
them working. For WP, you can find more information about the nitty-gritty
details at http://www.rodsbooks.com/wpfonts/. You'll also need the
commercial version of WP to install fonts; the downloadable version lacks
the font installer. The commercial version comes with a fair number of
fonts, so that might be sufficient for your needs.
There are an assortment of freeware fonts available, but most aren't that
good. (Nonetheless, I included as many of these as I could find on the CD
to my book, _Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux_,
http://www.rodsbooks.com/books/.) Bitstream (http://www.bitstream.com)
offers an assortment of high-quality fonts at reasonable prices, although
their collections all carry list prices above your $20 limit. You might be
able to find one in a store for $20, particularly if it's an older
collection in a closeout bin. Southern Software (http://www.ssifonts.com/)
has a big collection of font "clones" that are of OK quality for casual
use. When I got this set, they included the .afm file that Linux needs,
but I've heard that they may have eliminated this feature since then,
which is unfortunate if true. They sell their font CDs directly for $30.
No matter what you get, buy a font collection that comes in "PC" or
"Windows" format, not "Mac" format; Mac fonts need special conversions to
be used in Linux, and these conversions sometimes don't work completely
correctly. Get a collection that includes PostScript Type 1 (aka "ATM")
fonts. TrueType fonts are increasingly OK for display in X, but
WordPerfect, at least, can't use Type 1 fonts. (Version 9 will have this
capability, but Version 8 doesn't.)
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & WordPerfect for Linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: VNC Keymap
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 15:19:04 GMT
Using VNC server on any RH or Mandrake boxes works fine. When attaching
to a VNC server on any SuSE box all keyboard output is garbage. X
displays fine and runs normally but only garbage is output from any
keyboard entries. The SuSE boxes are using the generic VNC scripts
provided by SuSE RPM. Any hints.
thanks
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From: Andreas Kraska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: SCSI card
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 17:27:08 +0100
Aaron Johnson wrote:
> =
> does anyone know if I can use a Domex Technoligy Corp. DTC3191 SCSI car=
d
> in linux and how to set it up.
> Thanks.
DTC3181E works with the g_NCR5380 SCSI Driver.
I don't know for 3191.
AK
-- =
* WWW: http://home.hbs.regiocom.net/hbs/Andreas.Kraska
* En las horas del medio d=EDa, cuando el aire en la sombra invito al
* sue=F1o, el calor azul y los ruidos de la aldea forman la eternidad.
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From: Dave Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Myth2 Linux demo has no sound ??
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 11:57:37 -0500
Greetings:
I've downloaded the huge (66 MB) demo file of Myth2 and have it
running on my system, but without sound. Can anyone verify whether sound
is disabled in that demo ?
Please email replies, my newsreader is really flaky these days...
TIA,
== Dave Phillips
http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/index.html
http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linuxsound/
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From: Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Help....MS IntelliEye Mouse
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 12:04:48 -0500
Fairway Fatty wrote:
>
> I still cant seem to get my MS intellimouse (3 buton scroll wheel type)
> to work in linux...... what the heck do i need to do or where can i find
> an answer...? Theres got to be somebody out there who knoews..!!
I believe this should be added to the FAQ by now - there are a bunch of
threads regarding this on every linux-NG by now.
Now to answer your question:
Go to http://jcatki.dhs.org/imwheel/ and read through the page.
Download and install imwheel.
Edit your XF86config so that the pointer section looks something like
this:
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "/dev/mouse"
ZAxisMapping 4 5
Buttons 3
EndSection
start imwheel (read the imwheel manual)
And you should be ready to go...
HTH,
-Jan
--
Jan Schaumann
http://jschauma-0.dsl.speakeasy.net/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Named Log Messages
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 18:11:20 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>
>Yes, I am aware of that. But, what do I put for the named messages?
>I mean, I know that mail is mail, and news is news. But, what is
>named? Is there a facility for named messages?
>
>Jeff
>---
>Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
named is a name server demon which is responsible for the translation of
qualified Internet names into an IP-address and vice versa. If there are a lot of
messages then it's mostly a misconfiguration problem. You should decide wether
or not to use the named (i.e. start it at rc.config) or rely on the nameserver of
your provider.
CU
Uwe
_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _/
_/ (Uwe Hecht) _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
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From: Leo C. Wondrash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: printer install
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 17:30:07 GMT
I have a HP Deskjet 855C using RED HAT 6.1 HOW do install printer. Please
be very
basic.
THANK YOU
Leo
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From: "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1?
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 16:30:22 +0000
Vlar Schreidlocke wrote:
>
> What's involved in upgrading? I run RH6.0 as a firewall box with
> IPMASQ, etc. Can I just run the upgrade off of a CD and maintain my
> current settings or will the upgrade break a bunch of things that I
> will have to sort out for weeks?
We ran the upgrade and it was pretty smooth for all but one of
our boxen. For some reason that one lost system sounds under
KDE, although the players and such work fine. /dev/sndstat
and /proc/sound seem to be missing. Dunno why.
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 03:30:08 GMT, Stu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Personally i would just wait until redhat 6.2 came out. Another month or
> >two it should be out.
> >Hal Burgiss wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:56:50 -0500, Jason Villemaire
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >I'm currently running RH 6.0. Is is worth upgrading to 6.1? I've been
> >> >advised for and against an upgrade. Let me know what you think!
> >>
> >> Yes.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Hal B
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> --
--
| Bogus as it might seem, people, this really is a deliverable |
| e-mail address. Of course, there isn't REALLY a lumber cartel. |
| There isn't really a tooth fairy, but whois toothfairy.com works. |
+----------- D. C. & M. V. Sessions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------+
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From: "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what setup of Redhat 6.1 is most similar to WIN95/98?
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 16:51:25 +0000
Matt O'Toole wrote:
>
> "Donald Parsons MD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> > Some Windows users want to be convinced that they can dispense with
> > Windows98 and use a setup of linux that will do all of the same things.
> > If anyone knows if this is possible, please list all the installation
> > steps.
>
> Well, it depends on what you do in Windows, and whether or not there are
> corresponding Linux apps. For the "average" user, who mostly uses his
> computer to surf the web, use email, and write and print letters and other
> documents, all of these things can be accomodated well by Linux, and for
> free. Nescape Communicator is just like it is in Windows, and there are
> several excellent word processors available, including Wordperfect and
> Framemaker. GIMP is an excellent Photoshop clone, with 90% of the
> functionality, and 0% of the cost. There are some simpler financial
> programs, but as yet there's nothing quite like Quicken. What do you need?
http://www.gnucash.org
> If you're using Redhat, install using the "workstation" option. A Windows
> user should feel most at home with KDE, so select that as your desktop. If
> you don't have a boxed Redhat set with the documentation, most of it is
> available online at www.redhat.com. Read up a bit, follow the directions,
> and away you go.
>
> Matt O.
--
| Bogus as it might seem, people, this really is a deliverable |
| e-mail address. Of course, there isn't REALLY a lumber cartel. |
| There isn't really a tooth fairy, but whois toothfairy.com works. |
+----------- D. C. & M. V. Sessions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------+
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From: "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Changing ownerships in /dev
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 17:07:13 +0000
Probably an old question, but couldn't find anything so here goes...
Some of the /dev devices (notably /dev/audio* /dev/dsp* /dev/mixer*
and so forth -- the audio stuff) have a curious habit of changing
ownership. If they're owned by root and users *don't* have rw
priveledges, the audio functions don't work. If they're owned by
root and the users *do* have rw priveledges, before long they're
owned by some user and the fool things are
crw-------
which makes life difficult for the next user to log in.
I've hacked around this by patching the login scripts but that
sucks. Anyone know where this is coming from and have a better
solution?
--
| Bogus as it might seem, people, this really is a deliverable |
| e-mail address. Of course, there isn't REALLY a lumber cartel. |
| There isn't really a tooth fairy, but whois toothfairy.com works. |
+----------- D. C. & M. V. Sessions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------+
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Hunt)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Named Log Messages
Date: 4 Mar 2000 10:15:17 -0800
Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> I am running Redhat 6.1, and named puts a lot of log information into
>>> the messages files. I would like to find out how I can stop this.
>>You'll have to edit /etc/syslog.conf. You could send the named
>>messages to /dev/null or to a different log.
>Yes, I am aware of that. But, what do I put for the named messages?
>I mean, I know that mail is mail, and news is news. But, what is
>named? Is there a facility for named messages?
# ------------------------------
# /etc/syslog.conf
# see "man syslog.conf" (the BSD man page), and /usr/doc/sysklogd/README.linux
# [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# test: log by facility, to see which facilities are being used ...
#
auth.* /var/log/syslog.facility.auth
authpriv.* /var/log/syslog.facility.authpriv
cron.* /var/log/syslog.facility.cron
daemon.* /var/log/syslog.facility.daemon
kern.* /var/log/syslog.facility.kern
local0.* /var/log/syslog.facility.local0
local1.* /var/log/syslog.facility.local1
local2.* /var/log/syslog.facility.local2
local3.* /var/log/syslog.facility.local3
local4.* /var/log/syslog.facility.local4
local5.* /var/log/syslog.facility.local5
local6.* /var/log/syslog.facility.local6
local7.* /var/log/syslog.facility.local7
lpr.* /var/log/syslog.facility.lpr
mail.* /var/log/syslog.facility.mail
mark.* /var/log/syslog.facility.mark
news.* /var/log/syslog.facility.news
syslog.* /var/log/syslog.facility.syslog
user.* /var/log/syslog.facility.user
uucp.* /var/log/syslog.facility.uucp
# test: log by level, to see which levels are being used ...
#
*.=debug /var/log/syslog.level.debug
*.=info /var/log/syslog.level.info
*.=notice /var/log/syslog.level.notice
*.=warning /var/log/syslog.level.warning
*.=error /var/log/syslog.level.error
*.=crit /var/log/syslog.level.crit
*.=alert /var/log/syslog.level.alert
*.=emerg /var/log/syslog.level.emerg
# tha-tha-tha-that's all, folks!
--
William Hunt, Portland Oregon USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Aron Felix Gurski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: something like loadkeys for X
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 18:47:01 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Aron Felix Gurski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > We had a broken keyboard today (broken a key) I tried using the
> > > loadkeys cmd with a modified keymap (changed "caps lock" to "a")
> which
> > > works fine on a plain tty but dosn't work under X. How do you remap
> the
> > > keyboard for X ?
> >
> > Try
> > man xmodmap
> >
> > --
> Yup, that does it; how simple. Not that it matters anymore, (new
> keybord) but out of curiosity, I wonder how you do this in microsoft?
ROFL!
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The truth will be out this morning. That ought to really mess things up!
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From: CC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xircom CBEM56G
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 18:43:29 GMT
Hi.
I've installed winlinux 2000 in my Inspiron 3700 a few days ago.
Similarly, my card is correctly recognised but the modem was installed
on ttyS0 for some reasons. But i've check that the /dev/modem is
actually point to ttyS4?! I'm wondering do i have to assign my modem to
COM5 (which is set in my machine under win98)? If yes, how?
Actualy, i'm a newbie in Linux and this is the first time i've
installed Linux in my machine. I've read some howtos in order to find
some help but still don't have a clue of what's going on.
It would be greatly appreciated if any of the experts out there could
drop me some hints. Thanks.
Regards,
Cedric
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