Linux-Misc Digest #108, Volume #25 Tue, 11 Jul 00 17:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: 1280x1024 Resolution ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why a Penguin? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Startup Banner (RH 6.2) (Justo M. Casablanca)
Re: Please Help W/My Various Problems (lost passwd, x, "LI", and just a couple more)
("Blades RipRock")
Re: Application required - Word Processor
Re: Application required - Word Processor (Bill Unruh)
Re: Help with CD-R & CD-RW ! (Dances With Crows)
Re: Help! Parallel port ZIP drive errors (Krzys Majewski)
LinuxConf Utility ("Mark M.")
GNU Tar question (Krzys Majewski)
Re: Problem with proxy wwwoffle ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LinuxConf Utility (Philip Chapman)
FS: Win4Lin CD ("Larry")
SLIP connection tips anyone? ("Mark Warnes")
Re: Some questions about /dev (Jerry Shenk)
magicdev? ("David Wall")
Re: 1280x1024 Resolution (Valentin Guillen)
Re: Kernel too big (brian moore)
Printing to Jetdirect ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why "/dev/hd has reached max. mount count, check forced" message ? (Yves
Bellefeuille)
Re: linux frame buffering with matrox g400 (Otto Wyss)
WP8: Linux: xwp crashes on RedHat 6.2 (Paul King)
Re: Help - Is there a 3D Text Rendering Program for Linux (e.g. Web Page (Karel
Jansens)
Re: Some questions about /dev ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: GNU Tar question (Nicholas Murison)
Re: Printing to Jetdirect (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: linux:Unresolved symbol using 'insmod sg' ("Carlos Villegas")
Window Manager With X ("Bill")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 1280x1024 Resolution
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:09:17 GMT
Valentin Guillen wrote:
[cut]
> #
> **********************************************************************
> # Monitor section
> #
>**********************************************************************
> Section "Monitor"
>
> Identifier "ViewSonic E771"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> ModelName "Unknown"
> HorizSync 30-70.25
> VertRefresh 50-120
>
># 800x600 @ 56 Hz, 35.15 kHz hsync
>
># 640x480 @ 60 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync
># 800x600 @ 60 Hz, 37.8 kHz hsync
># 1024x768 @ 60 Hz, 48.4 kHz hsync
># 1152x864 @ 60 Hz, 53.5 kHz hsync
># 1280x1024 @ 61 Hz, 64.2 kHz hsync
>
># 1024x768 @ 70 Hz, 56.5 kHz hsync
># 1152x864 @ 70 Hz, 62.4 kHz hsync
># 1280x1024 @ 70 Hz, 74.59 kHz hsync
>
># 640x480 @ 72 Hz, 36.5 kHz hsync
># 800x600 @ 72 Hz, 48.0 kHz hsync
>
># 640x480 @ 75 Hz, 37.50 kHz hsync
># 1024x768 @ 76 Hz, 62.5 kHz hsync
># 1152x864 @ 78 Hz, 70.8 kHz hsync
> 1280x1024 @ 74 Hz, 78.85 kHz hsync #This is the one you want!
># 1280x1024 @ 76 Hz, 81.13 kHz hsync
First of all thanks for being patient with me, and explaining things out
thorougly.
I want to focus for a sec on 1280x1024, since that's the resolution I
want (being able to switch isn't important). I looked in my ViewSonic
manual, and here's a snippet from the specs page:
``Maximum Refresh Rates: 1280x1024 NI @ 66 Hz
1024x768 NI @ 87 Hz
800x600 NI @ 110 Hz
640x480 NI @ 120 Hz''
``Perset Timing Modes (the monitor has been pre-adjusted to VESA
1024x768 @ 75Hz):
VESA 1280x1024 @ 60Hz
[cut irrelevant resolutions]''
If I understand correctly, the refresh rate I need for 1280x1024 is
66Hz, so wouldn't using the following line (taken from your reply):
1280x1024 @ 74 Hz, 78.85 kHz hsync #This is the one you want!
Damage my monitor? And also, if I do use a certain line in XF86Config
to switch resolutions, do I need to worry about nvidia? Nvidia is an app
with controls my TNT2 (Diamond Viper 32MB) graphics card.
Isn't there an app that probes this automatically for me so I don't have
to edit XF86Config? It's just that I almost ruined my monitor before
trying to do this, and I don't want to uncomment a wrong line in
XF86Config and then really ruin it.
Thanks a lot for your help,
-- John
P.S.
I'm using 1024x768 res now.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Why a Penguin?
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:01:55 +0100
Martin Duspiva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Hello !
> May be it's a funny question, but why is a Penguin the logo of Linux .
> I know that Linus Torvalds is from Findland - a country of snow and ice, but
> penguins live on the opposite side of earth - on the south pole.
> So why a penguin? Does anyone know the answer?
Simple really...
When Linus was putting his first web page together, he didn't have much to
say (too busy on other things) so, his web page said...
"Hello, I'm Linus Torvaldes, and this is a photo of a penguin"
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From: Justo M. Casablanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Startup Banner (RH 6.2)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:30:03 GMT
I have a dual-boot system w/ RH Linux 6.2 & Windows 98. At boot-time,
before the Win98 startup screen comes on, I get a Linux startup screen.
It almost seems like a semi-graphical interface to LILO. It has a nicely-
centered graphic that reads "Red Hat Linux Beta", and then a graphical
menu from which I can choose to boot into dos or linux. It also has
instructions at the bottom to the effect of "CTRL-X for text" or something
like that (CTRL-X just takes you to the regular LILO prompt).
Anyway, I was wondering:
1. Why does the graphic say "Red Hat Linux Beta" when I KNOW I have
Red Hat Linux 6.2 installed ?
2. Can the graphic be modified ? Is is stored in a file somewhere ?
Can I open it up w/ gimp or some other graphical tool to edit it ?
Thx in advance !!!
Justo M. Casablanca
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From: "Blades RipRock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Please Help W/My Various Problems (lost passwd, x, "LI", and just a
couple more)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:43:29 GMT
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> !!DON'T CROSSPOST TO SO MANY GROUPS!!!
>
> I've put in two follow-ups for you.
[snipped the excellent help]
Sorry about the cross posting. I won't do it again, promise. Thanks for
the help and take care.
RR
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Application required - Word Processor
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:03:26 GMT
On 11 Jul 2000 14:18:28 GMT, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 01:23:25 -0600 Homer Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> . . . If you have linux, you have beaucoup choices. You could
>>install pico, vi, emacs, vim, elvis, etc. There are so many. You can
>>use tex for formatting output to the printer . . .
>
>Wow, and not one of those are "word processors".
Actually they are. They just aren't "lowend DTP packages calling
themselves 'word processors'". How 'classic' your notion of
what a constitutes a "word processor" is quite relevant in deciding
what can stand in as one.
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barrier in front of your customers and to try and trap them.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Application required - Word Processor
Date: 11 Jul 2000 19:04:35 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink) writes:
]On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 01:23:25 -0600 Homer Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
]> . . . If you have linux, you have beaucoup choices. You could
]>install pico, vi, emacs, vim, elvis, etc. There are so many. You can
]>use tex for formatting output to the printer . . .
]Wow, and not one of those are "word processors".
Well, TeX could be called a "word processor" although it is certainly
not WISIWYG.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Help with CD-R & CD-RW !
Date: 11 Jul 2000 15:05:39 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 15:57:55 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8kfg5n$omb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I have to admit that the man page for cdrecord is too big and
>incomprehensible for me.
Then read the HOWTO. http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html
>1) create an audio cd image from a bunch of mp3 files (using mpg123 &
>cdrecord?)
>2) create a data cd image from a bunch of files
>3) burn a cd image to a CD-R
>4) same as (3) but with CD-RW
For 1, you can do it this way:
mpg123 -w - song1.mp3 | cdrecord -v -audio -pad -nofix dev=/dev/XXX -
(repeat for other mp3s)
cdrecord -v -fix
For 2, you'd use mkisofs in the following way:
mkisofs -r -J /path/to/data/files | cdrecord -v dev=/dev/XXX -
CD-RWs work the same way as CD-Rs, except you'd pass the option
"blank=fast" to cdrecord if you want to erase the CD-RW before writing new
data to it.
>My CDRW gets mounted under /mnt/cdrom (/dev/cdrom, which is a link to
>/dev/hdc). Do I need to use another "dev" for writing (as opposed to
Er... if your CD_RW is being accessed through /dev/hdc, then you really
need to look at the HOWTO and set things up correctly first. cdrecord
will only work with IDE devices if the kernel is set up with IDE-SCSI
emulation and the SCSI support, SCSI CD-ROM support, and SCSI Generic
support bits are available somehow. I've talked about doing this on this
NG and comp.os.linux.hardware ; search for keyword "CD-R" and my name if
you can't figure out things with the HOWTO.
You read from /dev/scdX and write to /dev/sgX when you're using IDE-SCSI
emulation with cdrecord.
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\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Help! Parallel port ZIP drive errors
Date: 11 Jul 2000 19:07:22 GMT
OK, it works if I reformat the disk in windows. -chris
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From: "Mark M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LinuxConf Utility
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 12:11:51 -0700
I used the LinuxConf utility to successfully set a mount point for the HDA1
of my machine and to tell it that HDA1 is type msdos, (RedHat 6.0 is on
HDA8). HDA1 is actually my FAT boot partition for W98, NT Server 4.0, and NT
Workstation 4.0, all on a variety of partitions. Everything works great.
However, is there a way that I can set a mount point for a FAT partition and
tell it the type without using LinuxConf? I tried mount prior to LinuxConf
but couldn't get the job done successfully. Is "mount" the thing to use or
something else?
LinuxConf is OK, I just wondered about other ways of doing the same thing.
Mark M.
LWB
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From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GNU Tar question
Date: 11 Jul 2000 19:26:15 GMT
When extracting, how can I tell GNU tar to only overwrite existing
files if the modification time on the archived file is newer than
the modification time on the existing file?
And if this is not doable with GNU tar, how the hell do people use
it to restore backups?
-chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem with proxy wwwoffle
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:29:39 GMT
In article <8jir15$mo5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Eisenhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi,
>
> I use wwwoffle as proxy for linux. I have
created access lists based on
> IP-adresses in the file wwwoffle.conf
>
> When I start the 98 Client (IE5) and try to open
a web page,I get this
> error:
>
> WWWOFFLE - World Wide Web Offline Explorer
>
> ------------------------------------------------
======================
>
> WWWOFFLE Remote Host Error
> Your request for URL
> http://www.gmx.de/
> failed because
> Cannot open the HTTP connection to www.gmx.de
port 80; [Name Lookup
> Non-Authorative Answer Host not found}
>
> This message sounds like if wwwoffle couldn�t
find the internet
> connection. But the connection is is running - I
�m writing this posting
> with it. And, of course, I type wwwoffle -online
>
> What do I wrong??
>
> bye
>
> Michael
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
Hi Michael,
I had the exact same problem.
The solution is: add your host to the local
servers in the wwwoffle.conf.
J�rgen
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From: Philip Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LinuxConf Utility
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:53:45 GMT
"Mark M." wrote:
>
> I used the LinuxConf utility to successfully set a mount point for the HDA1
> of my machine and to tell it that HDA1 is type msdos, (RedHat 6.0 is on
> HDA8). HDA1 is actually my FAT boot partition for W98, NT Server 4.0, and NT
> Workstation 4.0, all on a variety of partitions. Everything works great.
>
> However, is there a way that I can set a mount point for a FAT partition and
> tell it the type without using LinuxConf? I tried mount prior to LinuxConf
> but couldn't get the job done successfully. Is "mount" the thing to use or
> something else?
>
> LinuxConf is OK, I just wondered about other ways of doing the same thing.
>
> Mark M.
> LWB
Edit /etc/fstab by hand. Man fstab
--
Philip A. Chapman
IT Manager for Alliance TeleSolutions
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From: "Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: FS: Win4Lin CD
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:59:56 -0500
I have a Win4Lin CD for sale. First offer above $20 gets it.
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From: "Mark Warnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SLIP connection tips anyone?
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 21:20:51 +0100
Does anyone know any good resources or utilities to help achieve a SLIP
connection between Linux and A.N.Other system (an AS/400 to be precise)?
The facility in Linuxconf is a bit unhelpful and I'm not having much joy
getting through. I have a connection script that works with Windows 95 to
the AS/400 but can I use this within Linux, and if so how?
Any pointers/tips/solutions would be most appreciated.
Cheers,
Mark
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From: Jerry Shenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Some questions about /dev
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:13:33 GMT
Ok, no amazing results so far....except a lot of wasted time!!
I booted from a boot disk (Tom's root 'n' boot), mounted hda1 as mnt
(mount /dev/hda1 /mnt), went to /mnt/dev and created the carachter
device (mknod /mnt/dev/console c 4 0). I think set the permissions to
666 (chown 666 console). That has the permissions right and the
ownership right (root) but the group is also root and the group is
supposed to be (I think) 5 (which makes no sense to me). So, I edited
my /etc/group and created a group 5 and then made console owned by the
group 5 (chgrp 5 console). ....one minor problem....it still doesn't
work.
I also tried booting from an emergency floppy and that doesn't work
either.
I also tried booting from my boot.img floppy and doing a selective
install...just the dev*. Well, that didn't work either 'cuz it says
that /dev/hda1 is not a root partition.
My next shot - I'm gonna try to upgrade to 6.1.....wish me luck!!
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Roelof Knibbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My system crashed a while ago. It used to work fine.
> (RH6.0, Lilo dual boot.)
>
> I've tried several LILO options like:
> linux single
> linux root=....
> linux /bin/sh
>
> These options all produce the same error. I do not get a
> kernel panic
> error.
> It says:
> ....
> VMS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 60 k freed
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
>
> In the SUSE support database I read that tty1 could be erased. I think
> this is the case.
> When I startup with a rescue image I can mount the root (/dev/hdb1)
and
> create a console (mknod ...).
> After rebooting the system still halts but I do not get the 'unable to
> open an initial console' warning.
>
> When I look on the mounted disk, /dev is empty, except for the
console I
> created. (In fact /dev didn't
> even exist at first.)
>
> My questions:
> What could have happened to /dev? Did I lose data from harddisk?
> Can I somehow copy /dev from rescue floppy to my hard disk? How?
> If not, any suggestions?
>
> I would be grateful if someone has some useful suggestions.
> Thanks
> Roelof
>
>
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Reply-To: "David Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "David Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: magicdev?
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:06:05 -0700
What's /usr/bin/magicdev? No man pages on it. I saw it running rather high
utilization on my box and I killed it and nothing "bad" happened. What does
it do?
Thanks,
David
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From: Valentin Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 1280x1024 Resolution
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:20:10 -0600
johnvert
``Maximum Refresh Rates: 1280x1024 NI @ 66 Hz
> 1024x768 NI @ 87 Hz
> 800x600 NI @ 110 Hz
> 640x480 NI @ 120 Hz''
> ``Perset Timing Modes (the monitor has been pre-adjusted to VESA
> 1024x768 @ 75Hz):
>
> VESA 1280x1024 @ 60Hz
> [cut irrelevant resolutions]''
If I understand correctly, the refresh rate I need for 1280x1024 is
> 66Hz, so wouldn't using the following line (taken from your reply):
>
> 1280x1024 @ 74 Hz, 78.85 kHz hsync #This is the one you want!
>
> Damage my monitor?
It certainly could damage it, but the X server would probably simply
fail to deliver it to you. But this so vividly illustrates what could
potentially happen by not knowing or not having the info you need. You
won't ever forget now, that the max vert refresh rate you should attempt
at that res is 66.
> And also, if I do use a certain line in XF86Config
> to switch resolutions, do I need to worry about nvidia? Nvidia is an app
> with controls my TNT2 (Diamond Viper 32MB) graphics card.
Now, this technique of selecting your refresh rates by uncommenting the
one you're going to use is NOT selecting resolutions. Your resolutions,
while in X, are usually selected by toggle through the validly
configured resolutions with Ctrl-Alt-NumKeyPad + and
Ctrl-Alt-NumKeyPad -
What this technique does allow is to chose which resolutions will be
available, (as valid, uncommented script lines) and what the refresh
rates will be. Because my generic, run of the mill monitor can barely
do 1024x at 60hz And someone else might have that 2,000 dollar monitor
which will do 1800x1400 @ 120hz vertical. If I had spent the two grand
I would want to extract every bit of performance (highest refresh rate)
from the device.
> Preset Timing Modes (the monitor has been pre-adjusted to VESA
> 1024x768 @ 75Hz):
>
> VESA 1280x1024 @ 60Hz
What the two lines above mean is that common VESA-compliant standardized
frequencies are present to run. When configuring an X system, for
example, you could tell your configuration utility that you had a
generic monitor which could do 1280x1024 @ 60Hz and be done with it.
Boom Your specs say you could specify a frequency of UP TO 66 hz at
this resolution, if you so desired, but that's the highest refresh rate
you should ever use at this res.
At this point, you could probably just rename/relocate your XF86Config
file and simply run the vid config util once again and have it generate
you a new file. This time you could directly input the frequencies you
desire, etc, and have done with it. Speaking for me, I would edit the
file....:-) That's the way you will become intimate with this file and
it's workings.
I have a feeling that you're not going to need to worry about your
damaging your monitor with a mistake, because you already are
understanding how this works. That's great!
Most of the newer vid config utils like sax and drakX usually do a
pretty good job of configuring a file, but having the precise data on
the monitor is crucial. It's really only crucial if you are at the
outer edge of the envelope, and are pushing the limits. So, if you were
only at 640x or 800x you'd have several freqency choices and choosing
wouldn't matter nearly so. Up the ante, and it starts mattering.
Write back if you have persistent issues!
Valentin Guillen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: Kernel too big
Date: 11 Jul 2000 20:22:48 GMT
On Sun, 09 Jul 2000 03:04:43 GMT,
Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ooh, I see. So the problem is with the compression routines that zImage
> uses? Ok. bzImage suits me just fine as well, I was just curious why it
> failed. They should update the output make menuconfig makes because the
> instruction it gave was make zImage.
No, it's not the compression. ('bzImage' means 'Big zImage', and has
nothing to do with 'bzip2'.)
It has to do with the way the memory map of an x86 CPU is at boot.
That fancy new 800MHz P3 still boots up the same as a 4.77Mhz 8088 for
"compatibility" reasons. The 'zImage' uncompresses the kernel into "low
memory" (ie, < 640k), the 'bzImage' uncompresses it into "high memory"
(ie, > 1M). [The area between 640k and 1M is used by your video card,
the BIOS, any bios 'extensions' like SCSI controllers, etc.]
The reason you don't see this on IRIX is because MIPS machines aren't
trying to be compatible with 1979 technology, while PC's are.
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Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Printing to Jetdirect
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:19:52 GMT
Hi all,
This should be simple: printing to an HP Laserjet 5 on a jetdirect
device. I'm familiar with linux but haven't done much printing before.
My linux machine and the HP Jetdirect are on the same subnet. I'm using
RedHat 6.2's printtool and selecting "Direct to port printer". I give
it the IP address of the JetDirect with port 9100, and select Laserjet
4/5/6 for the input filter.
I try to print test pages, but nothing appears on the printer. I can
telnet to the printer and browse to it. And I can hit it with my NT
machines.
How exactly am I supposed to set up a printer like this on Linux?
Thank you in advance for any help - I'm getting frustrated :-)
Aaron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yves Bellefeuille)
Subject: Re: Why "/dev/hd has reached max. mount count, check forced" message ?
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 16:35:24 -0400
Reply-To: Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> About one on 5 times, or maybe on 6 times, I get the following
> error (?) message when booting (after the line "fsck.ext2 -a
> /dev/hda5"):
> /dev/hda5 has reached maximal mount count, check forced
fsck automatically checks the hard disk once in a while to make sure
everything is okay. I believe the default is to check after every 20
boots or mounts. To change the default, use tune2fs.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss)
Subject: Re: linux frame buffering with matrox g400
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:37:10 +0200
> Hi - I'm just curious, why do you need FB with this card? Standard
> techniques of XFree86 work just perfectly...
>
Since you can use the bigger display also in console mode. Ever heard of
anyone looking at 24x80 on there 21" display?
Many graphics cards don't work well with the framebuffer of the 2.2.x
kernels, you have to use a development kernels.
O. Wyss
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From: Paul King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
corel.support.wordperfect8suite.wordperfect,corelsupport.wordperfect8suite-wordperfect,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: WP8: Linux: xwp crashes on RedHat 6.2
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:43:13 GMT
I have a problem where xwp (WordPerfect 8 for X) does not run. When I
attempt to execute it in X windows, it core dumps. However, I can get
the character-based WordPerfect to execute inside an xterm or a tty.
I am using RedHat 6.2, and the CPU is a 700MHz Dell with 256Mb of RAM.
Paul King
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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:18:52 +0100
From: Karel Jansens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help - Is there a 3D Text Rendering Program for Linux (e.g. Web Page
The original message never made it to my desktop, but doesn't StarOffice have
some kind of basic 3D-drawing tool? I don't like the beast very much, and only
ever played with it on Warp, but I have this distinct memory of 3D-ing my name.
Ian Mortimer wrote:
>
> Derek Mark Edding wrote:
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I'm looking for a ->simple<- application that allows rendering 3D text
> > for web page titles, if possible. I'd like to create a series of images
> > with shading from different angles in order to build an animated GIF image
> > (as with gifmerge).
> >
> > I've been staring at the documentation for the GIMP for quite a while and
> > still haven't worked out how to accomplish this, using which plug-ins,
> > et al. I also downloaded blender hoping that it would provide a
> > more straightforward solution, and couldn't get past the main screen.
>
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Karel Jansens
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Some questions about /dev
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:43:53 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Jerry Shenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, no amazing results so far....except a lot of wasted time!!
> I booted from a boot disk (Tom's root 'n' boot), mounted hda1 as mnt
> (mount /dev/hda1 /mnt), went to /mnt/dev and created the carachter
> device (mknod /mnt/dev/console c 4 0).
I would suggest
mknod /mnt/dev/console c 5 1
chown 0:0 /mnt/dev/console
chmod 600 /mnt/dev/console
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Best regards,
Stephen Jenuth
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
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From: Nicholas Murison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GNU Tar question
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:43:17 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Krzys Majewski wrote:
>
> When extracting, how can I tell GNU tar to only overwrite existing
> files if the modification time on the archived file is newer than
> the modification time on the existing file?
> And if this is not doable with GNU tar, how the hell do people use
> it to restore backups?
> -chris
Have you tried the man page?
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Nicholas John Murison
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Don't mess with penguins
Registered Linux User #153895 http://counter.li.org
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing to Jetdirect
Date: 11 Jul 2000 20:47:02 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This should be simple: printing to an HP Laserjet 5 on a jetdirect
> device. I'm familiar with linux but haven't done much printing before.
> My linux machine and the HP Jetdirect are on the same subnet. I'm using
> RedHat 6.2's printtool and selecting "Direct to port printer". I give
> it the IP address of the JetDirect with port 9100, and select Laserjet
> 4/5/6 for the input filter.
Try setting it up as a "Remote Unix (lpd) Queue" instead.
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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: "Carlos Villegas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: linux:Unresolved symbol using 'insmod sg'
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:49:29 GMT
I am soooo SORRY about the "crossposting".
Someone please explain to me how to NOT do it again. I don't want to keep
making this mistake.
Sorry gentlemen, and ladies.
Carlos :)
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From: "Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Window Manager With X
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:18:34 -0500
How do I make X run without a Window Manager in RedHat 6.2?
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