Linux-Setup Digest #146, Volume #19 Wed, 12 Jul 00 23:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux networking Tools (Guy Fraser)
Re: Not finding harddrive during installation ("Tyler Buck")
plip problems (Hank Knox)
Time setting in Netscape (Andy Kinsey)
Re: How to make a bootable Linux CD ? (Maarten)
List of Compatible Hardware (B+Dcouple)
Re: FSTAB, accessing a windoze partition (snafulife)
Re: ES1930 LINUX audio drivers (E J)
Re: Sybase 11.9.2 on SuSE 6.4 ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Kscd only as root? ("David J. Topper")
Re: eth1 fails on boot!! ("Chris Cantwell")
linux serial mouse problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3com3c509 woes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: After Installing Corel Linux I can't use my keyboard ("KASI")
Re: installing a source rpm ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Clock skew detected? (Homer Jay)
Re: Fun with large disk drives (Ole Hansen)
Re: AMD linux Laptop (John Hasler)
Re: List of Compatible Hardware (E J)
Re: Need TurboLinux 6 printer help (Grant Taylor)
Re: printing from netscape (Grant Taylor)
A question about a hard drive and RAM upgrade. (Madhusudan Singh)
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From: Guy Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Linux networking Tools
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 17:59:31 -0600
David wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I was wundering if there is any tools in Linux which can simulate or
> enforces some delay in a network communication, for testing network protocol
> . There is such tool called dummynet in Unix, I don?t know if there is any
> for Linux
>
> Please let me know if there is such a tools.
>
> Thanks allot David
There is a dummy network module.
You may be interested in using traffic shaping, there should be a module
for
that as well as a user space configuration tool. Look for a HOWTO on
Traffic
Shaping.
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From: "Tyler Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Not finding harddrive during installation
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 17:02:14 -0700
Thanks to everyone that helped me out. The problem was Linux wasn't
recognizing my Promise ULTRA 66 ATA controller. I switched some stuff
around and it seems to recognize the drive. Thanks
-Tyler
Tyler Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8kg9o0$7il$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
> This is my first time trying to use/install Linux and I've come up with a
> problem that I can't find any previous documentation for. I'm trying to
> install RH 6.1 but during installation it gives an error stating that "no
> valid devices were found on which to create filesystems". I'm assuming
this
> means that it can't find my hard drives. My primary hard drive is a 30GB
> that has one partition running Win98. A installed a second drive, 2GB,
that
> is a slave which I'm going to install Linux on. When I installed the
second
> drive a simply adjusted jumper settings and plugged it into the cable. I
> didn't do anything adjustments in the Bios or in windows and it came up
fine
> when Win98 started. Was there something else I should have done while
> installing it to make Linux find it? Or am I not on the right track?
> Thanks for reading this post and for any comments.
>
> -Tyler
>
>
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From: Hank Knox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: plip problems
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:22:02 GMT
I'm trying to run a plip connection between my desktop and my laptop,
and am having a lot of difficulty, and after trying for 3 days to make
this work, am asking for pointers to assistance.
The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite T2115CS, a '486 box with 320MB disk,
24MB RAM, no CDROM, no network card, running Slakware 4.0 (kernel
2.2.6).
The desktop is a 166 Pentium wihth 64MB RAM running a stock RedHat 6.1,
kernel 2.2.12, with modules for lp, plip, parport, etc.
Using those two setups, the only way to get the machines to talk is to
boot the desktop to runlevel 1, modprobe plip, ifconfig plip0 desktop
pointopoint laptop up, then boot the laptop using a special bootdisk
running kernel 2.0.36, modprobe plip, ifconfig plip1 laptop pointopoint
desktop, route add desktop dev plip1; at this point, I can sometimes get
ping to work. I have tried to make the desktop run the nfs demon so I
can mount the desktop cdrom for the laptop; sometimes it works,
sometimes it doesn't; sometimes when I try to start the nfs demons,
I get errors from the rpc.nfsd about not enough buffer space.
I know it's possible to do this; this is how I installed Slakware 4.0 on
the laptop last year (using RH6.0 on the desktop). I'd like to upgrade
to Slakware 7.0.
Any pointers???
Thanks,
hank
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From: Andy Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Time setting in Netscape
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:28:55 +0000
I'm running Netscape 4.7 on RH 6.0. I noticed in the inbox, and all of
the newsgroups, that the time of the incoming items is about 4 hours
ahead of local time (Eastern Daylight time). I already checked in
linuxconf under date and time, and made sure the "GMT" box was not
checked. Am I missing something? Local time reads correctly on the bar
at the bottom of the screen...
Thanks in advance,
Andy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Maarten)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: How to make a bootable Linux CD ?
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:55:40 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.hardware on Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:42:49 -0400, Mingyi Liu
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scrivened:
>> Kit-pui Wong wrote:
>>> Just a "simple" question: How to make a Linux
>>> bootable CD that can boot-off into a clean shell ?
>
>A (minimal) shell is usually available on a different virtual console.
><ctrl>-F2, in most instances.
>
>The LinuxCare Bootable Business Card (BBC) is a slick little tool. ISO
>image at: http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/index.epl
>http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/download.epl
>
>For a more minimal set, Tom's Root/Boot: http://www.toms.net/rb/
>
>Trinux gives you more Linux, on two or more floppies.
>http://www.trinux.org/
Also worth mentioning: SuSE had a live-filesystem CD as part of their
CD set in the 5.x days. Nowadays it is dropped due to space-contraints
I think, BUT; it is still available for download off their ftp site,
at least I think I saw it there (iso). This will give you a really
full-fledged linux dist, running off a ramdisk and the CD as live
filesystem. Neat.
Maarten
--
Your mouse has moved. Please wait while Windows restarts for the change
to take effect.
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Subject: List of Compatible Hardware
From: B+Dcouple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 18:01:33 -0700
Anyone know where I can find a list of Linux compatable hardware.
I'm going to set up and older PC ( 75mhz) as a Linux system and I
need to know what works and what doesn't. I also need to get some
more components for it.
Thanks
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Subject: Re: FSTAB, accessing a windoze partition
From: snafulife <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 18:16:56 -0700
I wanted to thank you all for taking the time to answer my
question. I now have a working win partition that I don't
have to log my root char in to copy files to it.
Having been sick it took me a while to get back, so I apologize
for my tardyness in replying and offering my thanks.
//
Snafu Life.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: ES1930 LINUX audio drivers
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 18:22:26 -0700
Check /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound, to see if all the compiled sound drivers (i.e.
sound.o, sb.o, etc) should be there.
Check /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound to see if the compiled sound drivers are there
and if they are the same or different (check the time & date and size of the files).
If they are missing or different copy them over.
# cp /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/*.o /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/
Hopefully, this will get sndconfig to work properly.
I think your ESS1930 chip is an esssolo1 compatible chip. Try selecting esssolo1 if
sndconfig works..
If this does not work, you might have try another sound driver
http://www.alsa-project.org/
Eugene Marchand wrote:
> While during LINUX boot time the sound card is not recognized, sndconfig doesn't
> find a sound card either. So I'm not able to choose an appropriate irq and io
> address and the sound card isn't making any sound.
> The only message shown by sndconfig is that there is no modular sound enabled
> (soundcore.o was not found in the module search path). A strange message because
> during "make xconfig" I added sound card support and all ESS card stuff as modules.
> I ran all the required make commands, the same as you mentioned. I also ran "make
> install" and "lilo" to make sure the new kernel is installed corerectly.
>
> E J wrote:
>
> > Did you try picking an ESS card with the appropriate irq and io address in
> > sndconfig and did it make a sound?
> >
> > Try the following, but backup before attempting:
> >
> > It looks like you are using the development kernel 2.3.99. When you created
> > your new kernel, you probably did not create the sound modules. After doing the
> > make files (take a long break in between :) ),
> >
> > # su -
> > # cd /usr/src/linux
> > # make xconfig # select sound and make modules of all the sound
> > components especially ESS stuff
> > # make dep
> > # make zImage
> > # make modules
> > # make modules_install
> >
> > ------- after a long time-------------
> >
> > # reboot
> >
> > # su -
> > # sndconfig # see if you can do the autoprobing or select an ESS sound driver.
> >
> > Eugene Marchand wrote:
> >
> > > There is no sound at all and sndconfig does not find any sound driver. It is
> > > complaining that it can't find soundcore.o and that sound card support should
> > > be compiled as a module. I'm sure I did so I don't understand why soundcore.o
> > > can't be found.
> > >
> > > The messages I see when booting the system are:
> > >
> > > Loading sound module (sb) /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o: init_modules:
> > > Device or resource busy
> > > /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o: insmod
> > > /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o failed
> > > /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> > > /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o: insmod
> > > /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o failed
> > > /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o: insmod sb failed
> > >
> > > E J wrote:
> > >
> > > > Did you try sndconfig? What kind of sound driver did it come up with
> > > > during auto-probing?
> > > > Did you try the other ESS drivers such ESS1688, ESS1888, etc to see if they
> > > > work? Those ESS drivers might work because it could be compatible with
> > > > your chip.
> > > > Do you get sound but at wrong speed?
> > > > Post your results back here.
> > > >
> > > > Eugene Marchand wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi there,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have an IBM PC 300GL model 6563 type 42G. This machine has an on-board
> > > > > audio device (ESS allegro). I'm trying to have the audio device working
> > > > > with RedHAT 6.2 but it seems that I'm missing the right drivers.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can someone help me out to find the right drivers for this audio device
> > > > > type ES1930S?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Eugene Marchand
> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: Sybase 11.9.2 on SuSE 6.4 ?
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 18:26:38 -0700
Robert Herzog wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Can somebody tell me why Sybase Adaptive Entrprise server does not
> install on SuSE 6.4 while claiming it lacks glibc2 (an da couple of
> other libs), which I am pretty sure is on the SuSE distribution sinc
> several months?
> Robert
Check the path to glibc2. And compare the path pointing to glibc2 in the
config.h and Makefile and the actual path where SuSE put the glibc2.
Do a "whereis glibc2" (without the quotation marks from the prompt) will
tells you where glibc2 is located, then, edit the config.h, and Makefile
to match the path.
-blowfish.
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From: "David J. Topper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Kscd only as root?
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:39:49 -0400
Hi all,
Running on an HP Omnibook 6000 w/ DVD rom. Slackware 7.1 (kernel
2.2.16) and X 4.0.1.
NOTE: have had the same setup on other machines (eg., HP Omnibook 4150,
and desktops) without this problem.
I can only run kscd as root. My /dev/hdc and /dev/cdrom are chmod'd
777. I do notice:
pawn:~$ ls -l /dev/hdc
brwxrwxrwx 1 root disk 22, 0 Jul 13 18:19 /dev/hdc
I'm not sure what the preceeding "b" is all about. Perhaps that's the
problem?
Comments / advice / input appreciated ... preferrably via email.
Thanks,
Dave Topper
--
Technical Director - Virginia Center for Computer Music
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~djt7p
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Reply-To: "Chris Cantwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Chris Cantwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: eth1 fails on boot!!
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 21:41:44 -0400
You may have an IRQ conflict with your 3c509 card on IRQ=5
Chris Cantwell
"Devon Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Ua4b5.226$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> insmod seems to fail on boot-up.
>
> When I try it manually insmod 3c509 after boot, it fails the first time
> with:
> 'resource busy'
>
> then when I retry again, it says:
> eth1: 3c509 at 0x320 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 a0 24 78 8a ab, IRQ
5.
> 3c509.c:1.16 (2.2) 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Then when I do 'ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.1', it says:
> eth1: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.
>
> Here's a few lines from my /var/log/messages:
>
> Jul 9 13:36:10 mars network: Setting network parameters succeeded
> Jul 9 13:36:11 mars ifup: eth0: Host name lookup failure
> Jul 9 13:36:12 mars network: Bringing up interface lo succeeded
> Jul 9 13:36:13 mars ifup: Determining IP information for eth0...
> Jul 9 13:36:13 mars pumpd[283]: starting at (uptime 0 days, 0:00:42) Sun
Jul
> 9 13:36:13 2000
> Jul 9 13:36:21 mars syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Jul 9 13:36:13 mars pumpd[283]: configured interface eth0
> Jul 9 13:36:13 mars ifup: done.
> Jul 9 13:36:14 mars network: Bringing up interface eth0 succeeded
> Jul 9 13:36:14 mars insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net/3c509.o: invalid
> parameter parm_io
> Jul 9 13:36:14 mars ifup: Delaying eth1 initialization.
> Jul 9 13:36:14 mars network: Bringing up interface eth1 failed
>
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linux serial mouse problem
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 01:41:21 GMT
I have a junky machine that had Win 3.1, but I wanted to make it into a
linux machine instead. Everything goes fairly smoothly except for the
mouse. The serial mouse does not work. In the install, it was detected
as a PS/2 mouse, but my machine is a baby AT and doesn't have PS/2
ports. I chose generic serial mouse, but it didn't help. I ran
mouseconfig and chose nearly everything on the list and I still get
nothing. It is actually a pretty old logitech mouse, but it worked fine
in Win 3.1 and when I installed Win 98 after this failed attempt.
I'm reluctant to buy another mouse because it would cost more than the
entire setup and I only did this to learn more about linux. Plus, I
could let my little cousin use it instead of letting her use my P3
machine. Whoa, this is long-winded. Any help would be great.
Tom
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: 3com3c509 woes
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 18:52:04 -0700
DeAnn Iwan wrote:
>
> I have a 3com509 card that works fine under RH 5.0, but that is not
> recognized by Suse 6.1, Suse 6.4 or Debian 2.1. These new
> distributions require putting in the io and irq (which I can get from
> the RH re-install as 0x300 and 10)....but the modules still won't
> load! I am very FRUSTRATED! Does anyone have a clue as to what
> is going on that one distribution (RH 5.0) will recognize the card
> just fine, but the others cannot find it?
First, disable Plug 'n' Pray from bios.
3C509 NIC works fine with SuSE since SuSE 6.0. With SuSE 6.4, just start
YaST and you'll be done in no time.
FYI. 3C509 works fine under SuSE Linux, Slackware, FreeBSD, OpenBSD,
NetBSD. I've tried these without any problem.
-blowfish.
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From: "KASI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.corel,alt.os.linux.redhat,at.linux,be.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,corelsupp
Subject: Re: After Installing Corel Linux I can't use my keyboard
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:08:31 -0400
I had RH 6.0 installed and working fine on my system except for my Windows
specific HP printer.
I purchased Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 Deluxe for Linux which comes with
the Corel Linux (Debian). I have installed this version of Linux 4 times
allowing Linux to take over my second drive (6.4WD) and also setting the
partitions myself. It sets up my display at 1024x768x16 which is a little
too difficult to see on my monitor. After changing the display to an
800x600 true color display and rebooting I have the same problem. The OS
seems to be loading just fine until you get to the command prompt login and
then the screen begins flashing. I've found that if I'm quick enough to
type my login one letter at a time while I can see the display that what I
type appears on the screen as well. This is no help however because after
entering my login and password this way I am still unable to access any
functions thereafter.
If I do not change the display setting the OS will boot fine at least
several times before it fails.
I've re-installed the RedHat OS because even the 5.2 version recognizes and
correctly sets up my video card (Viper 330 NVIDIA 8 Meg) and monitor (NEC
MultiSync E500) where as the Corel (Debian) lists both of these devices as
unknown.
I realize this isn't much help to you but it does indicate the problem most
likely resides in some other component than your keyboard.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: installing a source rpm
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:10:48 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I need to install a source rpom that I have downloaded
> ( apache-1.3.12-2.src.rpm )
> but no matter what 'rpm' command line I try, I cannot get
> it to install. What is the correct rpm command to build / install
> a source rpm.
>
> ( redhat )
>
> Thanks
> Peter.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
as root:
rpm --rebuild filename.src.rpm
-blowfish.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Homer Jay)
Subject: Re: Clock skew detected?
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:15:29 -0600
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 13:16:16 -0700, .@. <.@.> wrote:
>I get this error whenever I try to recompile a kernel. I did a make mr
>proper and most of the errors left, but I still get them - scrolling to
>fast to catch the source of course.
>What is it and how do I fix it?
"Clock skew" is a new one for me. Log the output of your recompile:
cd /usr/src/linux; cp .config /root/.config.bak.0
make mrproper > /root/mrproper.log 2>&1
cp /root/.config.bak.0 ./.config
make menuconfig [don't skip this even if you don't change anything]
make dep > /root/dep.log 2>&1
make clean > /root/clean.log 2>&1
make bzImage > /root/bzImage.log 2>&1
make modules > /root/modules.log 2>&1
mv /lib/modules /lib/modules_old
make modules_install > /root/modinst.log 2>&1 [If it works, do the rest:]
mv /boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage.old
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot
/sbin/lilo > /root/lilo.log 2>&1
If it still doesn't work you may want to resort to reinstalling the
kernel rpms and doing the above (prob. unecessary). Use rpm --checksig
first to verify their integrity. (Or, I suppose you could rpm --checksig
and then rpm --verify to make sure the current install's still ok.)
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From: Ole Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,rec.video.desktop,de.comp.tv+video
Subject: Re: Fun with large disk drives
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 02:17:24 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> (... snip ... )
>
>
> Anyway. After searching the net again I discovered that I can use
> certain settings in lilo.conf that will override the broken BIOS
> values. For my Maxtor 96147U8 I found these values: append
> = "hda=7473,255,63" . You can calculate these values by dividing the
Been there, done that. Installed *four* 60GB IDE drives recently in a
single machine under Linux (fortunately without having to mess with
Windows). Now, try repeating the above append command four times (hda,
hdc, hde, hdg) ... the kernel option line will exceed 79 characters and
LILO will shamelessly chop it off at position 79. I had to patch and
recompile LILO by hand to make it work. (This was RedHat 6.2's LILO.)
Took me the better part of an afternoon to figure it out ... fun, fun!
Incidentally, if you boot from SCSI (or from a smaller IDE disk), but
never from the 60GB drive, you can usually tell the BIOS to ignore the
large IDE drives (drive type=none, or so). With this, your system
should happily boot, even with a drive present that the BIOS cannot
handle. When booting, both Windows and Linux will detect the large
disks on their own regardless of the BIOS settings. In this way, even
if you can't upgrade your BIOS, you can get rid of the kludgy MaxBlast
software. I think you only need MaxBlast if you must boot from the
large drive and your BIOS can't handle the capacity.
Ole
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: AMD linux Laptop
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:52:22 GMT
Hamid Misnan writes:
> I may be wrong, but I was based my finding from Configure.help inside
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/.
>From Configure.help, Power Management support:
Note that, even if you say N here, Linux on the x86 architecture
will issue the hlt instruction if nothing is to be done, thereby
sending the processor to sleep and saving power.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: List of Compatible Hardware
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:25:28 -0700
http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/
B+Dcouple wrote:
> Anyone know where I can find a list of Linux compatable hardware.
> I'm going to set up and older PC ( 75mhz) as a Linux system and I
> need to know what works and what doesn't. I also need to get some
> more components for it.
> Thanks
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need TurboLinux 6 printer help
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 02:25:45 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Knecht) writes:
> I can't get my printer to work. It's a Lexmark 1100. The doc
> says use an HP 500C driver for printing under DOS.
The doc is lying. The Lexmark 1100 does not do PCL 3.
You should use the program `lm1100' to make this printer go under
Linux. See http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=lm1100
and the author's web page pointed to therein. You will have to
install this driver, along with Ghostscript, before you can attempt to
configure a print queue which uses it.
(Actually, the lm1100 is one of the drivers I'm using to beta test my
new setup system, but you apparently aren't in the mood for beta
software).
> The printer setup in TurboLinux 6.0 has no way to select the printer
> model - just port, etc.
I don't actually know what TurboLinux ships for their printer setup.
A TL fellow mailed me recently and mentioned that their printer setup
tools are somewhat broken in the recent version for some class or
other of printer.
In any case, no distribution that I know of ships with operable
support for Lexmark inkjets, although such support is now available
from free software.
> I don't understand this at all.
Oh, what the heck. Try following the directions at
http://www.linuxprinting.org/lpd-doc.html and see where you end up.
Mail me for help if you get stuck.
> Why is it always the big Linux turnoff for me when I install a Linux
> and can never get the printer, ppp, or a LAN working and finally
> give up for another year in hopes of a future good Linux book for
> Windows users and a Linux distribution with a good install?<sigh>
> This stuff was a breeze to set up in Win. Why does it still have to
> be so difficult after all these years in Linux? I'm really trying
> but this Linux stuff is very difficult with no local help.
There are a number of good introductory books out there, and gobs of
HOWTOs and Guides from the Linux Documentation Project. The answers
are in there, somewhere...
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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: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Re: printing from netscape
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 02:27:26 GMT
"H.A.J. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've been trying to print from Netscape 4.73 but it doesn't work. No
> matter if I want to use an HP LaserJet 1100 or a Star LC-20 (NX-1001),
> it doesn't work. What should I do?
Configure your print spooler to accept Postscript, and specify the
proper command (typically `lpr -Pqueuename') in Netscape's print
dialog.
For information on how to set up your spooler, see your distribution's
documentation or the Printing HOWTO.
--
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: Madhusudan Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: A question about a hard drive and RAM upgrade.
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:29:40 -0400
Hi
I have a Dell Optiplex GX1 system (P-450)with 64 MB RAM and 4.3 GB hard
disk.
As was inevitable, I am feeling the need to increase both.
Now, comes the hard part : I have two partitions on my hard disk - one
for Windows 98 (for kid stuff) and one for Linux (for serious work). The
hard disk is split roughly even between the two.
If I go ahead and attach a 10 GB hard disk in addition to my 4.3 GB
hard
disk, how would I make use of it ? I mean what I want is to shift the
entire Windows OS to a portion of that hard disk, partition it, and claim
the rest of the space for Linux as well as the space vacated on the
original hard disk.
If this is possible (sounds possible to me), how do I do it ?
I expect the RAM addition - 128 MB (in addition to 64 MB I already
posess) to be relatively uncomplicated. Tell me if there are some issues
involved here.
What is the typical bill for these additions ?
Thanks in advance,
Madhusudan Singh.
PS : I would appreciate an email copy of your response.
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