Linux-Setup Digest #208, Volume #19 Thu, 20 Jul 00 17:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha... (Christian Weisgerber)
Re: Connected Users ("David ..")
Re: Xwindows problem (correct url) (Stephen NYC)
Re: free linux shell and more ("David ..")
Boot CD-ROM (Nathan Davis)
print problem (oneal nichols)
Re: No Sounds - SBLive! - Need Forced Settings ("Pete")
Re: print problem ("David ..")
http://www.loadsaitjobs.co.uk ("loadsaitjobs")
Re: Xwindows problem (correct url) (Stephen NYC)
Re: Dual Boot With Windows98 and Linux (Michael Kelly)
Dualboot - Windows 2000 and Redhat 6.2 ("Shane R. Ward")
Re: Redhat 6.2 kernel panic on boot (Mitch Martinez)
ftp sees real user as guest (P&C)
Newbie IPCHAINS quest ("Trent Cook")
Re: Video Capture cards (Kerry Cox)
Re: Name Resolution Problem ("Kenneth Lafond")
Re: print problem (sylvain hutchison)
Email notification problems -- Corel/Debian Linux (Pat Helles)
Re: Xwindows doesn't start. (sylvain hutchison)
Re: Problem with X (sylvain hutchison)
Re: Newbie IPCHAINS quest (Leonard Lin)
/dev/modem not being closed in expect script? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Printcap Help. Tough question, need a hand ("Ty Hudson")
Re: suse manual (H Briggs)
Re: Adaptec AVA1502 and Ricoh MP6200S CD-R/W (Guy Maskall)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Weisgerber)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha...
Date: 20 Jul 2000 19:03:14 +0200
John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I'd go for NetBSD for anything other than x86 platform.
>
> OK. Any idea where I can get it in the UK ?
Start with http://www.netbsd.org.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Connected Users
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:59:26 -0500
Christian Boesing wrote:
>
> Hi !
>
> Is there a way to see how many Users are connected to the Linux machine,
> lets say by FTP or over HTTP or even directly ?
>
> Christian
Did you try the command "w"
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ID # 123538
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From: Stephen NYC <"stephennyc(nospam)"@about.com>
Subject: Re: Xwindows problem (correct url)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:13:10 -0400
Reply-To: nospam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Oops. The correct url is
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxsoftware.htm
Sorry.
- Steve
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: free linux shell and more
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:04:08 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> -no advertisements
Wouldn't do much good anyway. The text is so small you have a hard time
reading it.
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ID # 123538
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From: Nathan Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot CD-ROM
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:05:33 -0500
Hi,
I am trying to make a CD-ROM that will act as a root fs. The idea is
that all I need is a floppy and CD-ROM drive (or even better, just a
CD-ROM drive) and I can run linux off the CD. I've created a 650MB ext2
image, installed what the boot-disk howto said I needed (using RPM),
tweaked a few files, and burned the image onto a RW-CD. I then created
a floppy disk with a kernel and /boot. After a few iterations (I didn't
get it right the first time), I got the kernel to boot, and the root
filesystem to mount in read-only mode (which, since it's on cd, won't
ever be mounted in anything other than read-only).
This, however, is as far as it gets. The kernel panics, saying is can't
find init. The error message is:
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init = option to kernel.
The init program *is* on the root fs, and *is* where inittab says it
should be. I've also tried using the init = option, but that doesn't
help (exact same error message).
Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
--Nathan Davis
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From: oneal nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: print problem
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 18:15:12 GMT
I'm trying to get Redhat 6.2 to load my printer but I keep getting the
message that no daemon is loaded. What do I do ?
thanks
Oneal
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From: "Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: No Sounds - SBLive! - Need Forced Settings
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:59:34 +0200
Hi Chris,
Actually I had no problem setting up the SB Live! on Linux. Neither as a
module (using Creative's docs on setting it up), when I was running RH 6.0
nor now, that I've upgraded to 6.2, which makes it even easier, since
Creative's *support* made it right into the kernel - so now I've compiled
the sound driver into the kernel and have it loaded at startup, without the
need to edit the conf.modules file; if there's no hardware conflict Linux
will init it right away. I'd say the best way is to use the newest kernel,
since it's not only the sound driver that's improved..
"Chris Barone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a problem with getting sounds, and believe the problem is with
> the settings Linux thinks are correct. I know my sound modules and
> drivers are current, system sounds are enabled, the card works great
> in win 98. It's a PCI card, that I know Linux doesn't like, from
> watching other postings. I even tried Mandrake, to see if it made a
> difference, none. I was able to see some settings that intrigued me,
> however, it wouldn't let me touch them! Mandrake has some sound card
> wizard thing, and it showed all the resources to be '-1'. There were
> drop down menu's, but they wouldn't take any input. I think Red Hat is
> confused as well, and would like some guidance in 'forcing' the proper
> ones. The bios on my motherboard, does not allow me to turn off PnP,
> does this realy matter? Or, the fact that Gateway says the motherboard
> was built for win98 only? I don't know. I think I'm on the right
> track.....
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: print problem
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:57:46 -0500
oneal nichols wrote:
>
> I'm trying to get Redhat 6.2 to load my printer but I keep getting the
> message that no daemon is loaded. What do I do ?
> thanks
> Oneal
Did you use "printtool" to configure your printer?
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ID # 123538
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From: "loadsaitjobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: http://www.loadsaitjobs.co.uk
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:14:38 +0100
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.virus,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
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From: Stephen NYC <"stephennyc(nospam)"@about.com>
Subject: Re: Xwindows problem (correct url)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:20:30 -0400
Reply-To: nospam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Okay - my problem was not recompiling the module as specified by Intel,
Andy you should get things up and working by following the intel link,
they also have a discussion group if you run into more difficulties.
- Steve
Stephen NYC wrote:
> Oops. The correct url is
> http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxsoftware.htm
> Sorry.
>
> - Steve
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From: Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Boot With Windows98 and Linux
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:09:52 -0400
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:30:11 GMT, Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a Corel version of Linux and want to install it on a Windows 98
>machine. I have 2 drives available so can give one of them to Linux.
>Will the Linux install take over the machine or should I install it in a
>DOS/Windows partition?
Hi Phil. Take a look at
www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO
There's good info there on mixing and matching multiple
OSs on one or more physical drives. It should save you
a lot of frustration.
Good luck.
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From: "Shane R. Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dualboot - Windows 2000 and Redhat 6.2
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:39:04 GMT
I am attempting to use Windows 2000 boot loader to setup a dualboot with
linux.
What I have is -
Windows 2000, hda1, NTFS
Redhat 6.2 ( /root ), sda5
Redhat 6.2 ( /boot), sda1
What I have done -
In linux I created a boot file using:
# dd if=/dev/sda5 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
I then copied "bootsect.lnx" to an NTFS drive.
I placed "bootsect.lnx" on the root directory of my boot drive.
I edited "boot.ini" and added the following line:
C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux"
When I boot and select "Linux" I get a black screen with a blinking cursur
in the
upper left corner.
Any ideas.....
Thanks,
Shane
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mitch Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.2 kernel panic on boot
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:02:55 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I just set up an AMD Athlon 750 MHz system, with a 20 GB Ultra DMA IDE
> hard drive, 384 MB RAM, 8 MB AGP video card (not sure of exact model),
> and a motherboard running AMI bios with Gateway's CMOS sitting on top of
> it. For those that are familiar with them and know the hardware shipped
> with them, this is a Gateway select computer.
>
> I've installed Win2000 Professional on the primary partition, which is
> approximately 6.0 GB. I then installed Red Hat Linux 6.2, making sure
> to keep the boot partition within the first 1023 cylinders.
> Installation went great! Then, when attempting to boot the linux
> configuration for the first time, I get a kernel panic, and the boot
> process hangs, permantently. I tried booting from the floopy and got
> exactly the same problem. This appears to be a problem with the kernel
> (2.2.14-5.0), and it's hardware drivers.
>
> I'll try to list some of the boot messages in more detail, but keep in
> mind that this is a screaming machine, and once the kernel's been
> unpacked, everything scrolls by so fast, I can't get all of the
> messages.
>
> (last page of boot messages before crash...copied by hand)
>
> Dentry hash table entries: 262144 (order 9, 2048k)
> Buffer cache has table entries: 524288 (order 9, 2048k)
> Page cache hash table entries: 131072 (order 7, 512k)
> VFS: Disk quotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
> L1 I Cache: 64k L1 D Cache: 64k
> L2 Cache: 256k
> CPU: AMD AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping 02
> Enabling extended fast FPU save & restore...done
> Disabling CPU ID Serial Number...general protection fault: 0000
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0010:[<c02340f4>]
> EFlags: 00010282
> eax: 00000020 ebx: 179c0f80 ecx: 00000119 edx: 00000001
> esi: 00098800 edi: c0106000 ebp: 00000000 esp: c0233fc8
> ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss:0018
> Process swapper (pic:0, process nr: 0, stack page=c0233000)
> Stack: c0106000 c02344e2 c02143a0...etc....etc...
> 179c0f80 c063f080 d8000000...etc....etc...
> Call Trace: [<c0106000>][<c01d7d0b>]]<c0100175>]
> Code: of 32 od 00 00 20 00 0f 306821 781dc0 e8...etc...
> Kernel panic: Attempted to keill the idel task!
> In swapper task - not syncing
>
> Any help or advice will be very much appreciated.
>
> -Josh Rigler
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
I had this very same problem, it turns out I had to remove the
append=mem 512 line in my /etc/lilo.conf This was only for the RH6.2
ver... I wished I'd figgered this out BEFORE I reinstalled .....
good luck....
Mitch
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (P&C)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux
Subject: ftp sees real user as guest
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:00:01 GMT
I need to log into my ftp server and upload files to my html directory
but when I log-in I am logged in as a guest. As such I can not create
or write/update any files.
Please help
p c a t n t a d m i n d o t c o m
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From: "Trent Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Newbie IPCHAINS quest
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:20:44 GMT
Im thinking of roling out IPCHAINS at my work,
Can anyone tell me how many users a linux box with IPCHAINS can handle
without bogging down too much?
We have about 350 clients.
Thanks
Trent
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Video Capture cards
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:21:36 -0600
"stefan.k" wrote:
>
> Kerry Cox wrote:
>
> > Any good recommendations supported in the latest (stable) kernel? I'm
> > looking to capture images from off a video feed (traffic cam) and then
> > post the images to a INternet page. We're using something right now but
> > it's not handling data well. Works but is kludged together.
> > Willing to spend whatever on getting a good video line to a video
> > capture card.
> > Any recommendations would be appreciated.
> > KJ
>
> hi kerry
>
> I had no problem, using a bt878 or a bt848 capture card
>
> and the bttv / bttvgrab software.
>
> In bttvgrab you�ll find howto set up a webcam.
>
> good luck...
>
> --
> __ ___ __
> ___ / /____ / _/__ ____ / /__
> (_-</ __/ -_) _/ _ `/ _ \_ / '_/
> /___/\__/\__/_/ \_,_/_//_(_)_/\_\
Stefan,
Thanks for the rec. I bougt a ATI All-in-Wonder 128 32MB video capture
card. Red Hat recognized it no prob. So, bttv works fuine for grabbing
static images from off of video?
It just needs to work under the command line and I'm back in business.
Thansk for the suggestions.
KJ
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From: "Kenneth Lafond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Name Resolution Problem
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:27:35 -0700
I've found my own fix - Turns out that the DNS server (a different machine)
had it's reverse name lookup misconfigured. Once I fixed that everything
worked fine. Thanks.
Ken
"Kenneth Lafond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8l5803$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've got 2 Red Hat workstation installations that seem to be having name
> resolution problems. When I try to ftp to these workstations, the client
> says it is connected, then it takes about 2-5 minutes for the prompt to
> appear asking for a user name. I can ping out, but it takes about a
minute
> to return the first successful ping and a good minute or two between each
> successive successful ping. It's not just that the DNS isn't configured
> correctly, because dnsquery works just fine (quickly and accurately) using
> the command 'dnsquery <hostname>' so I know the default DNS server is
being
> used - although nslookup doesn't work (server times out after 2 mins).
>
> My nsswitch.conf file has files then DNS in the hosts search path, and my
> resolv.conf has search <domain> and nameserver <nameserver IP> as it's two
> lines. I think this is correct.
>
> I think it has to do with name resolution because if I enter the host I am
> trying to access into the hosts file manually it pings, ftps, etc just
fine.
>
> If the host I am trying to access is NOT in the hosts table then I get the
> following results:
> ping hostname (VERY slow and drops 99% of packets)
>
> but if I
> ping -n hostname (works just great).
> The -n option tells it not to look up symbolic names for host addresses.
>
> I'm trying to get this computer up as an ftp server so simply using the -n
> option to ping isn't a solution. Sorry about the long-winded message but
I
> wanted to include all the details. Any ideas on why it is behaving this
> way?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: print problem
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:49:44 -0700
You shoud make sure that your printcap is configured corectly, it should
be in /etc/.
oneal nichols wrote:
> I'm trying to get Redhat 6.2 to load my printer but I keep getting the
> message that no daemon is loaded. What do I do ?
> thanks
> Oneal
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From: Pat Helles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Email notification problems -- Corel/Debian Linux
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:47:25 -0600
I'm just getting started with Linux and am fumbling quite a bit. I
installed the qmail program, but it's not working the way I expected.
The email seems to be working -- I can send email from one machine &
receive it on the Linux box; however, when I go into elm, it says I have
no messages. The messages are being placed inside the 'mbox' file in
the user's default directory, but I was always under the assumption that
messages don't go there UNTIL they've been read. I'm assuming I just
haven't configured something correctly -- can anyone tell me what needs
to be done?
Pat Helles
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From: sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xwindows doesn't start.
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:55:19 -0700
You probably need a driver for your video card, looks like it doesn't like
you resolution, you can configure it yourself, look under
usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config, and change the resolution when you get to the
section "screens", try many resolutions, if that doesn't work, you'll have
to install a driver for you video card, you can download them on the web,
but I woudn't know where, depends on the card.
Sly.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello All,
> My startx doesn't work. Please help me fix this issue.
>
> I have tried all of these. And when I start my X. I get the following.
> Hope
> this helps you to help me.
> root> startx
> The error message is as follows:
> (---SVGA): mode "1024x768" needs hysn freg of 80.21khtz deleted
> (---SVGA):
> mode "1280x1024" needs hysn freq of 81.73 khtz deleted .
> .
> .
> .
> (---SVGA): mode "1800x1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 khrtz deleted
>
> (**) Fontpath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/x11/fonts/local/,...." (--)SVGA:
> PCI
> :Intel unknow chipset (0X7121 rev3, memory @0xd8000000, 0xdc000000
> (--SVGA): unable to open /dev/agpgart : No such device.
>
> Fatal server error:
> Aborting.
>
> Please help me to fix this problem, so that I run xwindows on my linux
> system.
>
> Regards
> Ramkumar V
>
> Display
> Chipset
> Intel 810 Chipset Graphics adapter
>
> Memory Type
> Uses System Memory PC100 SDRAM
>
> Memory Size
> Memory allocated by system as needed from 1 - 8MB
>
> Bus
> AGP
>
> Resolution at Maximum Color Depth
> 1024x768/16.7 Million colors
>
> Color Depth at Maximum Resolution
> 256 colors/1600x1200
>
> Maximum Scan Rate/Resolution 96 Hz/1600x1200
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with X
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:57:18 -0700
You need to install a driver for you video card, you can get it off the web, but
be specific, the driver depends on what video card you have, you probably have
an onboard one, they cause a lot of trouble.
OK wrote:
> I installed Linux Mandrake 6.5 and everything is working fine except the X
> server. I suspect that it is a problem with my monitor or graphics card. I
> am using a Trident 975 AGP card and a monitor brand called Likom. Everytime
> I try higher resolution the monitor will be turned off by itself. And it can
> only work in a very miserable low resolution and low colour mode. I have
> tried changing various combinations of settings but to no avail. Sometimes
> the entire system just hangs giving me a blank grey screen.
> Hope to get some help here. Thanx
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From: Leonard Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: Newbie IPCHAINS quest
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:58:01 +0100
Trent Cook wrote:
> Im thinking of roling out IPCHAINS at my work,
>
> Can anyone tell me how many users a linux box with IPCHAINS can handle
> without bogging down too much?
>
> We have about 350 clients.
It depends on the firewall-rules(complexity) and
the linux-box. I think a i586 should enough, probably not enough with
NAT(masquerading).
But if you wanna install proxy-servers you need performance engines for
350 clients.
Lin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: /dev/modem not being closed in expect script?
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:52:06 GMT
I am having a strange problem dialing out: I can dial out once just
fine; after I hang up, though, I can't access the modem again until I
reboot.
Using RedHat 6.1 & expect 5.28.1.
Script:
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
# Expect script to connect to work
system "stty -F /dev/modem 115200 -echoe -echo raw "
spawn -open [open /dev/modem "r+"]
send_user "Dialing..."
<... snip modem init ...>
send "ATe0v1x4&c1&d2s2=128s0=0dt {phone#} \r"
set timeout 45
expect {
<...snip...>
}
catch "exec pppd /dev/modem 115200 crtscts modem defaultroute
usepeerdns debug kdebug 1 domain <x>.com user <x>" pppdval send_user
$pppdval
#End of script
In order to terminate the ppp link I have used kill -HUP or kill -TERM
with no difference in behavior. I do not get an output value from the
last "send_user" line. I would have expected the modem to be freed
automatically upon the termination of the exect script or the pppd. I
have no idea what's happening, this being my first attempt at using
expect or Tcl -- does anybody else?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Ty Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printcap Help. Tough question, need a hand
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:58:18 -0500
Hey Everyone,
Hopefully someone can answer this for me. I am setting up my Redhat 6.2
box to be a print server for windows machines. The printer in question is a
HP Plotter but the issue is really the fact the it has a Jet Direct card.
For testing purposes I am just using the "lpr -Pplotter testfile" from the
command line. I know that the Plotter and jet direct card are in fact
working because I can telnet to port 9100 and type the contents of the
testfile and the plotter prints out a nice circle. isn't that sweet? So I
have concluded that my problem lies in the printcap file or some other
config in RedHat. Here is my printcap:
plotter:\
:lp=:\
:rm=plotter:\
:rp=raw:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/plotter.log:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/plotter:
So here is the million dollar question. The printcap specifies that the
remote printer is plotter (which is resolved to 192.168.1.9 when I ping it
from redhat) but how does lpd know what port to go to?! Does the rp=raw
line tell lpd to use raw port? When I check /etc/services, there is no raw
port there. Someone please cure me of my ignorance.
Thank You
Tyler
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From: H Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: suse manual
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 21:01:53 GMT
Hi, no iam not running linux at the moment, as i said iam having
trouble configuring the vid card and monitor, the xfree setup required
some manual configuration but i dont think iam capable of it at the
moment. Iam however trying to learn, so i need to know how to read the
manual under windows ( or windoze ) cheers
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From: Guy Maskall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec AVA1502 and Ricoh MP6200S CD-R/W
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:12:00 +0100
John McCabe wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McCabe) wrote:
>
> I've tried both these suggestions and they don't quite do what I want.
> Would I be better off splashing out on a real AHA-1520? Will that be
> detected properly?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best Regards
> John McCabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hmmm...
I can't comment on the benefit of getting a 'proper' aha1520. The fact
that you can manually get the module to load implies that it's not a h/w
problem so you wouldn't gain from a new card in that case.
As you have scsi_hostadaptor aliased to aha152x then doing
'/sbin/modprobe scsi_hostadaptor' will be the same as '/sbin/modprobe(or
insmod) aha152x'. From what you said before, this then loads your host
adaptor driver and the h/w is detected.
When you say it doesn't quite do what you want; what exactly do you want?
If you do '/sbin/modprobe scsi_hostadaptor' you get what you want, yes?
If you add 'post-install scsi_mod /sbin/insmod aha152x' to your
conf.modules does this not load the aha152x driver? It shouldn't be
different but does 'post-install scsi_mod /sbin/insmod scsi_hostadaptor'
(after the alias scsi_hostadaptor aha152x line) do anything different?
What about 'post-install XYZ /sbin/insmod scsi_hostadaptor'? (where XYZ
is either sg or sd or whatever scsi device driver is used for the cd
device).
Regards, Guy
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