Linux-Setup Digest #575, Volume #19 Thu, 7 Sep 00 15:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Helppp!! X-window-configuration problem (Troutman)
Re: HELP!!!!! Need help on linux installation!!!!!!!!! Linux Newbie question!!!!
("glico")
Re: trouble installing Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro (Buschman)
Re: How do you Query what libraries are currently installed? ("Yavin")
Re: Can't mount my Win98 drive ("Don Mided")
please please help, printer trouble!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can't mount my Win98 drive ("Don Mided")
Re: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS (Warning) (Toby Haynes)
a newbie question before installing linux, please help... ("glico")
Kernel on boot disk (Ian)
Re: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS (Warning) (Andre van Dijk)
Re: kernel 2.2.16: no sound or parport "unresolved symbols" error. ("Richard M.
Denney")
Local Printer config problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kernel 2.4.0-test7 module error ("Justin Dubs")
Re: Kernel on boot disk (Marble Head)
Re: Kernel Compile Going Nowhere ("Richard M. Denney")
Scsi Tape Drive on RH 6.2? (Neal Rhodes)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Troutman)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Helppp!! X-window-configuration problem
Date: 7 Sep 2000 13:11:48 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (rafke) graced us with the following:
>I've got Linux Redhat 6.0 .
>When I run Gnome or kde, or an other X-window program, I got resolution
>that is wrong : I see only a third of the screen, everything much to
>large. (my mouse pointer for example is three times as big as normal).
>
>I tried to use Xconfigurator, but it won't work.
type init 3, then XF86Setup, then test it until it is correct. Then init
5. Trial and error will get you what you want.
--
___________________________________________
Mike Troutman
http://www.troutman.org
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From: "glico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP!!!!! Need help on linux installation!!!!!!!!! Linux Newbie
question!!!!
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 18:11:52 +0100
Yes i do attach my first HD (windows installed) to my primary IODE
controller as Master and the Second HD (where i want to install linux on) to
my Primary IODE controller as Slave. Driver letters are arranged as C;E on
first HD and D;F on second HD, so do you mean linux will see my first HD as
/dev/hda and second HD as /dev/hdb????? and do you mean I should only
partition /dev/hdb during linux installation??? and after installation drive
D;F will become mke2fs type instead of FAT32 is that right????? sorry for
asking too much question because I am not confident enough to do it
myself... ^_^!
mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> glico wrote:
> >
> > Hello i am a windows user but i want to give linux a try, although i
can't
> > afford to buy a new computer but i have bought a second-handed harddisk
> > instead. I hope to install linux on my new second-harddisk without
erasing
> > the win98, how do i do that???
>
> If you attach the second HD as slave on your primary IODE controller,
> Linux will see it as /dev/hdb, whereas your primary master (where I
> assume W98 lives) will be /dev/hda; no danger to ovberwrite anything
> unless you make a typo.
>
> > How do I create a dual boot so that i can
> > select which OS to start up with????
>
> Most distributions use LILO to provide multiboot.
>
> > Also the harddisk I bought is FAT32,
> > how do I change it to FAT16 so that I can install redhat linux 6.2 on
it???
>
>
> ????? Who told you that - it's false. Linux uses its own partition type,
> called (for now) Ext2. There are other partition types which Linux can
> be installed onto, but I won't go into this here. The installer will
> "format" the partition for you - the Linux equivalent of DOS "format" is
> mke2fs -, and, usually, even partition the disk for you, depending on
> your distribution (I'm not familiar with the RH installer). All you have
> to make sure is there's enough free, unpartitioned, space on the HD.
>
> MST
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: trouble installing Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 17:14:16 GMT
On Thu, 07 Sep 2000 17:02:11 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
wrote:
>
>
>How do you install a video card in the machine? Not physically, but
>the drivers? I mean at strartup it asked me about clock times and a
>bunch of info that I don't know about. I wrote to Diamond but there
>reply was less than helpful. Is this a bad card to try and install on
>a linux box? Is there a popular/cheap/PCI video card that the install
>will pick up and easily installs? I don't need super high performance
>but I would like a video card that can run 1024 X 768 at at least 16
>bit color(perferrably 32 bit). I know the fire GL can do this on a
>windows machine but I can get any drivers to install on my linux box.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Buschman
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From: "Yavin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do you Query what libraries are currently installed?
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 10:20:10 -0700
Is there a way to do it from a CLI prompt? I am not currently running
x-windows...
--Yavin
"The Contact" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Yavin wrote:
> > I am running redhat 6.1.... anyone know the command to see what
libraries
> > are currently installed? Thanx
>
> Use 'kpackage' and look in the library-tree.
>
> --
> The Contact
> "Ones and zeros represent more than just the binary count.
> They represent the mass knowledge we know as Internet."
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Don Mided" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't mount my Win98 drive
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 17:25:15 GMT
> > No, the first disk contains Win98 and, according to fdisk, is formatted
as
>
> This is a mistake, fdisk does NOT tell you how a partition is formatted,
> it can only tell you a partition ID. It could just as well be entirely
> unformatted what fdisk concerns.
I don't understand. Here's a snip from my original post showing the results
of running "fdisk /dev/hda" and pressing p to print the partition table:
**fdisk reports my boot drive as follows:
**Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 623 cylinders
**Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
**
** Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
**/dev/hda1 * 1 622 1253920+ b Win95 FAT32
**
It shows hda1 as a Win95 FAT32 partition. Is this fdisk report wrong? The
man fdisk pages say "If possible, fdisk will obtain the disk geometry
automatically." It then goes on to clarify that it is not the physical
geometry "...but is the disk geometry MS-DOS uses for the partition table."
> But if it's supposed to be a FAT FS, try to find out if the vfat module
> is correct. Try to mount a floppy with a FAT FS on it (either format in
> linux with "mkdosfs /dev/fd0" or format a floppy in windows) try if you
> can mount that. mount command is: mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
Hooray! This works, so now we know that the vfat module is correct. I think
(I'm not really sure) that floppies are always FAT16 and, if that's true,
then we still don't know whether FAT32 is causing the problem or if it is
something specific to the drive and/or its format.
The man fdisk pages contain a section titled "DOS 6.x WARNING" which I read
but I could not make much sense out of it. It is possible that the drive
was formatted by DOS 6.x before Win98 was installed on it, but I don't know
that for a fact. But, it seems to me that the first thing that the Win98
setup does is to reformat the drive anyway, so it shouldn't matter, should
it?
What now?
Thanks,
Don
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: please please help, printer trouble!!!
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 17:51:33 GMT
Hi,
THIS LINUX PRINTING IS DRIVING ME NUTS.
I have been trying to get my EPSON Stylus COLOR IIs (TRIGEM) printer
working on redhat 6.1 for about three months on and off,
"UNSUCCESSFULLY" of course.
The problem is that i want to print using black ink-cartrege,
as most of my printing is black documents.
I have tried various Ghostscript devices, uniprint drivers
read the docs over and over again, posted on the net....and
done many unmentionable things but to no avail.
The closest i have come to getting some sane output is
with the following GS options
gs -sDEVICE=stcolor -r360x360 -dnoWeave -descp_Band=1
-sOutputFile=\|lpr fileName.ps
and
gs -sDEVICE=stcolor -sModel=st800 -sOutputFile=\|lpr fileName.ps
they both give me ouptut that is elongated in length and the verticals
lines are mis-aligned.
Is anybody out there who has successfuly printed with
EPSON Stylus COLOR IIs (TRIGEM) printer using black ink-carterege
Please Please Please Please Please help me out herex
cause it is a real bother booting into windows again and again
just to get printouts.. and i cant buy a new printer just yet.
-V0D-
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From: "Don Mided" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't mount my Win98 drive
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 18:08:34 GMT
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Oh yeah, I just realized, you said that you didn't make a default
> install.
> You did not by any chance leave out support for msdos or fat, did you?
I didn't think so, but judging by what I found below, I must have...
> If you only have the vfat module, you will not be able to mount a fat
> FS, because this uses the fat.o module, which in turn uses the msdos.o
> module.
> you'll need at least msdos.o to mount the FAT32 FS, but if you want more
> functionality (long filenames eg.) you should get fat.o and vfat.o
> I'm not sure what is exactly where in these modules.
A "find / -iname v*.o" gave me several lines including:
/lib/modules/2.0.36-0.7/fs/vfat.o
So, I do have that and that explains the ability to mount the floppy drive.
But then when I did "find / -iname m*.o", msdos.o was not found! And
similarly, when I did "find / -iname f*.o", fat.o was not found!
So, it looks like you've figured out the problem. Thanks!!!
Now, where/how do I get msdos.o and fat.o? Do I just try to find them on my
Linux CD-ROM and copy them to /lib/modules/2.0.36-0.7/fs, or do I have to do
some sort of install? Or is the easiest/best thing to simply re-install
Linux from scratch and hope that I get it right this time?
Thanks again for the help,
Don
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From: Toby Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS (Warning)
Date: 07 Sep 2000 14:07:12 -0400
!! "Bernhard" == Bernhard Mogens Ege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bernhard> I would be very carefull with these new nvidia drivers
Bernhard> (version 0.9-5) as I have just lost my ext2 partition due to
Bernhard> a crash caused by these drivers. I am reinstalling redhat as
Bernhard> I type this. Thank God I could salvage my home directory
Bernhard> (which was renamed to something like #348753 and moved to
Bernhard> /lost+found. fsck'ing my partition took about 30 minutes
Bernhard> (mainly just holding return for yes (have no idea what I was
Bernhard> asked, but fsck had to be run manually)). After fsck, I
Bernhard> still had files I couldn't move or delete, hence me
Bernhard> reinstalling everything.
Could you detail what happened in more detail? Files being unmoveable
could be a symptom that the immutable bit has been set. You can change
this by using
chattr -i <filename>
to remove the immutable bit. Reinstalling may be cleaner if you have
lost files but its normally an extreme step.
I've had lockups of the keyboard and one serious hang with XFree86 4.0.0
but nothing that bad. I assume you had to do a forced power-off due to a
total lockup. Did you try the magic SysRq trick for syncing, unmounting
and rebooting (hold down Alt-SysRq, press 's' and wait, press 'u' and
wait, 'b' to reboot instantly) - even with an unresponsive keyboard I
can usually get this to work. My prefered route now is to do Alt-SysRq-r
and Ctrl-Alt-Delete to initiate the shutdown and reboot without hitting
the power button if I can get it to work.
Bernhard> I don't know why this happened, could be that the nvidia
Bernhard> drivers don't like kernel 2.2.17 for some strange reason).
ext2 doesn't really cope too well with forced power-downs. With ReiserFS
or Ext3 things should be better. Consider installing one or the other if
you are worried about lockups. As far as I remember you can just drop in
ext3 onto an ext2 partition as it uses tables to keep tabs on what has
changed rather than requiring a reformat. ReiserFS I do not know much
about but it comes highly recommended from several sources.
Bernhard> So my point is, be carefull and take backup of precious
Bernhard> files.
This is always good advice.
Bernhard> Strange thing is, that 0.9-3 was rock stable for me, 0.9-4
Bernhard> cause random lockups, and now 0.9-5 made me loose my
Bernhard> filesystem. If a 0.9-6 showup, it might end of frying my
Bernhard> computer. :-(
Give us more details. And send them to NVIDIAs help lines for linux if
you really believe that there is a serious conflict.
Cheers,
Toby Haynes
--
Toby Haynes
The views and opinions expressed in this message are my own, and do
not necessarily reflect those of IBM Canada.
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From: "glico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: a newbie question before installing linux, please help...
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 19:24:47 +0100
hello I have 2 HD, the primary master drive has got windows98 on it and i am
planning to install linux on my primary slave drive. But both hard drive are
split in 2. Primary master drive letters C and E, Primary slave drive
letters D and F. If I install my Redhat linux 6.2 on the primary slave
drive, will I be able to access my slave drive on windows98 at all????? and
what will happen to the drive letters appear in windows after I installed
linux????? Is it actually safe to install linux with Windows98?????? please
help...
-HAns
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From: Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel on boot disk
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 19:26:14 +0100
I am trying to think of a way to get Linux on to a 486.
When I try the installation like I did with my pentium setup, I get an
error with the math emulator.
I have been advised to compile a new kernel but I'm wondering how I will
get this on to my 486 and boot it up.
My boot disk has a image on it so I cannot get in and place the bzimage
on the disk,
I'm wondering what I might do.
Anyone hlp?
ta.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andre van Dijk)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS (Warning)
Date: 7 Sep 2000 18:22:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Op Thu, 07 Sep 2000 14:43:28 GMT schreef [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>In comp.os.linux.x S. Umar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Did you compile the kernel module from source rpm? I have no problems
>> using ANY of the nvidia drivers with my GeForce 256 and 2.2.16 kernel.
>> I don't think using your ext2 partition had anything to do with these
>> drivers....I think NVIDIA has done a great job putting together a
>> install FAQ....As I said I have been using 0.92 through 0.95 WITH NO
>> PROBLEMS!!! Let's be more fair.
>> --
>
>OK then... Let's be fair:
>
>I've used .92, .93, and .94 on my TNT2. Within seconds of starting most
>3D apps, my computer has completely locked up on me. Couldn't even ping
>it. Forced a hard reboot. Spent 30 minutes fsck my hard disk. Once, my
>home directory was so screwed I had to restore everything from tape. Now,
>perhaps nVidia isn't responsible for the fact that my home partition was
>screwed up, but their drivers *did* cause the lock up that led to hitting
>the power switch.
>
>Let's continue to be fair:
>
>I sent a couple messages to the e-mail address nVidia supplied, describing
>the situation. I never got a response. Not *one* response to that
>problem. So, I visit the irc channel for them. Although there were
>plenty of nice people there, *none* of them were helpful.
>
>So, in the grand tradition of being fair, nVidia blows me off as customer
>so I blow them of as a manufacturer. They've lost a customer. And until
>they change their attitude, I will *not* be coming back.
Understand you're pissed about this. But which card do you have exactly? I
have a Dimand Viper 770 (TNT2 chipset) and have no problems whatsoever with
the 0.9.4 drivers! In fact Quake 3 runs very smoothly.
Since I started to poke around with these drivers i have the Magic SysRQ
key compiled in my kernel. And i used it a couple of times to unmount my
partitions before resetting while X crashed.
--
Andre van Dijk
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From: "Richard M. Denney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.2.16: no sound or parport "unresolved symbols" error.
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 12:39:48 -0500
jinp wrote:
> Just for your info, and a question. I installed 2.2.16 on RedHat 6.0(2.2.5) and
> printer stoped working too, I thought it is RedHat did something different. You
> said you installed 2.2.14 and everything is ok, did you download it from linux
> or RedHat 6.2?
>
> Thanks
> jinp
>
> "Richard M. Denney" wrote:
>
> > Steen Suder wrote:
> >
> > > "Richard M. Denney" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well, I am doing what I know I shouldn't do, attempting to upgrade a
> > > > kernel when everything is working OK. Nevertheless, here is the
> > > > situation.
> > > >
> > > > Currently running RH 6.0 with a previous kernel upgrade to 2.2.14.
> > > > Everything works fine.
> > > > Attempting to update the kernel to 2.2.16 (from a kernel.org mirror
> > > > site). Everything compiles fine with no evidence of errors.
> > > >
> > > > When the new kernel boots, the sound fails to come up and the parallel
> > > > port fails to operate. Both these are compiled as modules (with kernel
> > > > module loader compiled into the kernel). (Other modules, the ethernet
> > > > ne.o for example, automatically configure and appear with lsmod.)
> > > > Attempting to load any sound-related or parport-related module results
> > > > in the message "unresolved symbols". I have compared the modules in
> > > > /lib/modules/2.2.X/misc directory for kernels 2.2.14 and 2.2.16
> > > > (generated at compile time). For sound, they seem to all be there
> > > > (soundcore.o, sound.o, uart401, awe_wave.o, mpu401.o, opl3.o, v_midi.o,
> > > > and sb.o. For the parallel port, they are parport.o, parport_pc.o and
> > > > lp.o. (Not sure about the function of uart6850.o, but it is present in
> > > > both versions.) None of these modules can be manually loaded with
> > > > modprobe without the "unresolved symbols" error.
> > > >
> > > > I have tried recompiling a couple of times on the possibility that a
> > > > random error made these modules unusable, but to no avail. Any adeas?
> > > >
> > > > I am NOT in dire straights because I am using LILO so that I can boot
> > > > either the new or the old kernel. Nevertheless, this problem has me
> > > > baffled.
> > > >
> > > > Rick
> > >
> > > Sounds like you haven't installed the corresponding System.map in /boot.
> > > You'll find it in /usr/src/linux.
> > > Copy it to /boot/System.map-kernelversion and make a symlink to
> > > /boot/System.map.
> > >
> > > The try depmod -a or reboot if you will.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best regards / Mvh.,
> > > Steen Suder, sysadm kollegie6400.dk -|- OpenSource --- Sign of the time
> > >
> > > Scan-Aqua ADVARSEL WARNING http://www.uk.k64.dk/sfs/Scan-Aqua
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestions. I think the System.map symbolic link is correct
> > (points to System.map-2.2.16), which corresponds in creation time to the
> > System.map file in the /usr/src/linux directory (created at compile time).
> > Interestingly, when I do depmod -a while running kernel 2.2.16, I get the
> > same error message as when I attempt to load one of the sound or parallel
> > port modules: it lists these modules as having "unresolved symbols":
> >
> > parport.o, parport_pc.o, soundcore.o, bpck.o, sb.o, sound.o, etc.
> >
> > An additional point. When the system boots up kernel 2.2.16, I get the
> > following in the boot.log:
> > ...
> > Aug 26 20:05:41 rdenney rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in read-write
> > mode succeeded
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney depmod: /lib/modules/2.2.16/net/ppp.o: unresolved
> > symbol(s)
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney depmod: /lib/modules/2.2.16/scsi/sg.o: unresolved
> > symbol(s)
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney depmod: /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/soundcore.o:
> > unresolved symbol(s)
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney depmod: /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/sound.o: unresolved
> > symbol(s)
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney depmod: /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/parport.o:
> > unresolved symbol(s)
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney depmod: /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/bpck.o: unresolved
> > symbol(s)
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney rc.sysinit: Finding module dependencies succeeded
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/soundcore.o:
> > unresolved symbol request_module
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney modprobe: sound: No such file or directory
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney rc.sysinit: Loading sound module failed
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney modprobe: /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/soundcore.o:
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney modprobe: unresolved symbol request_module
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney modprobe: soundcore: No such file or directory
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney modprobe: sound: No such file or directory
> > Aug 26 20:05:42 rdenney rc.sysinit: Loading midi module failed
> > ...
> >
> > Despite these messages, the /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc directory contains all
> > the suspect sound and parallel port modules. The complete directory list is
> > as follows:
> >
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/adlib_card.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/awe_wave.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/lp.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/mpu401.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/opl3.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/parport.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/parport_pc.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/sb.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/sound.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/soundcore.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/soundlow.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/uart401.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/uart6850.o
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/v_midi.o
> > .............
> >
> > All these modules have a creation time corresponding to the 2.2.16 kernel
> > times.
> >
> > Rick
Sorry for the late reply. After a few days of no replies, I gave up on following
the thread. I downloaded 2.2.14 as a tar.gz file from a www.kernel.org mirror
site.
Rick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Local Printer config problem
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 18:38:09 GMT
Hello all,
I am trying to configure EPSON Stylus COLOR 740 as a local printer
connected to the serial port...
I have dualboot, and under windows it works ok, so I guess there are no
hardware problems.
With mandrake 7.1 instalation program... I get no errors but the test
pages
dont show up... same with printtool...
lpr gives no errors, and lpq no entires... and the printers just remains
silent!
I tried what is explained on this page :
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=62112
But not quite sure I did correctly...
Here is what in /var/log/messages looks intresting... and then my
/etc/printcap
Anybody has any ideas to help me out?
Thanx alot..
~Mohamed
Sep 7 09:03:53 localhost kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778)
[SPP,ECP,ECPEPP,ECPPS2]
Sep 7 09:03:53 localhost kernel: parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs
to enable interrupt-driven
Sep 7 09:03:53 localhost kernel: parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus COLOR
740
Sep 7 09:03:53 localhost kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
Sep 7 09:03:54 localhost lpd[494]: lp: filter 'f' exited (retcode=9)
Sep 7 09:03:54 localhost lpd[494]: mail sent to user root about job
passwd on printer lp ()
Sep 7 09:03:54 localhost lpd[494]: lp: job could not be printed
(cfA006localhost.localdomain)
[root@localhost /root]# cat /etc/printcap.old
##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL uniprint NAxNA letter {} U_EpsonStylusColor stc740p
{}
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
[root@localhost /root]# cat /etc/printcap
lp:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:af=/usr/lib/Epson-Stylus_Color_740-stp.lom:\
:if=/usr/sbin/lpdomatic:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:sh:
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Before you buy.
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From: "Justin Dubs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.0-test7 module error
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:14:15 -0400
make clean
> make dep
> # make clean - Don't do this one
> (very important with test7)
> make bzlilo
> (or whatever - perhaps "make bzdisk" for a test floppy)
> make modules
> make modules_install
Make clean remove all binary files that have been generated thus far, this
includes the ones you just produced in 'make dep'. This means that 'make
bzlilo' has to recompile them AGAIN. This will make kernel compilation take
a lot longer. In other words, clean is undoing your dep so bzlilo has to
redo it. Anyway, just an FYI,
Justin Dubs
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From: Marble Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel on boot disk
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 14:47:19 -0400
Can't you just get the disks (floppy and CD) from your favorite
distribution?
Ian wrote:
> I am trying to think of a way to get Linux on to a 486.
>
> When I try the installation like I did with my pentium setup, I get an
> error with the math emulator.
>
> I have been advised to compile a new kernel but I'm wondering how I will
> get this on to my 486 and boot it up.
>
> My boot disk has a image on it so I cannot get in and place the bzimage
> on the disk,
>
> I'm wondering what I might do.
>
> Anyone hlp?
> ta.
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From: "Richard M. Denney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel Compile Going Nowhere
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 12:47:08 -0500
Alastair Foster wrote:
> When I type 'make xconfig', I get a little bit of commentary, but it
> ends when it gets to the following:
>
> cat header.tk >> ./kconfig.tk
> ./tkparse < ../arch/i386/config.in >> kconfig.tk
>
> It stops at this point, although it doesn't lock up. It just sits there
> until I terminate it by pressing [ctrl]+[z].
>
> If I try 'make menuconfig', it ends with:
>
> Preparing scripts: functions, parsing........done.
>
> I have also tried 'make config'. This got me through the configuration
> process okay, but when I tried 'make dep', it ended with:
>
> nothing to be done for 'dep'.
> make[1]: leaving directory '/home/ala/linux/arch/i386/boot'
> scripts/mkdep init/*.c > .depend
>
> Any help would be much appreciated. I've just spent a lot of money on a
> new Zip drive and I understand that it won't work on kernels older than
> 2.2.14 so it's very frustrating not being able to use it.
>
> --
> - Alastair Foster
> http://users.netaccess.co.nz/ala/
>
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> Before you buy.
What linux are you running? I am running RH (originally version 6.0), but
had not trouble compiling a kernel downloaded from www.kernel.org (mirror
site). The kernel I used was 2.2.14 as a tar.gz file. If you get redhat
packages, I think you have to get both the source file and the "headers"
file.
Good luck.
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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 15:01:58 -0400
From: Neal Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Scsi Tape Drive on RH 6.2?
Ok, I've got a working RH 6.2 system, Scsi controller(s). I've got
a shiny new external VXA tape drive and cable. And I've read every
How-to I could find on what happens next to make the linux system
aware of the tape drive, and what device names I should use to access
it.
Can anyone point me in a direction?
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