Linux-Setup Digest #751, Volume #19 Tue, 3 Oct 00 03:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: WTF is up with LinuxConf under RH7?!!??! (Tim)
Re: Please Help dumb newbie-- Cant get sound ("bluster")
Re: Urgent! Really need help setting up dialup ISP service - DYNAMIC (Terry Dawson)
Re: Modem Problem, Please Help (Silviu Minut)
new to Linux and can't get SB Live working ("Bob")
Re: GPF installing RedHat 6.2 onto AMD Duron (Rob Ristroph)
Re: >2giga files on Linux ? (Markus Kossmann)
Re: Linux Mandrake 7.1 (David Efflandt)
PPP and routing. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: soft reboot? (David Efflandt)
Re: new to Linux and can't get SB Live working ("David.L")
what is the "apxs script", and how do I install it ("frankie")
Re: new to Linux and can't get SB Live working ("David.L")
Re: new to Linux and can't get SB Live working ("David.L")
Re: new to Linux and can't get SB Live working ("David.L")
Re: new to Linux and can't get SB Live working ("David.L")
Re: Lexmark Optra E310 setup (Michael Perry)
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From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: WTF is up with LinuxConf under RH7?!!??!
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 04:23:29 GMT
On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 11:51:01 -0700, Chris Leahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Incidentally, the C compiler is also broken, I hope you werent planning to
>build a custom kernel.
Install kgcc from the first CD.
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From: "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please Help dumb newbie-- Cant get sound
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 01:04:27 -0400
On my system I use the command
/usr/sbin/sndconfig
and
man sndconfig
Bluster
Jammin X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am having trouble getting my SBawe64 to work, I ran 'sndconf' at
> xterm, but it says no such command, I tried the help pages, but didnt
> do anygood,
>
> Any tips???
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From: Terry Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Urgent! Really need help setting up dialup ISP service - DYNAMIC
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 16:21:53 +1100
Duncan Sayers wrote:
>
> Actually, by definition PPP handles only the point to point link - over
> that it is all TCP/IP (or netbeui or IPX/SPX if you prefer) and guess
> what protocol stack includes DHCP...
The IPCP (IP Control Protocol) component of the PPP protocol suite manages (amongst
other things) IP address allocation for point to point links.
regards
Terry
--
Telstra Research Laboratories, Internetwork Management Project.
3/400 George St., Sydney. +61-2-8255-3109
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Modem Problem, Please Help
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 01:24:06 -0400
The BIOS assigns the resources to the pnp cards. Boot Win98, right click on My
Computer -> Device Manager and see the I/O and IRQ of your modems.
Back in Linux, you need to tell the system what resources it should use when
trying to talk to the modem. Suppose you know your modem must use IRQ 11, then
you do
setserial /dev/modem irq 11
(Of course, /dev/modem must be a link to the actual /dev/ttyS? for your
modem).
Then things like isapnp will work. You automatize the whole thing by including
the setserial command in a boot script.
I guess you could enter setup (at boot) and tell the BIOS that you have an
operating system which assigns resources to pnp devices, and then set these
resources yourself with setpnp, but I've never tried that. If I'm not
mistaken, kernels 2.2.x can recognize and assign resources to pnp cards. You
might have to recompile the kernel for that. The first thing seems the easiest
to do.
Patrick Snell wrote:
> Hi, I have been trying to configure a modem for far to longer than I am
> willing to admit. I have Suse 6.4, I have both a PCI modem, and ISA modem,
> neither from what I can tell are winmodems both pnp. When I execute
> 'lspci -tv' the pci modem is detected, when isadump my isa modem is
> detected. I have tried all possible configurations from docs that I have
> found and I cannot get either of these damn things to work. Comments,
> Suggestions, Criticism, greatly appreciated.
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From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: new to Linux and can't get SB Live working
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 05:33:22 GMT
I have the downloaded version of corel Linux second edition and all is good
except my SB Live. if I look in the control panel it lists a sound device as
SB Live 128 but no sound.
I tried to run sndconfig but it states no pci sound card installed. anyone
that can give me a push in the right direction would have my deepest thanks
Bob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Ristroph)
Subject: Re: GPF installing RedHat 6.2 onto AMD Duron
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 05:36:33 GMT
At the LILO: prompt, type "linux x86_serial_nr=1". This boots with
the kernel listed in the "linux" section of lilo.conf but passes the
"x86_serial_nr=1" as an option to the kernel.
This is what allowed me to boot RedHat 6.2. After booting, recompile
the kernel and select different cpu optimization parameters and it
should be fine.
For what it's worth, I tried Mandrake 7.1 later on and it had no
problem.
--Rob
>>>>> "VMaxx" == VMaxx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
VMaxx>
VMaxx> I'm guessing its trying to disable the serial number ala pentium3
VMaxx> only thing I can imagine is trying to get a kernel/ or make your own
VMaxx> if you can on a p3 machine with that part disabled.
VMaxx>
VMaxx> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to install RH6.2 onto an AMD 600MHz Duron machine.
>> Installation from the CD appears to proceed successfully, but when it
>> reboots from the hard-drive I get a message saying "Disabling CPUID
>> Serial Number - General Protection Fault 0000". The CPU registers are
>> then dumped to the screen and the boot sequence terminates.
>>
>> I can't find any mention on any of the newsgroups about 6.2 and AMD
>> Duron incompatibilities so any ideas would be appreciated. The machine
>> was checked over by the supplier (a RAM stick was replaced and Win98
>> installed to check the machine) but I continue to have this problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike.
>>
>> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>> Before you buy.
VMaxx>
VMaxx> --
VMaxx> VMaxx
VMaxx> ------
VMaxx> 2b||!2b
VMaxx> http://members.xoom.com/vmaxx
VMaxx> http://vmaxx.n3.net
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: >2giga files on Linux ?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 06:30:01 +0200
Robert Herzog wrote:
>
> Hello,
> can someone recommend what to do to get files larger than 2 gigabyte on
> Intel Linux ?
Have a look at http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Linux Mandrake 7.1
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 06:03:15 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 02:30:04 -0000, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.1 on a freshly formated and partitioned
>harddrive. How can I make my sound card and modem work properley?
>I do not have a win modem and am trying to find a source for these drivers.
>Any help would be great I need to surf the web on my linux system.
If you installed KDE there should be a DrakConfig icon of some sort that
should be able to configure your sound. Otherwise from the console use
sndconfig (see 'man sndconfig').
As far as the modem, it depends what type it is. ISA hard jumpered to a
standard serial port or external modem is easy. A PnP modem may require
'pnpdump > /etc.isapnp.conf' and then edit that for port and irq. I don't
know about PCI modems, but maybe 'lspci' will give a clue where it is.
For any non-standard port or irq you may need to use 'setserial' to tell
Linux where it is. You can either make /etc/rc.d/rc.serial script for
that or add it to /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
Then you can use linuxconf to set up a ppp connection using PAP and see if
that works when you do 'ifup ppp0' (ifdown ppp0 to stop it). Or there are
various connection tools in X depending upon which window manager you are
using (Kppp or Gnome Dialer Configuration).
See 'man resolver' to see what you might need to plug into
/etc/resolv.conf.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/ http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: PPP and routing.
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 05:55:51 GMT
I just installed debian after using Red Hat for 3 years - the only
problem is that the ISP I've been with for over a year I can no longer
connect to. I used to hate it when people asked nebulous questions on
usenet, so I've come armed with as much information as I can. :) I
just can't figure out how to go forward.
I think it is a problem with the routing. What happens is that the modem
dials and connects, pppd comes up, authenticates me (via PAP) with the
remote server, and gets an IP address. After that, I can ping myself,
my gateway, and my netmask. All hostname lookups are failures, as well
as pinging the nameservers of my ISP. When I configured debian, it
brings up a eth0 interface at boot even though it isn't connected to
anything. I tried this both with and without, with the same results, so
I don't think eth0 is interfering any.
If anyone has expertise in the area of routing and can clue me in on
what's going on with this, I would really appreciate it. Yes, I am
using the 'defaultroute' option in my /etc/ppp/peers/myisp file for
pppd. Here's a session of what I'm talking about with routing
information. I read the PPP-howto which had a section on routing, it
seems like the problem is that I don't have a route labeled default
attached to ppp0, but I don't know how to get this.
Here's the log - any suggestions or pointers would be greatly
appreciated.
(Unconnected, right after I boot...)
[root@mothra /root]$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
eth0
0.0.0.0 127.0.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
lo
[root@motrha /root]$ pon myisp
...Wait about a minute while the modem does its thing...
[root@mothra /root]$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:E5:02:0A
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:33 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe400
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:207.172.61.159 P-t-P:10.65.1.11
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1524 Metric:1
RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
[root@mothra /root]$ ping 10.65.1.11
PING 10.65.1.11 (10.65.1.11): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.65.1.11: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=180.9 ms
64 bytes from 10.65.1.11: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=129.9 ms
[root@mothra /root]$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
10.65.1.11 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
ppp0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
eth0
0.0.0.0 127.0.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
lo
Here's a syslog of the entire operation:
Oct 2 20:38:46 mothra pppd[279]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: abort on (BUSY)
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: abort on (VOICE)
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE)
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: abort on (NO ANSWER)
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: send (ATZ^M)
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: expect (OK)
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: ATZ^M^M
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: OK
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: -- got it
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: send (ATDTphone number^M)
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: expect (CONNECT)
Oct 2 20:38:47 mothra chat[280]: ^M
Oct 2 20:39:12 mothra chat[280]: ATDTphone number^M^M
Oct 2 20:39:12 mothra chat[280]: CONNECT
Oct 2 20:39:12 mothra chat[280]: -- got it
Oct 2 20:39:12 mothra chat[280]: send (\d)
Oct 2 20:39:13 mothra pppd[279]: Serial connection established.
Oct 2 20:39:13 mothra pppd[279]: Using interface ppp0
Oct 2 20:39:13 mothra pppd[279]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
Oct 2 20:39:14 mothra pppd[279]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap
0x0> <magic 0x20fc901a> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 00 04 00
00> <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp> < 11 04 05
f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 72 d0 6b>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 00 04 00
00> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 72 d0 6b>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap
0x0> <magic 0x20fc901a> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru 1524>
<asyncmap
0xa0000> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mru 1524>
<asyncmap
0xa0000> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0
magic=0x20fc901a]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1
user="myusername" password=<hidden>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x0]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 ""]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr
0.0.0.0> <compOct 2 20:39:15 mothra kernel: PPP BSD Compression module
registered
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <deflate 15>
<deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <compress VJ
0f 01>
<addr 10.65.1.11>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1 <compress VJ
0f 01>
<addr 10.65.1.11>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr
207.172.61.159>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr
207.172.61.159> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x3 80 fd 01 01
00 0f 1a
04 78 00 18 04 78 00 15 03 2f]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr
207.172.61.159> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: not replacing existing default route
to lo [127.0.0.2]
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: Cannot determine ethernet address for
proxy ARP
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: local IP address 207.172.61.159
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: remote IP address 10.65.1.11
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid
287)
Oct 2 20:39:15 mothra pppd[279]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid
287), status = 0x0
Oct 2 20:39:16 mothra fetchnews[307]: 1.9.9: verbosity level is 0
Oct 2 20:39:45 mothra pppd[279]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1
magic=0x20fc901a]
Oct 2 20:39:45 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1 magic=0x0]
Oct 2 20:40:15 mothra pppd[279]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x2
magic=0x20fc901a]
Oct 2 20:40:15 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x2 magic=0x0]
Oct 2 20:40:45 mothra pppd[279]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x3
magic=0x20fc901a]
Oct 2 20:40:45 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x3 magic=0x0]
Oct 2 20:41:15 mothra pppd[279]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x4
magic=0x20fc901a]
Oct 2 20:41:15 mothra pppd[279]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x4 magic=0x0]
Does anybody have any ideas on how to get past this?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: soft reboot?
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 06:19:48 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2 Oct 2000, Michal Szymanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>I'm no pro, and I certainly do not know all these profession-linked
>>words, so please explain what you mean with soft/cold reboot, perhaps
>>then I can help you.
>
>Soft or warm reboot is done without full reset of the hardware,
>no memory check etc.
>
>In old DOS days, a warm reboot was done when one pressed Ctrl-Alt-Del
>combination, while cold reboot by pressing Reset button.
>
>Since my original posting I have found kernel boot option
>"reboot=warm" which should, according to BootPrompt HOWTO, make it.
>Unfortunately, at least on my laptop, it does not change anything.
I always thought Pentium class machines would only do a cold boot, since
even Ctrl-Alt-Del in Windows does that. But it must be possible because
"shutdown -r now" in FreeBSD 4.0 does a worm boot. But it may be hardware
dependent and maybe some boxes still only do a cold boot.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/ http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/
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From: "David.L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new to Linux and can't get SB Live working
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:47:26 +0300
Bob wrote:
>
> I have the downloaded version of corel Linux second edition and all is good
> except my SB Live. if I look in the control panel it lists a sound device as
> SB Live 128 but no sound.
> I tried to run sndconfig but it states no pci sound card installed. anyone
> that can give me a push in the right direction would have my deepest thanks
>
> Bob
Oh... huh.. sorry i screwed up with the posts.
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From: "frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: what is the "apxs script", and how do I install it
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 02:38:15 -0400
PHP 4.0.2 is complaining that this script must be present for
install and compiling to take place. (/usr/sbin)
Box is i386 with RH 6.2 custom install/Apache 1.3.12
Should I ditch Apache and re-install RPM?
Any advice appreciated.
FK =-)
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From: "David.L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new to Linux and can't get SB Live working
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:43:29 +0300
Bob wrote:
>
> I have the downloaded version of corel Linux second edition and all is good
> except my SB Live. if I look in the control panel it lists a sound device as
> SB Live 128 but no sound.
> I tried to run sndconfig but it states no pci sound card installed. anyone
> that can give me a push in the right direction would have my deepest thanks
>
> Bob
Check out http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ there should be an
driver that should work.
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From: "David.L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new to Linux and can't get SB Live working
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:43:53 +0300
Bob wrote:
>
> I have the downloaded version of corel Linux second edition and all is good
> except my SB Live. if I look in the control panel it lists a sound device as
> SB Live 128 but no sound.
> I tried to run sndconfig but it states no pci sound card installed. anyone
> that can give me a push in the right direction would have my deepest thanks
>
> Bob
Check out http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ there should be an
driver that should work.
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From: "David.L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new to Linux and can't get SB Live working
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:44:38 +0300
Bob wrote:
>
> I have the downloaded version of corel Linux second edition and all is good
> except my SB Live. if I look in the control panel it lists a sound device as
> SB Live 128 but no sound.
> I tried to run sndconfig but it states no pci sound card installed. anyone
> that can give me a push in the right direction would have my deepest thanks
>
> Bob
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From: "David.L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new to Linux and can't get SB Live working
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:44:55 +0300
Bob wrote:
>
> I have the downloaded version of corel Linux second edition and all is good
> except my SB Live. if I look in the control panel it lists a sound device as
> SB Live 128 but no sound.
> I tried to run sndconfig but it states no pci sound card installed. anyone
> that can give me a push in the right direction would have my deepest thanks
>
> Bob
Check out http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ there should be an
driver that should work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: Lexmark Optra E310 setup
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 20:43:09 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2 Oct 2000 18:45:20 GMT, Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ok, after some playing around with all the configuration files, now
>I can print graphics, postscript, but I can't print plain text :(
>When I print text, the output is like :
>
>Line one here
> Line two here
> Line 3 here
>
>Can someone tell me why ?
>
>My printcap entry is :
>lp|lexmark:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lexmark:\
> :mx#0:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lexmark/filter:\
> :sh:
>
>My "filter" is :
>#!/usr/bin/perl
># The above line should really have the whole path to perl
># This script must be executable: chmod 755 filter
>while(<STDIN>){chomp $_; print "$_\r\n";};
># You might also want to end with a form feed: print "\f";
>
>
>Best Regards,
>Eric Ho
>
>
Try using another tool. When I want to print text I use enscript which has
a whole bunch of other uses as well. It formats text quite nicely. Your
probably is described as stairstepping. I don't have that particular
problem with debian since I found the enscript app. When I send a job now,
I just type "enscript nameofthefile.txt".
You can set up most things like mutt to use enscript as well when printing
clear text email messages, etc.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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