On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:21:47 -0600 Myles Green
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:13:53 +0700
> Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 18:37:21 -0600 Myles Green
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the pointer... looks like it might be interesting. Do
> you
> > > happen to know if there is an FTP install?
> >
> > You can ftp all the packages to a directory and install from that
>
> OK, that works for me =) thanks again.
>
> > directory, but there is no fetch the packages on the fly like
> there is
> > with gentoo.
> >
> > The only other flaw I forgot to mention: jbl doesn't provide the
> > sr_mod.o module, so you will need to customize the kernel to get
> > support for CD-RW.
>
> This is OK too, one of the first things I do on my systems is build
> a
> new kernel.
>
> > The installer found my sound card (esssolo1) and NIC (tulip)
> without a
> > hitch, and DHCP is selectable.
> >
> > I have cups working for my printer as well. USB support is there,
> but
>
> I've been unable to get past printing the test page with slackware 8
> /
> apsfilter and I've just installed cups / qtcups and and am now
> trying to
> get everything setup and working. Having it all setup and ready to
> configure would be nice though <g>.
>
> > I can't check it out with my equipment; nor do I know how the
> system
> > will fare with SCSI disk and/or PMCIA for laptops.
>
> I use neither of these as well but I do have a USB mouse. I don't
> expect
> any problems...
>
> Thanks for your review =)
>
> Myles
>
> > The only user group is the forum on the jbl site, and the traffic
> is
> > pretty light there, but I'm sure the heavy weights on this list
> can
> > answer most questions.
> >
> > Collins
> >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:23:27 +0700
> > > Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > FYI
> > > >
> > > > I think this is the greatest distro ever!!!
> > > >
> > > > Except for a very few things omitted from the
> Desktop+Development
> > > > install option, the system has everything I could possibly
> want
> > > and
> > > > more (both GNOME and KDE are onboard).
> > > >
> > > > Here are some of the good and bad (nothing disastrous).
> > > >
> > > > 1) For those of us used to the Sysvinit form of init, the jbl
> > > approach
> > > > takes some getting used to. Instead of the directories with
> Sxxx
> > > and
> > > > Kxxx links for each run level, there is a single unified
> script
> > > for
> > > > each run level. You turn on or off scripts in
> /etc/rc.d/init.d by
> > > > adding/removing execute permission.
> > > >
> > > > 2) I like the jbl package stuff, but there is no way to do a
> > > pretend
> > > > install. The provided rpm2jbl program works. There is also a
> > > patched
> > > > version of check install that works quite well and converts
> the
> > > > tarballs to a jbl package on the fly.
> > > >
> > > > 3) I had to install a few packages to get the prereqs for
> xfce,
> > > > sylpheed, and opera. Some were on the cdrom, some were
> tarballs,
> > > all
> > > > installed without a hitch, as did the afformentioned products.
> > > >
> > > > 4) I can't think of much else right now; jbl is darn near
> perfect
> > > for
> > > > my needs.
> > > >
As far as cups goes, jbl has three packages. Install all of them. Do
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.cups, then ...rc.cups start. Use
http://locahost:631 to setup your printer. You may need to
/usr/bin/enable and /usr/bin/accept lp0(or whatever name you use).
cups has some sort of an intercept that enables the lpx series of
commands. Works through (x)inetd, but I haven't figured out how to
make it work. I just added aliases for lpx (lpr, lpq, lpstat, lprm)
to lpr-cups ... For some reason, this doesn't work for anything kde
or opera or sylpheed. For sylpheed, you can configure the command
'cat %s | lpr-cups' in the 'other' settings. I haven't found any way
to make opera or kde work, so I have to print to file, then cat xxx |
lpr to print stuff.
Let me know if you try any of this and get further than I did.
--
Collins Richey
Denver Area
jblinux 2.2 xfce sylpheed opera
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