Re: [newbie] Scanner / SANE I/O problem
** Reply to message from DStevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 25 Jun 2001 18:49:35 -0400 Thank you -- that is very helpful. I will look into this avenue and keep you posted as well. Let me know how it goes with your efforts. - Andy -- Andrew R. Lazarewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://world.std.com/~alaz 781-942-1129 (Voice FAX) Wireless: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 781-677-3226
[newbie] Postscript cartridge print problem
Hi, I have an HP LaserJet 2P+ printer w/4.5 MB memory. A long-time workhorse. I recently got a PostScript cartridge for it -- with the cartridge in place a file takes forever to download to the printer, then nothing prints. I went back to my staple OS/2 on the same system, configured the PS version of my printer, and it works great, fast and accurate. So, the cartridge and printer are OK. The problem may be with Ghostscript running on my machine with a Postscript printer -- just a guess. StarOffice does not have a driver for the plain HP LaserJet 2P+ printer, but it works under the Generic (ghostscript?) printer. StarOffice does have a driver for the HP Laserjet 2P+ w/PS, which is what I'm trying to enable. Any advice and help? Thanks! - Andy -- Andrew R. Lazarewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://world.std.com/~alaz Wireless: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 781-677-3226
Re: [newbie] Can't access CD drives - even as root
** Reply to message from Graham Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 14 Mar 2001 09:07:53 + In the process of following my own instructions and testing how to do this right, I created the same problems with my Zip drive that you have with your CD drives. Still working on it - Andy
Re: [newbie] Backup needed
** Reply to message from Don Mayhew [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 13 Mar 2001 10:26:36 -0800 I believe that Windows can't see an ext2 partition, but a Linux partions can see the Windows partition. I have the same issue with OS/2 and Linux, so I simply back up both through Linux. - Andy
Re: [newbie] Can't access CD drives - even as root
** Reply to message from root [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:12:54 + A couple of things to look at: 1. Whatever account mounted the CD should also unmount the CD. Logical right? Not quite, because it doesn't always work. 2. Go in as root to your device and mount points and check that you indeed have read/write permissions set properly -- that means they should be enabled (checked) for whoever uses the drive. As I had trouble with this, I just gave everyone that right. 3. Go to your CD icon on the desktop, or in your directory. Right click on the icon -- does the word "mount" or "unmount" show up in the menu? If yes, then you should be able to click it. If not, then you have the wrong device / mount point attached to your icon. Here I get fuzzy, because this is where I had the most trouble and am not sure (yet) what got me out. If neither "mount" nor "unmount" shows up on the file menu, delete the icon from the desktop. Go to HardDrak under filesystems and see if the CD is visible there. If it is, then play with the settings until it works. If it's not, then go to /dev/### (I don't know the device name for your CD, and try to copy that to the desktop. Click on that and work with the properties. The trick is to get the "mount" and "unmount" show up when you right click the icon. Hope this helps -- sorry about the fuzziness of (3), but I am somewhat uncertain about this. Thanks! -Andy
[newbie] Tape config backup
I've been trying to configure a tape drive and backup 1. I have a Seagate TR-4 ATAPI/IDE tape drive 2. I have Mandrake-Linux 7.2 Powerpack Deluxe 3. Linux boot recognizes the tape, as does HardDrake -- at /dev/hdb 4. I don't know which of /dev/hdb# devices applies to the tape drive 5. I found documentation for KDAT with MD 7.2 Complete. but cannot find the executable or configuration file. 5a. KDAT documentation discusses a special format -- is the standard TR-4 tape format valid? 6. I found "flexbackup" script on the distribution CDs. It installs OK, but tells me that the device needs to be defined (it is in the script as /dev/hdb). 7. I found Arkeia, but it applies to a client-server, and a SCSI tape drive. I have a stand-alone system with an ATAPI/IDE tape drive -- so it won't work. Can anyone help with 5, 5a 6? How do I configure the device so that Linux sees it as a valid device? Where can I find KDAT? Thank you! - Andy Lazarewicz -- Andrew R. Lazarewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://world.std.com/~alaz Wireless: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 781-677-3226
Re: [newbie] Mandrake on Ebay
** Reply to message from Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 06:41:11 -0500 Lance, well, it will work, but Mark's comment is worth noting. Linux is a product of a "free" market -- all this stuff is free, but companies (e.g., Mandrake, RedHat) provide a value-added service as integrators. That is they package up the stuff nicely and provide an infrastructure that makes it a lot easier to find and use. Although I could have put this all together myself, I bought the complete version from Mandrake because I support their efforts. The same collection under Microsoft would have cost a fortune. So, I want these guys to stay in business. So, supporting Marks comment, I note that, yes, it will work from eBay (assuming all the discs are there and are intact). But it does short-circuit the value-added process that Linux vendors provide. If you go this route, it will work, but do consider supporting the folks who provide that extra service in the future. There is a particular culture in the UNIX / Linux / GNU environment that is really unique and worth having. For what it's worth. - Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was looking around on Ebay and noticed that they were auctioning Linux Mandrake 7.2 and RedHat 7.0 for like 3 dollars. Has anyone ever used this route before? Is it worth it or should I just go to the store and get it? Thanks ~Lance you know...there's just something wrong about that. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
Re: [newbie] LM7.2 Installation problems (CDRW/modem etc.)
** Reply to message from SPUFI Doo [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 2 Mar 2001 14:32:36 + (GMT) Does your COM3 share the same interrupt (IRQ=4) as COM1, or do you have a unique IRQ set for COM3? - Andy
Re: [newbie] I found out about Xwindows (Modem setup)
** Reply to message from Derek Rayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 1 Mar 2001 18:45:10 -0800 (PST) Your modem problem. Which COM port are you using? They map this way: /dev/ttyS0 -- COM1 /dev/ttyS1 -- COM2 /dev/ttyS2 -- COM3 /dev/ttyS3 -- COM4 it is case sensitive, /dev/ttys0 is not the same as /dev/ttyS0 typical UNIX If you are using a COM port with a unique IRQ (for example I use COM3 with IRQ 10, where the default is IRQ 4), then Linux won't see your modem properly. The way to fix it is to use setserial setserial /dev/ttyS2 IRQ 10 -- this is my command. Now, each time you boot, Linux forgets your setserial command. I have the notes at home, and don't remember where to put it so that it will set everytime, but if I remember right, it goes in my rc.d file, which I think is in /etc/rc.d -- but I'm not sure about that. Hope this helps -- Andy
[newbie] Zip drive unmount
Hi! I know this was covered before, but I can't find it. I can mount (by inserting) a zip disk as a user, but I have to unmount (umount) as root. What is the best way just to eject a Zip disk as a user? Thanks! - Andy -- Andrew R. Lazarewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://world.std.com/~alaz Wireless e-mail, voicemail, page: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 781-677-3226
Re: [newbie] Dual boot: Mandrake and NT question??
** Reply to message from "Adam Willcox" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 23 Feb 2001 09:35:30 -0500 I've fallen behind in reading all these e-mails, so bear with me if I repeat something.There are two aspects of using NTFS and other partitions systems: boot and read. To connect to an NTFS partition (you are using Mandrake, if I recall): I'm doing this from memory, so work around the misses Find and click on "HardDrak" It will show a cartoon of your hard disk partitions. Click on each partition to show what it contains. It should show NTFS blah-blah-blah for at least one (depending on how many partitions you have). Wherever NTFS is located, find the following parameter: /dev/hda# (e.g., /dev/hda4) and note the number. Close HardDrak To configure lilo: Open the "configure" icon on your desktop. Click on the box that implies "boot" (I don't recall its name). Find and click "add" -- at this point you need to type in the /dev/hda# that you found above, and a name that lilo will see. To configure read access: Create a folder/directory where you want to see your NTFS files Click on config icon on your desktop (I don't have it in front of me right now) Open filesystems Click "add" or "mount" (I think it's "add") A window will show up with three sub-windows. The two relevant ones: Top window -- type in (pull-down won't find it) /dev/hda# (where # is the number 1-8, where your NTFS partition is -- see first instruction). Second window, pull-down menu shows eligible partition formats, one of them should be NTFS. Click on that Bottom window, type in the mount point (e.g., /home/myname/ntfs -- or whatever the full pathname is to your folder that you created above). Save and exit the windows. Your NTFS files should now be visible at your mount point. They are probably Read-Only. I understand that the Linux Kernel 2.4.x will allow Read/Write access, but the 2.2.x does not. Let me know if this worked for you. - Andy
Re: [newbie] eh?
** Reply to message from Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 19 Feb 2001 12:47:59 - Welcome to the club! I can help with the Windows problem. Wine is an excellent tool that is in advanced development -- as I see it, the folks working it are doing an excellent job, but it still needs work (see their web site http://www.winehq.com). Another alternative that uses a different approach is Win4Lin (see http://www.netraverse.com) -- if you have a formal copy of Win 95/98, their program will install it into your Linux filesystem -- essentially, you are running the original Windows inside a Linux window (not an emulator). Direct X and DOS graphics mode aren't supported, so games are out, but business stuff should work -- MS Office is known to work. I'm still installing it into my system, and have had some troubles with getting the right kernel in place (explained below) and Windows OEM are a pain (as is most of Windows software by definition), as you need a bootable disk as well (not a big deal, you just have to know about it). Reviews are very good, I haven't yet fully installed it, but should be able to finish that today. About the kernel, Linux's guts is the Kernel, and Win4Lin has to patch it, so the patch and your installed Kernel have to match. Many are done quickly, and the CD has patches, but mine was a pain to get right. Fortunately, their e-mail help is very good, and you can always write here too. StarOffice, which is available free from sun (http://www.sun.com), and included in many, if not all, packaged Linux systems is extremely compatible with MS Office. I haven't yet found anything that I needed to do in MS Office that I can't do in Star Office -- take a look at this option as well. Linux is far different and better than DOS/Windows, it is very stable, free, grass-roots support, but it needs considerably more technical knowledge than Windows. However, you get out of it what you put into it. It is aggravating at times, but the people who work with it and help in places like this are terrific! You won't be orphaned -- keep going! - Andy Lazarewicz
Re: [newbie] i WILL not go back to win2k! i promise!
** Reply to message from Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:00:33 - Oops, I didn't mean that Win4Lin will take 6 months to install, it doesn't -- much of the delay came from my learning curve I noticed that you have Mandrake-Linux 7.2, which is what I have -- so if you decide to try that route, I can short cut your effort. If you have the pieces in hand (which I didn't), it only takes 20 minutes or so. I should have mine running today. In turn, if you get wine to work (I've been having some trouble), let me know how it goes. So, we don't overload this already overloaded listserv, why don't we connect direct on this (if you want), and we'll post things here that are of more general use? Contacts below. - Andy -- Andrew R. Lazarewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://world.std.com/~alaz Wireless e-mail, voicemail, page: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 781-677-3226
[newbie] Kernel updates
Hi! Been having a few problems with kernel updates and patches required for Win4Lin install, and r/w access to hpfs disks. Questions: 1. What is a good info source about kernels how they work in Linux -- I understand the fundamentals of kernels, but I don't know where they are located, how to address multiple kernels, labels (for different entry points)? 2. Does a patch create a new kernel, in addition to the old, or replace the old? 3. Mandrake Linux 7.2.17-21mdk on an i586 (Macmillan Mandrake Complete, off the shelf two weeks ago) is read only on HPFS (OS/2) disks, I understand that there are updates to the kernel that will allow read/write for HPFS disks? 4. I'm trying to upgrade (3) so that Win4Lin will work. Can't find any rpm files, and the patches are stalling due to file they can't find. The instructions are good for easy installs, but do not help when there is a problem. 5. Kernels are labeled i386, i586, i686 -- I presume, that relates to chip architecture. I have a Pentium I / 233 MHz chip, which I believe is i586. Must I use i586 only? Can I use i386 or i686? Thank you! - Andy Lazarewicz
Re: [newbie] kppp.pid file error?
** Reply to message from DRX [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:07:31 +0100 There is a simple answer, which has a finite chance of being correct (it was for me). For those of us who switched from OS/2 or Windows, Linux only need one click to launch, where OS/2 and Windows need two. If you double click on "Internet" or whatever launches your pppd, then you automatically open two instances. One of which is good, and one will produce the error that you received. So, clear everything by logging out and then back in again. See if any pppd instances are running immediately (if you have no menu item that you can identify), open a terminal window and type "ps -ef", which lists all running programs. Look for pppd in that list. If none, click only once on your pppd connection. I know it's silly, but it worked for me -- I'm familiar with lots of operating systems, and it's always stuff like this that drives me nuts. ;-) - Andy
