Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!
--- "Rajko M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hope I will have time to try your procedure > > tomorrow, Rajko. It depends on whether I can find > the > > cables and parts for the scanner. It's a Mustek > 600 > > III EP Plus. > > Your scanner might be one of those that are > supported. > > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-MUSTEK > It is using mustek_pp backend and according to man > page > it is working. > > Just go to YaST, and after it doesn't find scanner, > click > on Add and you will be presented with list, Type > Mustek 600 III EP Plus > in search box (or just copy and paste) and it will > give > you single hit. From here it should be recognized. > If you have problem to get it scan than it is > another > problem. Ask the list with error description and > someone > will jump in. I did as you suggested, Rajko. YaST does have an entry for my device, and it completed the "add" -- but the "add" had no effect. The YaST sidebar comment says that pp scanners have to be configured manually. I also tried the instructions on your scanner page http://en.opensuse.org/User:Rajko_m/wip I downloaded the files and tried the make. I got the following errors: :~/Scanner/ppscsi-beta2> make make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.8-0.3-obj/i386/default' make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.8-0.3-obj/i386/default' make: *** [all] Error 2 :~/Scanner/ppscsi-beta2> With make, I'm a complete novice. I know I need to study the "info make" pages. Perhaps the above "make" needs to be run under root authority -- but I'm reluctant to do that till I know what I'm doing! I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I found a little instability in my system. In one session, I lost the KDE start menu, and in another session, panels and tabs started mixing and overlapping, till KDE finally crashed and took me back to login. I decided to let the system settle before making any more changes. > Compiling drivers isn't problem. You have to have > current kernel sources that will be installed by YaST in a standard location > /usr/src/linux > and command make, but as mentioned in case of your > scanner it might be not necessary. > For text mode work I would recommend Midnight > Commander: > http://en.opensuse.org/Midnight_Commander > it is very capable and after relative short learning > you'll > have many tools at your hand: > http://en.opensuse.org/Midnight_Commander/Tips > that otherwise you have to learn one by one. > > BTW, this message is answer to mail list post, but > landed > direct in my inbox. If you want me to post it there > let me > know and I'll repost it to mail list only. > > -- > Regards, > Rajko. I love mc and I use it constantly. On my new 10.2 system, however, mc is very slow to start. I had a similar problem with 9.0 when I added bash code to my .bashrc file, but that is not the cause of the delay here in 10.2, since .bashrc is empty. Thanks again for the quick response and the advice! It's good to be a part of such a lively list. Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Installing openSUSE from Windows - new discussion
--- Mark Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/17/07, G T Smith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The concept of having a Linux on the same File > System as Windows is not > > new (it used to be an option with some distros). > However where you start > > hitting issues is with fundamental > incompatibilities in how the two OSs > > describe files and some basic file formats. For > instance in Open Office > > and Eclipse one needs two distinct environments to > work on documents or > > projects and NTFS has a very different security > mechanism to Linux, I > > think in attempting to create simplicity one well > may be in fact > > creating much unneeded complexity. > > Yes, I remember it was part of Slackware > distribution long ago (back > in 1996). You could install Slackware in FAT > partition (it was called > UMSDOS FS). The issue was, you paid performance > penalty. Unix > principles of file system with i-nodes, pointing to > actual file and > directory data, is very important. Not sure how NTFS > works, but I > doubt it uses Unix concept. > Also, currently you will normally have no write > access from Windows to Linux. > If you install Linux on Windows FS, Linux will > probably become > vulnerable to Windows SW glitches, viruses and other > nice things. (Of > course, if some virus uses low level access, it > could harm Linux FS in > separate partitions as well). > -- > Mark Goldstein Corel also supported UMSDOS. That was my introduction to Linux, way back in 1998 (I believe). From there, I went on to using LoadLin -- the only way to get Linux to run in a logical partition at that time, as I recall. With UMSDOS, all of the Linux files were stored inside a single M$windles FAT file! Why couldn't we do the same thing, using a single NTFS file? According to Wikipedia, support for UMSDOS was dropped in the 2.6 kernel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMSDOS Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition
--- Bob Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: > > Hi, > > > >> > >> I have the /home on its own partition, but I need > to move it to the root > >> partition without losing data, > > > > I am not an expert but I was thinking if the > following should work > > > > 1. To be on the safe side get out of x (ex: init > 3) > > Wouldn't it be even safer to boot from a live CD? I had the opposite problem a few days ago: I had to move /home off the root partition and onto a new partition. Since I have two Linux systems installed, I can use the one to modify the other. I have 9.0 on a logical partition on hda and 10.2 on a logical partition on hdb. When I installed 10.2 last week, I inadvertantly ended up with /home on the root partition. Not knowing what to do, I proceeded one step at a time, checking each result. Using the 9.0 system: * I mounted the two 10.2 partitions, hdb5 and hdb6. * I copied the 10.2 /home subdirectories from hdb5 (root) to hdb6 (new home) * I renamed 10.2 /home to /home_hdb5, to preserve the the original subdirectories (for recovery) * I created a new 10.2 /home to serve as a mount-point for 10.2 fstab * I made sure that the 10.2 fstab entry used hdb6 Much to my surprise, 10.2 survived and is now working fine, with the new /home. Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!
--- "Rajko M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll write article on openSUSE wiki about parallel > port scanner installation, > but I have no ZIP drive and I can't do much to > rescue information how to > install them. Your experience can help to people > like you to give second life > to their ZIP drives. > > -- > Regards, > Rajko. Wow! I HAVE a parallel port scanner with M$ driver disk. I tried to find a way to get the scanner to work with Linux, but finally gave up. When you write the article, it will be very helpful to me! Thanks! Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] gphoto2/Digikam: need sunplus spca533 driver for Sakar 99479
Besides being patient, what can I do with a somewhat unsupported digital camera? I say "somewhat" because Digikam and Gwenview do display thumbnails correctly. However, the downloaded jpg's are somewhat scrambled -- the image breaks into wide horizontal tinted shifted bands. I'm wondering whether I can eliminate this banding by changing the gphoto download speed or some other gphoto option -- --speed, --frames, --interval gphoto --auto-detect gives Model Port Mass Storage Cameradisk:/media/disk The driver, spca533, is used in a large number of cameras. See: http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdevcat.php?w=d&id=98 -- cameras that use spca533 http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdr.php?id=98 -- spca533 overview http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=589063 -- driver summary A number of cameras use spca50x. I tried setting digikam to some of these cameras, hoping that spca50x might be close enough to spca533 to allow digikam to connect, but it didn't work. http://www.teaser.fr/~hfiguiere/linux/digicam.html here's exif for one of the photos in the camera: gphoto2: /dcim/100media> show-exif sunp0002.jpg Downloading 'sunp0002.jpg' from folder '/dcim/100media'... EXIF tags: +--- Tag |Value +--- ImageDescription|Sunplus Make|Sunplus Model |Spca533 Orientation |top - left XResolution |72.00 YResolution |72.00 ResolutionUnit |Inch DateTime|2006:01:01 09:56:25 YCbCrPositioning|co-sited Compression |JPEG compression Orientation |top - left XResolution |72.00 YResolution |72.00 ResolutionUnit |Inch YCbCrPositioning|co-sited ExposureTime|1/33 sec. FNumber |f/2.8 ExposureProgram |Normal program ISOSpeedRatings |100 ExifVersion |Exif Version 2.1 DateTimeOriginal|2006:01:01 09:56:25 DateTimeDigitized |2006:01:01 09:56:25 ComponentsConfigurat|Y Cb Cr - CompressedBitsPerPix|2.00 ExposureBiasValue |+9.8 MaxApertureValue|3.17 MeteringMode|Center-Weighted Average LightSource |0 Flash |Flash did not fire. FocalLength |9.7 mm FlashPixVersion |FlashPix Version 1.0 ColorSpace |sRGB PixelXDimension |2592 PixelYDimension |1944 FileSource |DSC SceneType | InteroperabilityInde|R98 InteroperabilityVers| +--- EXIF data contains a thumbnail (11896 bytes). Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Converting reiserfs 3.5 to 3.6; listing fs version
Another interesting problem! When I laid out my partitions for my new 10.2, I mistakenly specified 3.5 instead of 3.6 as the reiserfs version. I was afraid that 3.6 might not be compatible with my 9.0 SuSE. After completing the install, I found out that 3.6 IS compatible with the 2.4 nucleus. Moreover, 3.5 does not support acl and attr mount options specified in fstab. The latter problem apparently induced Linux to relocate my /home from hdb6 to hdb5, the root partition! (I have 10.2 running on two logical partitions on a slave drive, way beyond the 8k cylinder limit. Incredibly, grub takes it all in stride! Isn't progress nice?!) Throwing caution to the wind, I used my 9.0 system to "fix" 10.2! I: * mounted hdb6 with -o conv, then * copied the /home subdirectories from hdb5 to hdb6 * changed /home on hdb5 to /home_hdb5 * created a new /home (to serve as mount point only) * let 10.2 fstab mount hdb6 as /home Well, 10.2 still works, oddly enough. But I'm not sure why. I don't know whether the reiserfs version has actually changed. I can't find any file utilities that actually list the version -- as far as I can see, fsck doesn't do it, reiserfstune doesn't do it. What SHOULD I have done, and how can I find out what version I have? Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Mouse "scroll gone wild" crashes 10.2, no problem in 9.0; YAST setting ignored
Thanks for the help! I wasn't expecting replies so SOON! This seems like a very LIVELY Linux group. It's good to be here. I looked up xorg.conf (the new name for XF86Config apparently) and found this: Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Name" "ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse" Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" EndSection I reported the problem because I thought that somebody should know that Foxfire (I think) has found a way to subvert the XF86Config settings. (Is that even POSSIBLE?!), and that KDE is vulnerable to scroll overload. It turns out that the mouse was defective. I upgraded to one of those new-fangled optical mice. (My wife loves it because it glows in the dark.) And now I'm finally getting to enjoy 10.2. What a gorgeous system! A lot of people have done some great work, here! It's too bad the M$ slaves will never get to see it! Next step: install Opera, install kvim, customize KDE keystrokes, fonts, learn xml, etc.. I did make one mistake regarding file-system selection. I'll start a new thread for that. - Original Message From: M Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: opensuse@opensuse.org Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 1:25:14 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Mouse "scroll gone wild" crashes 10.2, no problem in 9.0; YAST setting ignored On Thursday 14 June 2007 17:16, Carlos E. R. wrote: > Edit the config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and set it as in 9.0. For > instance: or for 10.0 Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Name" "PS/2 Logitech Mouse" Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection openSUSE 10.0 Logitech Trackman Wheel (removed Option "Buttons" "5") The ZAxisMapping is what makes the scroll wheel work, and the scroll wheel actually activates buttons 4 and 5. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Mouse "scroll gone wild" crashes 10.2, no problem in 9.0; YAST setting ignored
I've just installed 10.2. I experienced erratic (wild, unstable) scrolling during and after installation. As soon as the mouse pointer enters a text or panel area, the area starts to scroll erratically. Scroll overload apparently crashed KDE -- lost keyboard access, and ability to logoff. Problem does not exist on my 9.0 SuSE system. I'm using a Logitech wheel mouse. 9.0 lists it as an "Intelli/wheel mouse (aux)". 10.2 recognizes it as Logitech. My graphics card is an "NVidia GeForce 4 MX440SE". My monitor is an "AOC Spectrum 7KLR". In 9.0, I run at 800x600 with refresh 128hz. I managed to get YAST/sax2 to disable the mouse wheel. That worked for a while, but today, after starting Firefox, the problem returned, afflicting ALL applications (not just Firefox). According to sax2, the wheel remained disabled. However, after starting Firefox, the wheel became operative and, throughout KDE, scrolling became unstable. Is it possible that Firefox (or something else) caused the system to disregard the sax2 setting? There are several problems here: * sax2 mouse setting is ignored by applications * erratic scrolling crashed KDE, locked out keyboard * mouse may be defective It's the first two problems that deserve wider attention. The last problem, I can fix myself. Disconnecting the mouse eliminated the wild oscillations. I will try replacing the mouse. I tried reducing screen resolution to 800x600. That had no effect. Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
