I gave up on my well reported, here, effort to get my
custom kernel 2.4.22 to support CD writing.
I decided to try a prepackaged debian kernel as
someone suggested here. As long as I was going to the
trouble, I chose kernel-image-2.6.0-test4-1-386, using
apt-get upgrade. It took over five hours to
--- John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sidney Brooks writes:
> > Surely, I am not the only person who has thought
> that spam is a tool for
> > attacking the U. S. (yes to some this will seem
> provincial) by crippling
> > what has become a major means o
Surely, I am not the only person who has thought that
spam is a tool for attacking the U. S. (yes to some
this will seem provincial) by crippling what has
become a major means of communication. It can also be
a tool to repress ideas that you don't agree with,
e.g. if someone writes a message in fav
--- klaus imgrund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 19 October 2003 13:50, Sidney Brooks
> wrote:
> >
> > --- klaus imgrund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > My Swen volume had dropped to a managable one
--- klaus imgrund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > My Swen volume had dropped to a managable one per
> day since my last
> > post here around six weeks ago. I posted last
> night (helping
> > someone fight Swen), and this morning, there were
> 20+ Swens, over 3
> > Megabytes. I was *tha
--- Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Sidney Brooks wrote:
>
> your kernel config looks good
>
> egrep -i
>
"BLK_DEV_LOOP|BLK_DEV_RAM|BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE|BLK_DEV_IDESCSI|CONFIG_SCSI=|CONFIG_MINIX_FS"
>
you can have lilo do anything you like ...
> - for simplicity ... make a boot floppy
> for the cdrw version of the kernel
> and that will not touch any of your
> current existing boot stuff
>
> ( syslinux, lilo, dd, grub, ... )
>
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003,
--- ScruLoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 05:57:15AM -0700, Sidney
> Brooks wrote:
>
> > Filters will not solve the problem. The problem is
> > that so much spam is coming in that it overloads
> the
> > allocated mailbox space and t
--- "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 at 17:04 GMT, Sidney Brooks
> penned:
> > What if we put some pressure on the email
> providers, in my case Yahoo.
> > Suppose I create a new email account with
--- csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:20:44 +0100,
> Karsten M. Self wrote:
> >
> > on Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 11:28:43AM +0100, Joseph
> Jones
> > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > > While I'm a huge Firebird fan, IE was better at
> some tasks
> > > (yes, they are non-standa
What if we put some pressure on the email providers,
in my case Yahoo. Suppose I create a new email account
with Yahoo, whose address I gave to correspondents
that I want, while keeping my current Yahoo address
only for this list. In time Yahoo's memory banks will
be so cluttered with junk that the
I am still at it. I believe that I have created the
proper Debian package for a kernel that should enable
CD writing. I still can't do it.
As I explained many messages ago, my lilo is on a
different partition than the one for which I want CD
writing. The new kernel created a lilo which is
located
Filters will not solve the problem. The problem is
that so much spam is coming in that it overloads the
allocated mailbox space and then Yahoo, and I presume
other services, refuse to accept more email. A filter
can divert spam into trash, but trash counts against
your quota until you delete it. Y
Filters will not solve the problem. The problem is
that so much spam is coming in that it overloads the
allocated mailbox space and then Yahoo, and I presume
other services, refuse to accept more email. A filter
can divert spam into trash, but trash counts against
your quota until you delete it. Yo
--- Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:11:46PM -0700, Sidney
> Brooks wrote:
>
> | I went through the .config file and compared it
> with
> | the instructions in the CDRW-WritinguHOWTO.
> | The fo
As a result of my thread here, I am getting an almost
endless stream of spam messages, supposedly from
microsoft. Unless I clean out "bulk" and "trash" every
few hours, they are pushing me beyond my Yahoo
allowance. The effect is to cut me off from sending
and receiving messages. Is this happening
--- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 03:27:32PM -0700, Sidney
> Brooks wrote:
> >
> > --- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 01:48:01PM -0700, Sidney
> > > Brooks wrote:
>
--- Naota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Sidney Brooks wrote:
> > I have done all the things described below and it
> > still does not work.
>
> Okay, how about this, then:
> Please post the contents of /etc/lilo.conf,
> /etc/modules.conf, and
> /et
ilo.conf? And that there is a command
equivalent to lilo, maybe grub? Can grub be erased
easily if things go wrong? I do not want to mess up my
entire computer in an effort to gain CD writing.
sidney
--- Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 0
I have done all the things described below and it
still does not work.
--- Naota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 03:39:52AM -0700, Sidney
> Brooks wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Although Alvin Oga po
o /boot as
> config-kernel-version for Debian distros (I believ).
> It is a simple text file and can be viewed with
> your favorite editor.
>
> cheers
>
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 13:25:39 -0700 (PDT)
> Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I must
I now think that I should explain how I have set up my
computer because what I thought should be irrelevant
may somehow be the cause of my troubles. I welcome
criticism.
I have separate partitions on my hard drive for
WindowsXP and two versions of Debian woody. I think of
one Debian partition as m
--- steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi sidney,
>
> maybe this is of some help, i hope.
>
> why not install a kernel like vanilla, with - as
> root - a line in /etc/lilo.conf
>
> append="hdx=ide-scsi", hdx = hdd, hdc, or something
> like that: the name woody
> gives to your cdrom-writer
--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One thing that occurs to me: you did do
>
> make modules
> make modules_install
>
> right?
> --
> Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
These are not in the instructions that I am following.
At what point are these things to be do
I must confess that I am still confused although the
messages here are helping.
When I look at my installed Debian packages, I have:
kernel-image-2 Custom.2 (the last one that I made).
The only things that I have in /etc/modules are:
af_packet
sr_mod
If I knew how you printed out "make config" b
--- Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 03:39:52 -0700 (PDT),
> Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> message
>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > --- "M. Kirchhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Quo
I am reaching a stage of complete frustration in my
effort to install a CD writer. I have Debian woody
with a 2.4.22 kernel that I got from www.kernel.org.
My effort to configure the kernel for the scsi
emulation always fails. I am following the
instructions of: Linux-1U.net/CDRW CDRW-Writing
uHOW
--- "M. Kirchhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoting Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > I found a good instruction article on the
> internet.
>
> Care to share the location? I'm sure others could
> benefit! thanks much
>
&
Oops! I made a mistake in my last posting, the source
was www.kernel.org. I had the other address on my mind
since I upgraded to kde 3.1.4 after I upgraded the
kernel.
--- Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tu
--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 03:08:17PM -0700, Sidney
> Brooks wrote:
>
> > I have Debian woody with a 2.4.22 kernel and want
> to
> > install my cd writer. I am using two publications
> as
> > my guide, by pbharris a
I have Debian woody with a 2.4.22 kernel and want to
install my cd writer. I am using two publications as
my guide, by pbharris and joreybump. Both instruct me
to insert modules for scsi emulation, in particular
ide-scsi.I do not have this module. I have gone
through the kernel compilation several
Even though I really don't know what happened, I
solved my problem. Somehow, kde was being contaminated
by gnome.
I logged into and out of gnome. Then I logged into kde
3.1.4 and everything worked properly. As an old friend
of mine used to say, "No knowledge, confidence".
--
I upgraded to kde 3.1.4 following the instructions in
David Pashley's FAQ. In order not to spoil my working
woody system, I installed another woody system on a
different partition to try things out. On my tryout
partition, kde 3.1.4 works properly. When I installed
it on my working woody partition,
About a week ago, I sent a number of postings to this
site about my difficulties in installing woody. Thanks
to a number of helpful respondents, I now have a
working debian woody, including a usb printer.
I am impressed by the quality of this distribution and
believe that a good installation guide
Please help me to understand lilo. If one loads lilo
on the root sector of a partition, does this mean that
it has no affect on the MBR? Exactly, what does it do
when it is on a partition? Presumably, it specifies
the kernel to be used on the partition, but how do you
get to the partition in the fi
ache search kernel-image"
>
> and then look for what the lateste kernel-image for
> your architecture
> is. Install it via apt-get and modify your
> /etc/lilo.conf file. Don't
> forget to apply the changes by executing lilo.
> Reboot, select the new kernel and try &quo
--- John Spray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sidney Brooks wrote:
>
> >I must install the module uhci
> >
> Linux kernel modules are already present on your
> system. Installing the
> module refers not to obtaining it, but to loading it
> into the running
&g
--- John Spray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sidney Brooks wrote:
>
> >I must install the module uhci
> >
> Linux kernel modules are already present on your
> system. Installing the
> module refers not to obtaining it, but to loading it
> into the running
&g
I want to use a usb printer with Debian woody. From
what I read, I must install the module uhci to do
this. I do not know where to find this module and how
to install it. I have tried apt-get with no success.
This must be something that everybody but me knows how
to
do as everything I read assumes
I seem to be able to get on the internet now. For
those who helped me and any one else interested, I
offer my tentative explanation for criticism.
When I installed Debian, I included diald. However, in
setting up diald, I had a problem in that I have pulse
dialing and there was no way (I thought)
--- Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Something peculiar happened. After failing to
> connect
> with ppp and kppp, I decided to try wvdial. It also
> failed the authorization stage. While I was doing
> something else, it redialed and got connected.
>
> I t
Something peculiar happened. After failing to connect
with ppp and kppp, I decided to try wvdial. It also
failed the authorization stage. While I was doing
something else, it redialed and got connected.
I then decided to try the same thing with pon. It
failed to connect. I followed this with poff.
--- John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kent writes:
> > Run "plog" fairly often while pon is
> dialing/connecting. It might give
> > you a clue as to what's going wrong.
>
> Or run 'plog -f' once. man plog
> --
> John Hasler
>
To give the whole log would be too lengthy.
The log indicat
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> --- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >::> Sidney Brooks wrote:
> >::I commented out "auth". The only difference it
> made is
> >::that the connected icon appeared on the bottom
> of the
> >::screen. Howev
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sidney Brooks wrote:
>
> >--- Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Sidney
--- Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sidney Brooks wrote:
> >
> > > >> 1. I can get two dialers, kppp and
> > ppp[config/pon/poff], to dial,
> > > >> but they do not au
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sidney Brooks wrote:
>
> >I have two problems left.
> >
> >1. I can get two dialers, kppp and ppp, to dial,
> but
> >they do not authenticate. The kppp log says:
> >
> >The system is required to au
I have two problems left.
1. I can get two dialers, kppp and ppp, to dial, but
they do not authenticate. The kppp log says:
The system is required to authenticate itself
but I cannot find any suitable secret (password) for
it to use to do so.
(None of the available passwords would let it use an
I
Following the suggestion of Zak B. Elep,I changed
"framebuffer device interface" to no and got a display
of 800x600. However, among all the installed programs,
there was nothing to dial onto the internet. I assumed
that I had done something wrong in the initial
install.
Being less sophisticated th
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Using VESA and the lowest resolution, 640x400 (I
think), I am now able to get into the graphics mode.
However, I now have the same problem with woody that
caused me to give up on potato. Everything is so big
that the system is unusable. You always need something
that is off the screen.
I am able t
Kent West wrote:
Sidney Brooks wrote:
> > 2) I have Windows XP, Mandrake, Redhat, and Debian
partitions.
> > Everything but Debian works. The boot loader is
Mandrake lilo.
> > HOWEVER, I CANNOT TAKE LILO OUT. In what may or
may not be a
> > related prob
Kent West wrote:
Sidney Brooks wrote:
>1) I am not sure how it happened, but /etc/inittab is
>now set at run level 2. Therefore, I boot into text
>mode.
>
>
That's the default on Debian. Redhat and friends
pre-configure
different
run levels, whereas Debian leaves this f
The situation gets stranger and stranger. For
completeness, I have repeated the problem below. None
of the suggestions helped. Whether I used the boot
floppy or installation CD, I ended up with a blank
screen and frozen computer.
Then, for no sensible reason, I put Debian in the lilo
boot loader
k), and everything was so
big that it was useless. With it, I could get into the
text mode which I cannot do with woody.
For the record, RedHat gives me no trouble
Sidney Brooks wrote:
>Although one person answered the message below, I
>never saw it posted. In case something st
Although one person answered the message below, I
never saw it posted. In case something strange
happened, I am trying it again.
I attempted to install Woody version 3.0. Everything
went smoothly until I tried to use it after the
installation. All I
I attempted to install Woody version 3.0. Everything
went smoothly until I tried to use it after the
installation. All I get is a blank screen and a frozen
computer. I think that my problem is a video card that
linux does not like, S3 Pro-Savage KM133. Any
suggestions as to how I can make things wo
I gave more hard disk space to Debian and therefore had to reinstall it.
When I reinstalled two programs that worked before, I got library error
messages. I then ran ldd and got:
a.out or ELF
What does this mean and what do I do about it?
I ran ldd on programs that do work and got the usual
I decided to reinstall the Debian package xdm since it wasn't working,
using dpkg. When I tried, I got the error message:
unable to fill /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i with padding: No space left on
device
This suggests that the new files that I downloaded were so large that they
filled my hard d
In response to my problem, I received the following.
> I have lost the ability to use xdm, run level 5, and would like to know how
> to restore it without reinstalling Debian. I can operate in run level 3 as
> long as I do not go into graphics.
>
> This is how it all happened. I downloaded some f
I have lost the ability to use xdm, run level 5, and would like to know how
to restore it without reinstalling Debian. I can operate in run level 3 as
long as I do not go into graphics.
This is how it all happened. I downloaded some files using Debian and then
transferred them to Windows becau
Problem solved!
Sam Varghese gave me the clue that combined with
previous suggestions solved the problem of getting rid
of enlightenment.The "home" directory for root is not
"home" but root. When I edited .xsessions in the root
directory, I got the icewm back.
Thanks to all who tried to help.
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Here is a new twist. When I log in as root, I get
enlightenment, despite all the suggested changes. When
I log in as a user, I get icewm.
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Enlightenment does not yield easily.
To give .xinitrc a full chance, I used chmod +x on it,
rebooted, and still got enlightenment.
Then, I followed the guidance of Shawn Lamson. I
created /home/.xsession with the text icewm and after
saving it, I used chmod +x. When I rebooted, I still
got enligh
Following Ano Nim, I created /home/.xinitrc with the
text icewm and,lo and behold, when I start Debian, I
still get enlightenment.
I am not sure what to do with the meassage from
Stephen Gran. I downloaded the attachment and have a
binary file that I don't know how to handle.
The gnome instructio
I still have troubles. Following noahm, I used
"update-alternatives --config x-window-manager" to
reset the window manager to icewm. Despite this
change, when I shut down and restarted, it still went
into enlightenment.
When I used locate .xsession, the only thing that I
found was .xsession-errors
I got myself in trouble by playing around with the
window manager. I changed from icewm to enlightenment.
Now, I find that enlightenment is not as good and I
want to go back to icewm. In older versions of Debian,
all you had to do was edit /etc/X11/window-managers.
With potato, I do not have this f
Answers to questions posed.
1.) Why would you want to use wvdial when pon works? wvdial is just a hack
that tries to avoid making you set up pon.
It may be a personal peculiarity, but I like everything to work.
2.) It's been a long time since I used minicom, but am I totally wrong in
think
The lilo problem is solved . I unintentionally typed something into
password that I intended for another line.
pppconfig will not solve my minicom and wvdial problem. pppconfig enables
pon to work and get me on line now.
For those of you who tried to help with my problem, several weeks ago, here
is a statement of the problem and solution.
I have Windows98, Redhat linux, and Debian linux on my hard disk. Until
last summer, I could get online with all three. During the summer something
happened and only Windows co
Eamon Roque asked:
Nonetheless: what does your authentification process look like? Do you
require the host to authenticate itself, do you agree on a protocol (
usually in /etc/ppp/options )?
The following is a list of uncommented things in /etc/ppp/options:
auth
crtscts
Kent West has suggested as a help to my would be helpers, I summarize where
I stand now.
The printer problem in Debian has been solved, with the explanation that I
gave in an earlier posting. Briefly what happened was that lilo put the
Redhat kernel into the Debian startup.
My internet probl
John Hasler wrote;
This, however, is proof that you have both the kernel ppp driver and the
pppd daemon installed and working. I'd guess from what you have posted
that you have been configuring for CHAT authentication and your ISP wants
you to use PAP. Does the line of meaningless symbols include
More answers.
For Eamon Roque
The last line of /etc/ppp/pap-secrets does in fact have username*password,
both of which are correct.
For Steve Kowalik
file /boot/vmlinuz gave me:
vmlinuz vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17
As I comparison, I did the same thing on my Redhat partition
I have tried every suggestion posted on this web site, including the latest
by csj and Robert Ruzback.
It seems that I have two choices: give up on linux or buy a new computer.
Since my computer is less than two years old, I do not plan to buy a new
computer soon.
Redhat and Debian on two se
t 03:14 PM 6/4/01 +1000, you wrote:
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 09:04:43AM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx uttered:
> What is the output of "ls -l /vmlinuz" on your Debian root partition?
>
file /boot/vmlinuz-
Would also be very helpful.
That will tell which version of the kernel you are running.
But, a fub
More information for Andrew Perrin.
Using minicom, I was able to stay connected.
ipchains -a
invalid option
route -n
still headings, but no data
nslookup www.debian.org
nslookup command not found
ping -c 198.186.203.20
ping:send to:Network is unreachable
Andrew Perrin asked:
- What's the output of lsmod?
nls_cp437
lp
parport_pc
unix
Although ppp is not here, when I type insmod ppp, the response is that I
already have the newest version.
- Once you connect, what's the output of:
I can only use wvdial si
In case it may be of help to someone in the future, this is how I got into
my printer troubles.
I installed Windows98, Redhat 6.2, and Debian Potato on three separate
partitions of my hard drive. I dutifully made boot floppies for Redhat and
Debian. However, Redhat gives you no choice about li
Answers to recent questions.
After using wvdial, the contents of /var/log/messages:
syslog 1.3-3# 33.1: restart
Output of lsmod:
ppp Size 203000
When I give command pon, I just get:
/usr/sbin/pppd: proxyarp option is disabled.
It is not clear to me what is meant by -am line in /etc/ppp/options
Thanks to good advice here, I have solved my printer problem.
When it became clear that lilo was loading the wrong kenel, I removed
Debian and Redhat from my computer. I then cleaned out mbr.
I reinstalled Debian. The kernel is now 2.2.19 pre17. I used the echo
method and it printed.
Hopin
Thanks to Steve Kowalik, who wrote the following, the problem if not the
solution is becoming clear.
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 09:35:35PM -0700, Sidney Brooks uttered:
> I ran depmod -a as root and got:
> Can't open /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep for writing.
>
> Again th
Steve Kowalik wrote:
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 11:06:35AM -0700, Sidney Brooks uttered:
> Then /sbin/modprobe -v ppp
> Response: modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-15.0/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
>
Run depmod -a as root to fix that particula
Nick wrote:
[snip]
>I have the2.2.r3 version of Debian. The full kernel description is
>2.0.38-2.0.38-3.
Can't comment on any of your other issues at the moment, but your
kernel version *can't* be right - I'm running Debian 2.2r2 which came
with kernel 2.2.18pre?, and which I've recently updated
To: Eamon Roque
The logs that you want are in my 11:06 AM 6/2/01 posting.
I cannot echo anything.
To: Jonathan D. Pro(rest not printed in my email)
Redhat problems with dialing, e.g. kppp, gnome-ppp ,are the same as with
Debian.
As far as I know, Redhat does not have the ppp module.
The printer
This is a response to Lance Simmons.
When I reinstalled Debian yesterday, I installed the modules in the order
that you give: parport, parport_pc, and lp. After each I got the message
"installation succeeded". Is there any point in going through the insmod
sequence?
More answers.
when I ran ismod parport, the response was "ismod command not found".
I ran pppconfig in the standard way, ending with the write and finish
command.I then ran pon and got (it is verbose):
ioctl(TIOCSETUP):Invalid argument (22)
/usr/bin/ppp: This system lacks kernel support for PP
Answer to questions by Kent West.
The printer does not work. The echo test failed. Printer does work with
Redhat, therefore is not win-printer.
Possibility of damage by lightning strike. Modem works with Windows and Beos.
My ISP administrator used his own modem.
Minicom says"
Connect
Here are answers to some of the questions that helpful people have posed.
About two hours ago, I installed Debian anew. It was during this
installation that I added the modules parport, etc. . The message at the
time of installation was "installation successful".
I have successfully installed
Following your suggestions, I have installed the parport and lp modules and
changed the BIOS to make the parallel port bidirectional. Windows
recognized the printer port change. Debian still will not print. When using
echo to tell it to print, it says "no such device" to both /lp0 and /lp1.
As f
In response to a suggestion, I installed the parport and parport_pc
modules. After that I was able to install the lp module.
Unfortunately, after going through this whole new installation of Debian,
the result was the same. The printer does not appear in dmesg and the echo
system for printing di
I would like to make the following observation in response to some of the
suggestions that I have read. In response to my persistence, my ISP
administrator, who is not interested in linux, set up Redhat linux on his
computer, doing nothing but a straightforward installation with none of the
sub
More information.
I have tried minicom, kppp, gnome -ppp, wvdial, and pppconfig. They all
dial and get connected to my ISP. None get me on to the internet.
As for my printer problem, I think that the facts that the printer is
absent from dmesg and the "echo" test failed, shows that higher pro
In answer to some questions.
My ISP connection is dialup.
When I try to install the lp module in the debian install process, I get
the message "installation failed". I think that I succeeded at one time
afterward using apt-get. It still didn't work.I tried dmesg and no printer
was shown.
Testin
I have written a couple of times about my two problems, namely that Debian
will not recognize that I have a printer connected and that I can connect
to my ISP but can't get on to the internet. Here is some more information.
The printer and internet connection work with Windows.
The printer works
I attempted to follow the installation guide written by Mark Stone.
When I got to the module installation, I tried to install the lp module.
Using the autoprobe, the message was "installation failed".
I then looked up my printer data in Windows:
input/output range 0378-037B
input/output range 0778
After writing of my printer troubles several days ago and following every
suggestion without success, I decided that my problem was that I had a
vendor version of Debian potato. I then bought an "official" version and my
Debian program still will not print.
I have Windows, Redhat, and Debian o
I have the 2.2.17 kernel, but get the error message that I previously gave
with modprobe lp.
For the record, I do have RedHat on another partition and the printing
works perfectly.
I got my Debian disks from Cheap Bytes (from which I also got Redhat, which
works). I doubt that they could hav
When I tried modprobe lp, as suggested, I got the message:
Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/modules. (no such file
or directory)
I am just about ready to give up on Debian 2.2. I did not have this kind of
trouble with earlier versions of Debian. What I really don't understa
I have already discussed my woes under "Two Problems". I have now changed
from magicfilter to apsfilter. When I tried to print the test page, I
received the message: /dev/lp0 : no such device. The device /lp0 appears in
the /dev directory. It seems that the failure of the system to recognize my
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