Linux Gcomm 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686 unknown
I have two HP computers on my Gateway 500 system: HP 697C (parallel
port) and HP psc 1210 on a USB port. I found a CUPs and a Ghostscript
tarball files, and printer-magicfilter.tgz.tar during my browsing since
it might be better to use the
Debian packaging to track this stuff. The Linux definitely assigns the
HP 697C to lp0. It seems only to detect the USB printer. I also
have gotten the HP-DeskJet_697C-hpijs.ppd file from the Internet
where I browsed through Sourceforge and Debian.org.
I need to finish setting up the printers and the scanners. Is the
use of magicfilter entirely different from CUPS and Ghostscript?
I also need to get my USB Zip 250 drive recognized. My floppy drive
is an LS120 which is assigned to /dev/hdd so I cannot format any
floppies. However, I can mount an already formatted floppy. I would
also like to access Amiga DOS floppies; however, the kernel gives an
error that says it doesn't recognize it. I tried to choose vfat, msdos,
afs, the Mac filesystem during setup.
It would be nice to be able to use superformat. Perhaps a script to
use dd? Or a custom block device?
I also want to set up my home Intranet on the Linux system where the
addresses are as follows:
192.168.128.1 Gcomm
192.168.128.2 Windows 98SE machine
192.168.128.3 Commodore Amiga 2000HD
192.168.128.4 Windows XP
The system doesn't seem to recognize my Ethernet card.
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 06)
00:0f.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20262
(rev 01)
00:10.0 Communication controller: US Robotics/3Com WinModem
00:11.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet
10/100 model NC100 (rev 11)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev 01)
I appear to have the following modules:
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
ppp_deflate 38944 0 (autoclean)
bsd_comp 3936 0 (autoclean)
ppp_async 6464 0 (autoclean)
tdfx 35064 1
evdev 4544 0 (unused)
mousedev 3776 0
parport_pc 25704 1 (autoclean)
lp 6912 0
ppdev 7908 0 (unused)
sg 24452 0 (unused)
msr 1376 0 (unused)
cpuid 1184 0 (unused)
apm 9148 1
dummy 960 1
affs 27360 0 (unused)
msdos 4668 0 (unused)
scanner 8480 0 (unused)
printer 5632 0 (unused)
parport 21728 1 [parport_pc lp ppdev]
ppp_generic 18728 0 [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
slhc 4432 0 [ppp_generic]
soundcore 3236 0 (unused)
agpgart 29824 0 (unused)
keybdev 1664 0 (unused)
usbkbd 2848 0 (unused)
input 3072 0 [evdev mousedev keybdev usbkbd]
usb-uhci 20708 0 (unused)
usbcore 48032 0 [scanner printer usbkbd usb-uhci]
I haven't tried to use the fax on the Hayes external fax modem on
COM1. I installed it since Linux doesn't seem able to use the US
Robotics internal Win voice modem on COM2.
I can get to my ISP on the Hayes external modem.
I am enjoying this new Linux system. I got tired of the
inexplicable pauses on Windows. I missed Unix at work since they
switched from Unix to Windows. I purchased the woody CDROMs from Abexia
which is one of the vendors listed on Debian.org.
Sincerely,
(Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless
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