March 2002 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

openoffice spellcheck

by Wesley Allen

Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has used openoffice and had problems with it's spellcheck. It's gotten a bit better, but still doesn't recognize contractions. I've been trying to find info on their site, but man is that project a beast! You can't find anything and their "issuezilla" is a pain in the rear for quick searches. This is one area where Kword really seems to "work" better, even if I have to add a bunch of words to the dictionary...Any reflections/work-arounds? I'm always trying to get people to not shell-out the $$$ for MS Office, and OpenOffice/StarOffice is a really great alternative at this point. I can't wait for Koffice to get there as well (I just wish I could contribute). Wes

March 18, 2002

dchp timeout

by Wesley Allen

Hi all, the Mandrake default for the dhcp timeout is VERY long. I'm trying some documentation about how to change the default. Which file is it keep in. somewhere in the init files? Thanks for any help. Wes

March 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PowerPC board

by Charles R. Anderson

Not sure, but isn't Linux already ported to PowerPC? On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 05:38:04PM -0800, Norm Legare wrote: normlegare> I am interested in porting Linux to it. -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

March 18, 2002

PowerPC board

by Norm Legare

Hello, Does anyone know where to obtain PowerPC-type development boards. Preferably at hobbyist prices. I am interested in porting Linux to it. Thanks in advance, Norm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/

March 18, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Mozilla

by Gregory Avedissian

On Friday 15 March 2002 14:07, you wrote: > Sure, try using /opt/mozilla/plugins and repeating the procedure as > root. It appears that your version of mozilla is using a different > plugin directory, so perhaps that is why $HOME/.mozilla/plugins didn't > work. > > What version of mozilla are you using? I used 0.9.9. > > -- I'm using 0.8.1. I guess I better update. Greg

March 16, 2002

Re: [Wlug] printer server on router(solution)

by Baris Hasdemir

I used this lpd://192.168.254.254/LPT1 the only trick is to find out the queue name which is not mentioned in the user's manual of speedstream. Siemens says their router IS compatible with unix however they do not support it. So I had to guess for it. Going after doug's example I tried couple of queue names like L1, queue, lp0, etc... could not succeed. I thought of examining the port driver software for dos. In the properties window of the port driver I saw that it is somehow using lpt1 port. then I realized that lpt1 should be the name of the printer port on the router. So tried to use LPT1 as the name of the queue. and it worked. thanks to all help! baris On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 15:04:05 -0500 Baris Hasdemir <tekir99(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > hi all, > > I am trying to configure cups 1.1.14 on slackware 8 to print on a > printer connected to the router(siemens speedstream 2614). > Unfortunately, I couldn't manage to print even a garbage. > > what should I use? ipp:// or socket:// or lpd:// or what? and how? > > device options on cups: > -------------------------- > AppSocket/HP JetDirect > Internet Printing Protocol(http) > Internet Printing Protocol(ipp) > LPD/LPR Host or Printer > Parallel Port > Serial Port#1 to #32 > > device url options ise sunlar: > ---------------------------------- > Examples: > > file:/path/to/filename.prn > http://hostname:631/ipp/ > http://hostname:631/ipp/port1 > ipp://hostname/ipp/ > ipp://hostname/ipp/port1 > lpd://hostname/queue > socket://hostname > socket://hostname:9100 > > a port scan on the router produces > Port State Service > 80/tcp open http > 88/tcp open kerberos-sec > 515/tcp open printer > > any help perfectly welcome > > thanks, > baris

March 16, 2002

Re: [Wlug] printer server on router

by Brad Noyes

Hi, there's a error_log, and access_log, (probably in /var/log/cups/). That might lead to a solution. If you want to get more info out of the logs you can change the vebosity in cups.conf. When i configured cups, i just used the web interface, and that worked very well, perhaps that might be worth looking at (http://printer_server:631/) On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 04:53:39PM -0500, Baris Hasdemir wrote: > thanks for the reply. yes router has a printer port on it. I just > compiled kups, selected socket, and did a network > scan(192.168.254.0-192.168.254.255 on port 515). kups did find one on > 192.168.254.254 which is the router. then I selected the printer > configuration. > > But still does not print a test page? any ideas? > > baris > > On 15 Mar 2002 15:12:29 -0500 > Wesley Allen <wallen(a)charter.net> wrote: > > > Well, that's a good question. It's a router with a printer port, or a > > networked printer "naturally"). > > > > Either way, cups should be able to see any printer on the the network. > > I'm thinking that printing directly to a network socket would work, at > > least tha't what I did with networked printers where I used to work. > > My sugguestion is this, and I know is a total cop-out, get KUPS and do > > a network scan to look for printers. If it's on the network. Cups > > should be seeing it. > > > > Wes > > > > On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 15:04, Baris Hasdemir wrote: > > > hi all, > > > > > > I am trying to configure cups 1.1.14 on slackware 8 to print on a > > > printer connected to the router(siemens speedstream 2614). > > > Unfortunately, I couldn't manage to print even a garbage. > > > > > > what should I use? ipp:// or socket:// or lpd:// or what? and how? > > > > > > device options on cups: > > > -------------------------- > > > AppSocket/HP JetDirect > > > Internet Printing Protocol(http) > > > Internet Printing Protocol(ipp) > > > LPD/LPR Host or Printer > > > Parallel Port > > > Serial Port#1 to #32 > > > > > > device url options ise sunlar: > > > ---------------------------------- > > > Examples: > > > > > > file:/path/to/filename.prn > > > http://hostname:631/ipp/ > > > http://hostname:631/ipp/port1 > > > ipp://hostname/ipp/ > > > ipp://hostname/ipp/port1 > > > lpd://hostname/queue > > > socket://hostname > > > socket://hostname:9100 > > > > > > a port scan on the router produces > > > Port State Service > > > 80/tcp open http > > > 88/tcp open kerberos-sec > > > 515/tcp open printer > > > > > > any help perfectly welcome > > > > > > thanks, > > > baris > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 16, 2002

Re: [Wlug] printer server on router

by doug waud

Hi Baris Hasdemir wrote: > > I am trying to configure cups 1.1.14 on slackware 8 to print on a > printer connected to the router(siemens speedstream 2614). > Unfortunately, I couldn't manage to print even a garbage. > > what should I use? ipp:// or socket:// or lpd:// or what? and how? I have a laserjet IIP connected to the first port/queue "L1" of a standalone Linksys printserver (Model EPSX3). In my /etc/hosts file I have a line 192.168.7.55 printserver.localdomain printserver In my /etc/cups/printers.conf file I have </Printer> <DefaultPrinter lp> Info lj2p Location DeviceURI lpd://printserver/L1 State Idle Accepting Yes JobSheets </Printer> In that fifth line, printserver refers to that dotted quad defined in /etc/hosts. The lpd: would appear to me to tell you what cups likes to see. I suspect you should then be able to replace the //printserver by the equivalent for your router. (That L1 is just how that linksys box distinguishes the first printer queue from the other two.) doug

March 15, 2002

Re: [Wlug] RE: [WPILA-Discuss] Gentoo Linux Distro

by Scott Venier

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Aaron Haviland wrote: > on another note, i've compiled povray for k6 and pentium and timed them, aka > "time ./povray" > > running on a k6 machine, the k6 optimised one consistently runs 1 second > faster overall (33 seconds total) but the pentium optimised one has a .1 > second lower sys time. which is better? (i don't have the output anymore. > just thought i'd ask while on the topic of optimising) (yes, i read the time > manpage. just doesn't seem to sink in through this thick skull :) ) > Well, as I keep reminding my co-workers "The only measurement of performace that counts is wall time." So I would say the 1 second faster overall is better. Scott

March 15, 2002

Re: [Wlug] printer server on router

by Baris Hasdemir

thanks for the reply. yes router has a printer port on it. I just compiled kups, selected socket, and did a network scan(192.168.254.0-192.168.254.255 on port 515). kups did find one on 192.168.254.254 which is the router. then I selected the printer configuration. But still does not print a test page? any ideas? baris On 15 Mar 2002 15:12:29 -0500 Wesley Allen <wallen(a)charter.net> wrote: > Well, that's a good question. It's a router with a printer port, or a > networked printer "naturally"). > > Either way, cups should be able to see any printer on the the network. > I'm thinking that printing directly to a network socket would work, at > least tha't what I did with networked printers where I used to work. > My sugguestion is this, and I know is a total cop-out, get KUPS and do > a network scan to look for printers. If it's on the network. Cups > should be seeing it. > > Wes > > On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 15:04, Baris Hasdemir wrote: > > hi all, > > > > I am trying to configure cups 1.1.14 on slackware 8 to print on a > > printer connected to the router(siemens speedstream 2614). > > Unfortunately, I couldn't manage to print even a garbage. > > > > what should I use? ipp:// or socket:// or lpd:// or what? and how? > > > > device options on cups: > > -------------------------- > > AppSocket/HP JetDirect > > Internet Printing Protocol(http) > > Internet Printing Protocol(ipp) > > LPD/LPR Host or Printer > > Parallel Port > > Serial Port#1 to #32 > > > > device url options ise sunlar: > > ---------------------------------- > > Examples: > > > > file:/path/to/filename.prn > > http://hostname:631/ipp/ > > http://hostname:631/ipp/port1 > > ipp://hostname/ipp/ > > ipp://hostname/ipp/port1 > > lpd://hostname/queue > > socket://hostname > > socket://hostname:9100 > > > > a port scan on the router produces > > Port State Service > > 80/tcp open http > > 88/tcp open kerberos-sec > > 515/tcp open printer > > > > any help perfectly welcome > > > > thanks, > > baris

March 15, 2002