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Re: [Wlug] Fedora 6 problems with CUPS
by Aljerin Butler,Jr. Aug. 30, 2011

Aug. 30, 2011

Hello, Perhaps you might want to check out my website here. Good luck, Al Butler >________________________________ >From: "wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org" <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 12:00 PM >Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 94, Issue 13 > > > >Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Fedora 6 problems with CUPS (Ken Jones) > 2. Re: Fedora 6 problems with CUPS (Randall Mason) >Evidently FEDORA CORE 6 CUPS predates my BROTHER HL-5340D black and >white laser printer. Even though it does not include this BROTHER model >in its list, CUPS claims it sees the printer and that it turned the >printer on. The printer fails the test page. All my documentation is >out of date. SAMBA does not work. So much for my LINUX Antique Road >Show. I'm going to do a bit of computer hardware upgrading.. > > > >Can you try just installing it with the PPD file: >http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.… >When you select the printer, instead of looking for the printer in the list, select that you have a ppd and select the ppd that you can download from the above site for your printer. I think you have a VERY Linux compatible printer. There are also some command line instructions that would make the printer show up in the list of available printers if you click on installation instructions for ppd. > >Randall Mason >randall(a)mason.ch > > > >On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 1:29 AM, Ken Jones <kjones(a)employees.org> wrote: > >Evidently FEDORA CORE 6 CUPS predates my BROTHER HL-5340D black and >>white laser printer. Even though it does not include this BROTHER model >>in its list, CUPS claims it sees the printer and that it turned the >>printer on. The printer fails the test page. All my documentation is >>out of date. SAMBA does not work. So much for my LINUX Antique Road >>Show. I'm going to do a bit of computer hardware upgrading.. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

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Fedora 6 problems with CUPS
by Ken Jones Aug. 30, 2011

Aug. 30, 2011

Evidently FEDORA CORE 6 CUPS predates my BROTHER HL-5340D black and white laser printer. Even though it does not include this BROTHER model in its list, CUPS claims it sees the printer and that it turned the printer on. The printer fails the test page. All my documentation is out of date. SAMBA does not work. So much for my LINUX Antique Road Show. I'm going to do a bit of computer hardware upgrading..

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Re: [Wlug] Either legitimately confused or early onset...
by Randall Mason Aug. 29, 2011

Aug. 29, 2011

You actually don't want samba, that would help you serve printers. You want CUPS. Cups helpsyou serve and use printers. Rememberthe URL I sent you that started with archive? Have you tried that as a repo? Something like: baseurl= http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ or baseurl= http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/… Also, give some better background with questions you ask, it will help people help you. -Randall On Aug 29, 2011 5:59 AM, "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)employees.org> wrote: > I've got Fedora Core 6 Evolution working so I can cut and paste. > I tried to use the "retrieve update information" tool. I think > everything is WAY out of date. The update tool said. > "Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: extras" > > I can't find one either. I checked the fedora-core.repo file: > > $ more fedora-core.repo > [core] > name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch > #baseurl= http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$ba > search/os/ > > I went there and got. > > The requested URL no longer exists.... > URL /pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$bahttp:// download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/w… not found on this server. > > All I want is SAMBA to work so I can interact with the my WINDOWS > machines - particularly the one with the BROTHER printer attached. > > Ken > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [Wlug] Either legitimately confused or early onset...
by Ken Jones Aug. 28, 2011

Aug. 28, 2011

I've got Fedora Core 6 Evolution working so I can cut and paste. I tried to use the "retrieve update information" tool. I think everything is WAY out of date. The update tool said. "Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: extras" I can't find one either. I checked the fedora-core.repo file: $ more fedora-core.repo [core] name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$ba search/os/ I went there and got. The requested URL no longer exists.... URL /pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$bahttp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/ was not found on this server. All I want is SAMBA to work so I can interact with the my WINDOWS machines - particularly the one with the BROTHER printer attached. Ken

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 94, Issue 11
by David Hardy Aug. 28, 2011

Aug. 28, 2011

*If that is an older machine with that little RAM, it will probably be more expensive to jack it up than it would be for a newer machine. I tried to go that route this past year and the cost of jacking up RAM on an older box was just prohibitive.* * * *I just got a Lenovo IdeaPad that came with 1GB of RAM and adding another gig is twelve bucks. 250GB hard drive and it had Windows 7 "Starter Edition" on it which I didn't even allow to boot up and immediately put Fedora 15 on that puppy. Sweet. With LXDE. * On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> wrote: > Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Either legitimately confused or early onset.... (Ken Jones) > 2. Re: Either legitimately confused or early onset.... > (John Stoffel) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:23:31 -0400 > From: "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)ziplink.net> > Subject: [Wlug] Either legitimately confused or early onset.... > To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <9CF3FF0779D44C838EF50DCF1E28F2F3@kjonespc> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have successfully installed Fedora 6 Core. I included 'programming' > services. It said that it would install SAMBA. It did not. System > Services mentions the need for xinetd. 'Locate' finds 'xinetd' but it does > not seem to run. smbd and nmbd are nowhere to be found. Sigh..... > > My machine only has 256M ram memory. The higher numbered FEDORA packages > ask for more ram. I have a 'good' and never before used set of Fedora 6 > .iso CD-ROMs. > > Red Hat and Fedora have gone their separate ways. > > I just found > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Core/6/html/Installation_Guide/i… > . > > Looks promising. Little did I know how much has changed..... Constructive > suggestions would be appreciated. Maybe I should jump to CORE 13 or > so...... > > Ken Jones (the elder) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20110827/d5d5269d/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:45:58 -0400 > From: "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Either legitimately confused or early onset.... > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <20057.40406.447557.594576(a)quad.stoffel.home> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Ken> I have successfully installed Fedora 6 Core. I included > Ken> 'programming' services. It said that it would install SAMBA. > Ken> It did not. System Services mentions the need for xinetd. > Ken> 'Locate' finds 'xinetd' but it does not seem to run. smbd and > Ken> nmbd are nowhere to be found. Sigh..... My machine only has > Ken> 256M ram memory. The higher numbered FEDORA packages ask for > Ken> more ram. I have a 'good' and never before used set of Fedora 6 > Ken> .iso CD-ROMs. > > It's time to just spring for more memory. Seriously, it's just not > that expensive. I just upgraded my kids Athlon (he's only 9) from > 768Mb (3 x 256mb) to 2.25 Gb with a pair of 1gb dimms for $23.00 > shipped. Cheap! > > Heck, I'd *give* you my two old 256Mb DDR 333 Mhz DIMMS if they'll > work for you. I certainly won't be using them again. > > Ken> Red Hat and Fedora have gone their separate ways. > > In what way do you mean? I don't understand what you're trying to say > here. > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 94, Issue 11 > ************************************ >

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Either legitimately confused or early onset....
by Ken Jones Aug. 28, 2011

Aug. 28, 2011

I have successfully installed Fedora 6 Core. I included 'programming' services. It said that it would install SAMBA. It did not. System Services mentions the need for xinetd. 'Locate' finds 'xinetd' but it does not seem to run. smbd and nmbd are nowhere to be found. Sigh..... My machine only has 256M ram memory. The higher numbered FEDORA packages ask for more ram. I have a 'good' and never before used set of Fedora 6 .iso CD-ROMs. Red Hat and Fedora have gone their separate ways. I just found http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Core/6/html/Installation_Guide/i…. Looks promising. Little did I know how much has changed..... Constructive suggestions would be appreciated. Maybe I should jump to CORE 13 or so...... Ken Jones (the elder)

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Re: [Wlug] Fedora 15 and Burning CD
by Kevin Paetzold Aug. 25, 2011

Aug. 25, 2011

I have successfully burned CD's and DVDs on fedora 15 without any problems.

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Fedora 15 and Burning CD
by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com Aug. 25, 2011

Aug. 25, 2011

I want to burn a copy of fedora 15 32-bit on a CD but my installed fedora 15 64-bit isn't letting me. When I put in a blank CD it tells me it has 137.8 MB free and won't let me select that as a burn destination. It shouldn't be 137.8 MB free as a blank CD has more space. To get it working I decided to try burning to a DVD. Space seems correct there but again it doesn't allow burning.

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SAMBA on Fedora 6??
by Ken Jones Aug. 25, 2011

Aug. 25, 2011

Due to a series of incidents too complex to detail here, I have just rebuilt a desktop PC with Fedora 6. All seems fine except it does not contain SAMBA - at least I can not find the SAMBA executable on the 5 disc .iso CD set. It has been at least five years. I do not remember it being difficult back then..... I have gone to various places on the WEB that claim to have appropriate SAMBA versions only to discover they have been taken down. I tried the SAMBA in my FEDORA Linux 3 Bible DVD. (Many dependencies missing....) I tried the SAMBA in my SAMBA Black Book CD. I got no where. It's been soooo long. I like Fedora. Must I now go to Ubuntu? Ken Jones

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Robotics and linux
by Ken Jones Aug. 24, 2011

Aug. 24, 2011

Thank you, Kevin, As you can see from my video I have built a state-machine-only robot out of a radio controlled model level car and an Arduino Nano programmed in ArduinoC_0021. The idea has been to interest middle school teachers and students in 'How things work' in 2011. Education must be relevant. My cars can race each other around a room. Speed, competition and the 'real world' makes relevance. Modify the code and win the race. My project has been going on for over a year. Recently it has been struggling. After watching a video of the 2012 Lexus parallel parking itself and realizing that it is doing some mapping, I thought I would investigate 'real' robotic code. ROS was suggested, but it does not seem the right fit. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Ken Jones

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