| W. Watson 2004-11-27, 7:45 am |
| Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> W. Watson wrote:
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> What printer problem?
The one you mention below. Also see my post called "Setting Up a Printer on Lpt2",
which has evolved into this query. Could you please tell me what those acronymns you
use mean? RHEL? RHL 9? ES?
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> Please stop calling it RH Enterprise WS Release 9 (Shrike)! There is not
> now, and there never has been, a distribution named that. It is either
> RHL 9 (Shrike) or RHEL 3 ES. You must make up your mind which it is that
> you are running!
If not mistaken, I believe that gloriously long title was actually on the now long
gone box the product was in. I also believe that's very close to the title that
flashes before my eyes every time I boot up Linux, just prior to the logon screen. It
definitely says Release 9. I also recall, I think accurately, the product is referred
to as the WS (workstation) version of Enterprise) Relese 9. Perhaps the marketers and
developers don't really agree on what they call it. It wouldn't be the first time of
such an occurrence.
For the record, I'm reading the following off the documentation CD label, "Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Version 3". And from CD #1, "Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
for the x86 architecture". And now mounting the CD #1 on my XP I see in the release
notes, "Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 Release Notes". In a README doc, "Red Hat
Enterprise Linux/x86 WS 3 (Taroon)". Shrike? Taroon? Who's on first?
As I mentioned before to you in the other thread, I believe there is a RH designation
and a Linux designation. I can take a look later today and get the (Linux)
3.20.xxx.yyy.zzz, or whatever, designator, if that will help.
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> Did you configure the printing system correctly? Sounds like your system
If so, I don't see any other way of configuring it.
> does not believe you have a printer on it.
Apparently not. W2000 certainly believes it's there. Both W2000 and Linux are on the
same machine. W2000 has it on LPT2, which in Linux-land is lp1, right? In fact, when
I configured the printer on Linux it forced me to use /dev/lp1. lp0 was apparently
already taken (by my other device?). BTW, the printer is an HP 812(c?).
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> Is your machine that you are doing this from the one with the printer on
> it, or is the printer on a different machine on a LAN?
The printer is not on a net. It's cable goes right to the PC. It is on the second
parallel port. The first parallel port contains a completely different
device--definitely not a printer.
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> I have a printer on a machine running RHL9 with all the updates on it.
> It prints just fine and works just fine as a print server from my other
> machine which has RHEL 3 ES on it.
Good.
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> If you are running RHEL 3 on a machine, running up2date will bring your
> machine completely up to date.
Well, I look into to up2date. If it requires dragging something down from the
internet, it'll have to be done on another machine. (The modem doesn't work, but
that's another thread.)
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> No, you can still get the updates; it is just that Red Hat Network will
> not supply them using up2date anymore, so you must download them using
> ftp or something. I installed RHL9 on a machine a month or so ago, when
> I got dissatisfied with Fedora (would not detect sound board, and would
> not act as print server to my other machine), and downloaded all the
> updates then.
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