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>    1. Re: NVIDIA Again (Mike Noble)
>    2. Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader for FC3? (Alexander Dalloz)
>    3. RE:Guide for NoOB in installing NVIDIA Driver (Irwin Mercader)
>    4. yum update was ineffective? (Gerry Tool)
>    5. Re: NVIDIA Again (Alexander Dalloz)
>    6. Re: RE:Guide for NoOB in installing NVIDIA Driver
>       (Alexander Dalloz)
>    7. Re: NVIDIA Again (Mike Noble)
>    8. Ways to upgrade to FC3 and expected results (Newbie looking
>       for	answers) (M Daniel R M)
>    9. Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader for FC3? (Gerry Tool)
>   10. Bash decimal arithmetic? (Dean Maluski)
>   11. Re: NVIDIA Again (Mike Noble)
>   12. Re: Scanning Slides under FC[123] (Z)
>   13. MadWIFI and FC3 [WAS: FC3, Linuxant, stock kernel
>       (2.6.9-1.667)	and 4k stacks] (Don Levey)
>   14. Re: Scanning Slides under FC[123] (Gerry Tool)
>   15. Re: FC3, up2date, yum, apt, authenticating proxy (Nifty Hat Mitch)
>   16. Re: Bash decimal arithmetic? (Graham Campbell)
>   17. Re: Evolution sadness (Micheal Clark)
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:53:50 -0800
> From: Mike Noble <mgnoble@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: NVIDIA Again
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <4192C62E.40707@xxxxxxx>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Kevin Freeman wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 16:49 -0500, Jesse Jarzynka wrote:
> > 
> >>    Ok, has anyone installed the latest 6629 driver, rebooted, and had
> >>eveything come up fine? I'm curious if this is a Core 3 issue, a kernel
> >>issue, or a 'just me' issue. I'm thinking of moving back to the 6111
> >>driver but I can't install that without the kernel sources correct? I
> >>tried modprobing 'nvidia' but that doesnt change the driver I'm using,
> >>and I still don't have accelerated 3D. Anyone know what's going on here?
> >>I'm real impressed with core3 so far but if I can't have ant apotlight
> >>screensaver what good is it :-P?
> >>Jesse Jarzynka
> >>Cyber Source
> >>http://www.thecybersource.com
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > Which card do you have?  The 6629 driver does not work on Riva TNT2
> > cards, but works fine (for me at least) on a GF4 440MX and GF 5200.
> > Driver 6111 (patched) works fine for all 3 cards listed above.  And
> > neither driver requires the kernel source to be present.  You _will_
> > need to read the Release Notes (search for nvidia and udev) to get
> > everything working smoothly.
> > 
> > What is the output of: lsmod|grep nvidia ?  You should see something
> > like:
> > nvidia               3473436  22
> > 
> > If so, you probably forgot to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to specify the
> > binary nvidia driver.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Kevin Freeman
> > 
> 
> I would really like to know how you did this.  I have GF4 440MX and
> installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.  Modified the
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  When I reboot, it gives a message about
> reconfigure kernel and hangs.
> Any help would be great, I have never had a problem with an nvidia
> driver before.  But then that was on a different Linux.
> 
> Mike
> 
> Here is my xorg.conf file:
> 
> # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>          Identifier     "Default Layout"
>          Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>          InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>          InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
>          RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>          FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>          Load  "dbe"
>          Load  "extmod"
>          Load  "fbdevhw"
>          Load  "glx"
>          Load  "record"
>          Load  "freetype"
>          Load  "type1"
> #       Load  "dri"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>          Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>          Driver      "kbd"
>          Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>          Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>          Identifier  "Mouse0"
>          Driver      "mouse"
>          Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>          Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>          Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>          Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>          Identifier   "Monitor0"
>          VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>          ModelName    "VE700"
>          DisplaySize  340        270
>          HorizSync    30.0 - 80.0
>          VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
>          Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>          Identifier  "Videocard0"
> #       Driver      "nv"
>          Driver      "nvidia"
>          VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>          BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>          Identifier "Screen0"
>          Device     "Videocard0"
>          Monitor    "Monitor0"
>          DefaultDepth     24
>          SubSection "Display"
>                  Viewport   0 0
>                  Depth     16
>                  Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>          EndSubSection
>          SubSection "Display"
>                  Viewport   0 0
>                  Depth     24
>                  Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
> "800x600""640x480"
>          EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
>          Group        0
>          Mode         0666
> EndSection
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:55:40 +0100
> From: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader for FC3?
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <1100138140.1201.182.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Gerry Tool um 2:42:
> 
> > I just installed Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.9 from a tarball that worked 
> > with previous FC releases.  On execution, it complains that there is no 
> > libXp.so.6 file available.  I presume this is because of the change to 
> > xorg for the X server.  Has anyone been able to make acroread work with FC3?
> 
> > Gerry
> 
> $ rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/lib/libXp.so.6
> xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-12
> 
> Install that package as you seem to miss it.
> 
> Alexander
> 
> 
> -- 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:56:09 -0500
> From: "Irwin Mercader" <irwin52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE:Guide for NoOB in installing NVIDIA Driver
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:57:47 -0600
> From: Gerry Tool <gstool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: yum update was ineffective?
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
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> 
> My RHN applet indicated there were 7 updates to be installed, so as 
> root, I ran
> 
> yum update
> 
> It went through the paces, eventually downloading 10 packages after 
> several mirror changes to get the total set.  It then presented me with 
> the command line prompt.  Apparently it did not do an update, since RHN 
> still indicated a need to update.  I ran up2date and it went through the 
> normal process, downloading and installing the updates.  RHN applet is 
> now blue again.
> 
> Previously I remember that after a yum update, the RHN applet would turn 
> blue, and it it didn't, asking it to check for updates would satisfy it.
> 
> What happened?
> 
> Gerry
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:00:34 +0100
> From: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: NVIDIA Again
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <1100138434.1201.185.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Mike Noble um 2:53:
> 
> > I would really like to know how you did this.  I have GF4 440MX and
> > installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.  Modified the
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  When I reboot, it gives a message about
> > reconfigure kernel and hangs.
> 
> > Mike
> 
> Be sure you have the udev update package installed: udev-039-10.FC3.1
> and copied the udev files like explained on
> http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev.
> 
> Alexander
> 
> 
> -- 
> Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | new address - new key: 0xB366A773
> legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:05:07 +0100
> From: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: RE:Guide for NoOB in installing NVIDIA Driver
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <1100138706.1201.190.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Irwin Mercader um 2:56:
> 
> hello guys, I am completely new in Linux, How do I install the driver?
> and how can I configure X config?? I read the README.txt of Nvidia and
> its complicated for me.. can anyone suggest something else?
> 
> Repeating within short time is unfriendly.
> 
> Why do you mark your subject as a reply mail (RE: prefix)? Please send
> not HTML formatted but plain text mail.
> 
> At which point do you fail to install teh driver? Did you get the closed
> source package and executed it?
> 
> Alexander
> 
> 
> -- 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:07:18 -0800
> From: Mike Noble <mgnoble@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: NVIDIA Again
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <4192C956.6010903@xxxxxxx>
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> 
> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> > Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Mike Noble um 2:53:
> > 
> > 
> >>I would really like to know how you did this.  I have GF4 440MX and
> >>installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.  Modified the
> >>/etc/X11/xorg.conf.  When I reboot, it gives a message about
> >>reconfigure kernel and hangs.
> > 
> > 
> >>Mike
> > 
> > 
> > Be sure you have the udev update package installed: udev-039-10.FC3.1
> > and copied the udev files like explained on
> > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev.
> > 
> > Alexander
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Ok I have nothing in /dev/nvidia* so there is nothing to copy.
> Will try the nvida install again.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:11:57 +0100
> From: M Daniel R M <danes16subscrip3@xxxxxx>
> Subject: Ways to upgrade to FC3 and expected results (Newbie looking
> 	for	answers)
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Message-ID: <1100139117.29749.172.camel@PRIMATES-PLM>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> 
> My box is currently running FC1 with a tailored 2.4.27 kernel. A home
> user desktop.
> I've never done an distro-upgrade between "fedoras" (or any Linux
> release...)
> The best way would be ... (I already have the four CD's waiting for):
> either a clean installation or maybe a leaded one by the Anaconda
> installer upon the FC1 partitions BUT "upgrading"?
> 
> What does it implies exactly?:
> 
> 	-First, to backup my whole /home partition to another place? Probably
> the answer here is "yes"..
> 	-It is possible to do that(FC1-->FC3) without stepping through FC2? It
> seems really very hard to add "the news" belonging to FC2 (renewed
> X-server, etc.) AND "the news" from FC3 too. I hope that the system
> doesn't end up messing up all. More, ALSA sound is currently working;
> I'm afraid that results of many efforts will last during a brief time...
> 	-Does it would happen anything if you don't have running an nptl
> kernel? I suppose it wouldn't. I mean..., would the upgrade be possible?
> 	-Also, I suppose I'd automatically loose some functionalities like
> webcam captures (due to pwc and pwcx modules in my case...---Thank you
> Alexander D. for that great links----) or ATI driver functionalities. 
> 	-All those packages that once I installed from sources (tarballs) as
> they are not rpm's, are going to be lost? 
> 	-Does it would make much sense to back up places like /usr/local,
> /usr/share where usually lives that sort of packages? I suspect that it
> wouldn't, because that binaries were built for an existing, concrete
> configuration; please, correct me if I am wrong, I am a shyly newbie.
> 	-Does it make any sense to backup the entire /etc directory since there
> would be there many files (as the XFree86 ones) that already doesn't
> exist in FC2? Would be a better idea to do a back up from some important
> files located there like fstab, modules.conf, etc.
> 	-Is it possible to change the repositories where yum and apt are
> pointing to? -without messing up things- That is, most of the packages
> and updates I get/did with FC1 were from a "group" of repositories that
> are compatibles between them, and I'd like to try now the another
> "group" -not an special, particular reason...-
> 	-Am I missing something important that needs to be born in mind?
> 
> 
> 
> P.S. I've read the
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
>  
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Daniel Rodrguez
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:14:28 -0600
> From: Gerry Tool <gstool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader for FC3?
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <4192CB04.9030204@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> 
> >Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Gerry Tool um 2:42:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I just installed Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.9 from a tarball that worked 
> >>with previous FC releases.  On execution, it complains that there is no 
> >>libXp.so.6 file available.  I presume this is because of the change to 
> >>xorg for the X server.  Has anyone been able to make acroread work with FC3?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Gerry
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >$ rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/lib/libXp.so.6
> >xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-12
> >
> >Install that package as you seem to miss it.
> >
> >Alexander
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> Thank you Michael and Alexander.  Installing that package did indeed 
> make it work.
> 
> Gerry
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:22:14 -0500
> From: Dean Maluski <dmaluski@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Bash decimal arithmetic?
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <1100139734.24803.10.camel@punk>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> Does bash have an option to do non integer math in scripts?
> I need my exact decimal numbers.
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:49:13 -0800
> From: Mike Noble <mgnoble@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: NVIDIA Again
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <4192D329.3000002@xxxxxxx>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Mike Noble wrote:
> > Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> > 
> >> Am Do, den 11.11.2004 schrieb Mike Noble um 2:53:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I would really like to know how you did this.  I have GF4 440MX and
> >>> installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.  Modified the
> >>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  When I reboot, it gives a message about
> >>> reconfigure kernel and hangs.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Be sure you have the udev update package installed: udev-039-10.FC3.1
> >> and copied the udev files like explained on
> >> http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev.
> >>
> >> Alexander
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Ok I have nothing in /dev/nvidia* so there is nothing to copy.
> > Will try the nvida install again.
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> 
> The problem has been solved, while still at init 3 I had to copy
> the /dev/nvidia* to /etc/udev/devices.  If you do not then when
> a reboot occurs the files in /dev/nvidia* are deleted.
> 
> Thanks to all who helped.
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
Did you do anything with chown or chmod after you copied the nvidia*
files? 

thanks,
nmad
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:56:14 -0800
> From: Z <zleite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Scanning Slides under FC[123]
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <4192D4CE.9020400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
> 
> Brian Fahrlander wrote:
> 
> >    I have a great number of slides slowly decaying in their storage
> >area.  I guess I could put'em on a flat-bed and take my chances, but
> >since I don't have a scanner now, maybe I should look into buying a
> >slide-scanner.
> >
> >    Are these things generally like a regular scanner in terms of
> >installation, or do they use funky USB mechanisms?  Anyone have
> >experience with something like this?
> >
> >  
> >
> I use a Epson 3170 for that. It is reasonably priced and has a build-in 
> transparency light build-in in the lid.
> Works fine on linux with the Epson-Kowa scanning program.
> The program is GPL except for the firmware blob that the driver uploads 
> to the scanner at startup.
> 
> Z
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:08:04 -0500
> From: Don Levey <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: MadWIFI and FC3 [WAS: FC3, Linuxant, stock kernel
> 	(2.6.9-1.667)	and 4k stacks]
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <1100142484.16821.9.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 16:03, Satish Balay wrote:
> 
> > Ok - your experience with MADWIFI is a year old :). Trying the current
> > CVS shouldn't cost you much time.
> 
> > cvs co madwifi (or grab snapshot from        
> > http://madwifi.otaku42.de/2004/11/)
> > make
> > make install
> > modprobe ath_pci
> >
> >...
> > Also, on this list - there are plenty of posts about these cards with
> > model numbers (but not rev numbers). I'd rather have them post the
> > 'lspci or cardctl ident' for them.
> > 
> > BTW: What does 'cardctl ident' say for your cards?
> > 
> > Satish
> > 
> > ---
> > [asterix]: lspci
> > 02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5211 802.11ab NIC (rev 01)
> > 
> > 
> 
> So... I got home, downloaded and compiled/installed madwifi according to
> the instructions in the README file they included.  Didn't seem that
> there was much to it, really.  However, as far as I can tell it isn't
> working, and I'm not getting an error.
> 
> Here's the output from 'lspci' and 'cardctl ident':
> 
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212
> 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
> 
> ***
> 
> Socket 0:
>   product info: "Atheros Communications, Inc.", "AR5001-0000-0000", "Wireless LAN
> Reference Card", "00"
>   manfid: 0x0271, 0x0012
>   function: 6 (network)
> 
> and from dmesg:
> ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
> ath_hal: 0.9.12.14 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212)
> wlan: 0.8.4.4 (EXPERIMENTAL)
> ath_rate_onoe: no version for "ether_sprintf" found: kernel tainted.
> ath_rate_onoe: 1.0
> ath_pci: 0.9.4.11 (EXPERIMENTAL)
> PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> divert: allocating divert_blk for ath0
> ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 4.6
> ath0: 802.11 address: 00:0f:3d:52:7f:f0
> ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BE traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BK traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
> ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0x10800000, irq=11
> 
> 
> So I know the system knows it's there.  However, after running 'ifconfig ath0 up' I get:
> ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0F:3D:52:7F:F0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:292 errors:39 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:39
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
>           RX bytes:36017 (35.1 KiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>           Interrupt:11 Memory:12b00000-12b10000
> 
> It's there - but I get no IP address, and I can't connect out using it.
> Any ideas what I've missed?  I may go back to the Linuxant loaders, just because they claim to have a solution that will work for me, but I'd rather not...
> Thanks,
>  -Don
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 14
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:08:29 -0600
> From: Gerry Tool <gstool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Scanning Slides under FC[123]
> To: Glen Staufer <alaxsxaq@xxxxxxxxx>,	For users of Fedora Core
> 	releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <4192D7AD.5030904@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Glen Staufer wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:44:30 -0600, Brian Fahrlander
> ><brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>    I have a great number of slides slowly decaying in their storage
> >>area.  I guess I could put'em on a flat-bed and take my chances, but
> >>since I don't have a scanner now, maybe I shouook into buying a
> >>slide-scanner.
> >>
> >>    Are these things generally like a regular scanner in terms of
> >>installation, or do they use funky USB mechanisms?  Anyone have
> >>experience with something like this?
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I have a Minolta Dimage V and use vuescan.  It works like a charm with
> >only a few problems.
> >
> >- couldn't get it to work under Linux with USB 1.1.  The scanner would
> >lock up.  XP handled the USB 1.1 connection just fine.   My desktop
> >system has USB 2 and the problems went away.
> >- whenever I scan to a tiff file, the file loads up into Gimp.  I
> >haven't figured out how to get it to scan to a disk file yet.
> >- vuescan needs to be run as root.  This is new with my installation
> >of FC3; under the TEST versions, my normal user account could access
> >the scanner.  I've tried a mod to the usbscanner script to set the
> >permissions to allow non-root users to access the scanner, but I don't
> >have the answer yet.
> >
> >--Glenn
> >
> >  
> >
> I don't know if this is your problem or not, but ...
> 
> There is an unresolved bug that incorrectly sets the permissions on usb 
> scanners.  One way to make it work as a user is to unplug/plug in the 
> usb cable to the scanner after boot.  This is a PITA and probably is not 
> good for the connector in the long run.  The alternative is to write a 
> script that changes the permissions.
> 
> First, you need to identify the file with scanimage -L or sane-find 
> scanner run as root.
> 
> In my case,
> [root@gstpc-fc3 acroread]# scanimage -L
> device `epson:libusb:003:002' is a Epson Perfection1240 flatbed scanner
> 
> Then create a script; in my case I have /usr/local/bin/fixscan which has 
> a single line
> 
> chmod a+w /proc/bus/usb/003/002
> 
> I run fixscan as root after reboot and the scanner is then usable by my 
> normal user account.
> 
> Hope this is useful.
> 
> Gerry
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 15
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:11:57 -0800
> From: Nifty Hat Mitch <mitch48@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: FC3, up2date, yum, apt, authenticating proxy
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <20041111021157.GD19755@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 12:41:05PM -0800, Lets Go Canes wrote:
> > --- William Hooper <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > > # export http_proxy=http://fqdn.com:nnnn   [proper proxy, username,
> > > ]
> > > > # export proxy_username=username           [ and password set      
> > > ]
> > > > # export proxy_passwd=password
> > > 
> > > Try using:
> > > 
> > > export http_proxy=http://username:password@xxxxxxxx:nnnn
> > 
> > This works for yum.  It does not work for up2date or apt.  But for my
> > purposes yum is good enough!  Thanks muchly!
> 
> I was going to suggest setting up squid so that squid
> understands your authenticating proxy then point
> up2date at the local squid proxy.
> 
> One additional layer of indirection but...
> 
> Caution... most businesses demand authentication so they can monitor
> employee web use.  Do not expose yourself to personal problems and
> trouble by exposing a squid proxy with your ID to unknown users.  But
> it might help.... while the bug is being fixed.
> 
> At this early stage there is a small set of updated packages. Tools
> like wget, curl or a browser could be used to collect the 25 or so
> updated packages.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 	T o m  M i t c h e l l 
> 	spam unwanted email.
> 	SPAM, good eats, and a trademark of  Hormel Foods.
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 16
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:18:32 -0500
> From: Graham Campbell <gc1111@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Bash decimal arithmetic?
> To: dmaluski@xxxxxxxxx,	For users of Fedora Core releases
> 	<fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <1100143112.18164.3.camel@sirius>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 21:22 -0500, Dean Maluski wrote:
> > Does bash have an option to do non integer math in scripts?
> > I need my exact decimal numbers.
> > 
> 
> An "exact decimal number" is a contradiction in terms. If you can
> specify the precision you wish to retain then use bc to do the
> calculations.


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