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This whole deal sounds sorta like my week-long Debian fiasco.:lol: I asked question after question, and always got excellent replies from a few of you guys, BUT eventually it was too much for me. The finishing blow came when I accidently installed SuSE over the Debian, and that actually turned out to be a good thing, cuz I really like it, it all makes a lot of sense, even to me, and configured almost painlessly. I still use primarily Mandrake, but I've really taken a liking to the German's SuSE as well. They are both excellent. :lol:

Knetload is just a small application that sits in your tray, like the winblows icons, and tells you about your internet activity. You can find it easy enough, just do a google search ( I am amazed how easy it is to find almost anything that way!) You can't connect & disconnect with it, it is only a monitoring app. :wink:

chris z, the answer to your inquiry is called 'knetload'. (shows internet activity, send & receive, in systray)

Answered my own question, #ifup eth0 :lol:

While you're here, what is the command for a cable connection, using eth0? Thanks

I uninstalled the hpoj and hpjis drivers, and re-installed the standard hpoj driver (rpm) which comes with SuSE, and got the scanner to work, sort of, then re-installed hpjis and got the printer working. I need to now figure out how to load the 'ptal-init' on boot-up. Then I think I'll be all good again. Thanks...

Here's where I am now, I have installed the hpoj and hpijs from source, and the next step, according to all the documentation I have found, is to do ptal-init-setup So I do that, and nothing is detected, like it should be, so I don't know where to go from here. Here is the result from that command: linux:/home/mike # /usr/sbin/ptal-init setup Stopping the HP OfficeJet Linux driver. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This program manages devices controlled by the HP OfficeJet Linux driver (hpoj). It attempts to probe your computer for local parallel- and USB-connected devices, and allows you to specify network addresses for remote JetDirect-connected devices. If you experience any difficulties in detecting your device(s), then refer to the hpoj documentation for troubleshooting information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Currently defined device names ( [*]=default): (none) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Probe for parallel-connected devices ([y]/n)? n ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Probe for USB-connected devices ([y]/n)? y Probing "/dev/usb/lp0"... No device found. Probing "/dev/usb/lp1"... No device found. Probing "/dev/usb/lp2"... No device found. Probing "/dev/usb/lp3"... No device found. Probing "/dev/usb/lp4"... No device found. Probing "/dev/usb/lp5"... No device found. Probing "/dev/usb/lp6"... No device found. Probing "/dev/usb/lp7"... No device found. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Press <Enter> alone to continue, or if you would like to add a JetDirect-connected device, then enter its dotted-decimal IP address or hostname here --->

Well, if I try to set up the scanner in YaST, it will not auto-detect, so by doing it manually, and choosing "Hewlett Packard" and then the model, it will always give the error that configuring the scanner was unsuccessful. I found a couple web sites that have info on this, and it looks as if I might have to do it all by hand, without YaST. I need to research that more, and see if I can do it. In the meantime, if I just run 'xsane' it says no devices detected. Mandrake must have something different in the way it handles this hardware, because it works perfectly on Mandrake. And thanks...

Thanks again, I do appreciate all the help. I gotta say you have been great. I also want to say how much I dig SuSE in general. It sets up and runs everthing almost as well as Mandrake, and some stuff is better, some not so good, but overall I give it an 'A'. But Debian, that's another story, in my (not so knowledgable) opinion. I mean really, out of the box, can't even run X, And why should you have to upgrade to an unstable version, just to run KDE? I like the apt feature, of course, but even after I did all the stuff we went over in my other thread, I still had no use of my cd writer or dvd player. There, I'm done complaining, :wink: and actually I will get back to working on that elusive Debian install soon, though. I hope you have the patience to help more! :)

It was an FTP install...

Hi again. Yes it is a USB device. No, my system doesn't have: /etc/rc.config.d/usb.rc.config I do have: /etc/sane.d/hp.conf, and I uncommented the two lines as you have pointed out. I have no luck yet. I should point out that, in Mandrake, once the printer was setup, the scanner required no further configuration, in other words, the printer/scanner were apparently configured as a unit,(which it really is) and both worked right out of the box, so to speak. Thanks!

When trying to configure with YaST, it will not autodetect scanner, so (manually) it will let me pick the make, and model, of the device, but it will not allow choosing the hpoj driver. I have tried to select generic as well, no luck. I am short on time right now, but the printer section works fine, and shows driver hpojis. Thanks again-

Thanks! I will give that a shot, am I missing something, or are you using Mandrake? I ask because my psc2110 works fine on Mandrake, so there must be a difference in SuSE... but if the instructions you supply pertain to SuSE as well, then I will try that.

This is a very minor gripe, cuz SuSE is very good in every other respect (so far). I have a HP all-in-one (printer/scanner/copier) model PSC2110, and it prints and scans great under Mandrake, but in SuSE it will print but not scan. The main problem is that it won't configure the scanner properly. I have searched and tried everything I know how, but it still won't. Can't seem to load the driver 'hpoj'. Realize this is a longshot, but if anyone here has the same stuff, and got it to work, I could sure use some advice. Thanks in advance.

If you have a usb mouse, during the install, there is a place where you can select different modules to load, and one of them is for that, seems to me it was LAST one on the list.??

Got it, and it works! Here is what I installed to make it work: apt-0.5.5cnc6-rb3.i386.rpm apt-libs-0.5.5cnc6-rb3.i386.rpm lua-5.0-rb3.i386.rpm installed in reverse of the order listed here, and very cool! Seems to me that SuSE is like the Mercedes-Benz of distros, whatcha think? :)

yes, but not that simple, ran into dependency probs, it finally installed, ran apt-get update and got command not known. I'll try again tonite after work. I'm still not sure exactly which packages to install, since there are several on the page... Thanks,

cybrjackle, thanks for the link! Have you got that to work? I tried getting the packages it says, but couldn't make it work. Here we go again, eh? :roll:

Oh, guess what, I enabled DMA in YaST, Hardware, ide DMA mode, an BOOM it works good now!!! I so love SuSE. Thanks!

Doing what you say as root: linux:/home/mike # ls /proc/ide/hdc . .. capacity capacity driver identify media model settings linux:/home/mike # /proc/ide/hdc/settings bash: /proc/ide/hdc/settings: Permission denied linux:/home/mike # I am root, right? Now what am I doing wrong? Thanks

This thread covers just about all you'll need. (and I haven't given up, just got sidetracked...) :wink: No doubt Debian makes you feel like a virgin, heh heh heh! I have been messing with SuSE a few days, and it is a lot less emasculating IMHO, and I think it is very well done, for the most part. Had one little installation glitch, where it would go to install a USB module, and when I would click 'OK' it would lock the mouse up, leaving me stranded mid-install. Other than that, if SuSE had something like urpmi or apt-get, it would be extremely cool. 8) Lots of luck to you...

I know my dvdrom is OK, cuz dvds play fine with Mandrake 9.1, but in SuSE 8.2, whether using mplayer or ogle, the dvd video and sound is kinda jumpy or jerky, it will play fine for a couple seconds, then sorta hesitate, then play again, etc etc. Almost acts like my machine is too slow or not enough memory, which is not the case. Cannot get an error message, anyone else see this? Thanks.

Well, I haven't had time yet to follow up on Debian, but I accidently installed SuSE 8.2 onto my Debian partition, no, really, it was an accident. I love it! This is the coolest thing (next to Mandrake) !!! (ahemm..) but I will asap reload my Debian on the extra partition I created -which I THOUGHT was going to be for SuSE and not for Debian, cuz obviously I did NOT want to overwrite all the stuff we had done so far... Oh well, at least I got something good out of a dumb mistake. :)

You're right, I just took a few days out for Labor Day. I will get back with you as soon as I can try what you suggest. And, again, Thanks!!!

OK now for the /etc/modutils/options file: Here is what is in it: options ide-cd ignore=/dev/hdd Heres what happens when I do 'update-modules': debian:/home/mike# update-modules /etc/modutils/options: line 1: options: command not found Error while executing /etc/modutils/options, aborting debian:/home/mike# My machine must not like Debian, eh? :wink: