bigjohn

Someone must be able to help with this. As I'm rapidly approaching "Witzend". Right, the scanner is the epson perfection 1260photo, which doesn't even merit a mention at the mandrake hardware database, so It gets a good mention at Jonathan Buzzards site www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners-usb.html about usb scanners, but when I try the suggestions at "epson" as linked from the usb scanner page, I get nowhere. I suspect that this may be because it is either a re-badged mustek or something to do with the chipset? anyway, it appears to be supported by the "plustek" driver at www.gjaeger.de/scanner/plustek.html and needs "sane" which I understand is at www.mostang.com/sane/. So I might be screwed before I even start? because the driver appears to use what it thinks is the latest sane - which the table suggests is version x.xx.10 but when I go and check the sane page they have version x.xx.11 or is it x.xx.12 by now! So how in hells name do I get this damn scanner going???? desperate frustration. regards John

Nah, sorry MottS, I just looked at the link that you posted, and it confused the hell out of me (not hard). When I first started using mandrake, it took me ages to work out what was what. as far as music cd's are concerned, at first I couldn't get them to play, but after loosing (more) hair, I found out that my install of 9.0 by default, calls my dvd player "cdrom" and my cdrw "cdrom2". If I use either of these two names, I get diddlysquat. And for just playing cd's I avoid xmms like the plague - it's way too confusing to find the path to the player. So, too play music I use either kscd or grip.I have then got to find out what else my devices are called. In my case, the dvd is cdrom, but it's also "hdb". Whereas, the cdrw is cdrom2, but it's also called /dev/scd0. In kscd, I then open the tools facility, and configure it so it is pointing at /dev/scd0 and I get the music. With grip pretty much the same but just click on the configure tab and put in the correct device name. And that's where my confusion was. The flourdragon will have to find out what their devices are called and also, because of that old cherry of linux needing the soundcard/device to be connected to the cdrom/dvd/cdrw/hdb/scd0 or whatever, then they will have to suss out which one has the audio connection (possibly both?). Perhaps one of you experienced types could tell flourdragon what the command is to get the device names - I stay well away from the "white mans magic" that is known to one and all as "command line input"! regards John

This will sound really thick, but apart from using open office and looking there, how would I check? or view a font map (just for info, I use Tahoma from M$ for most things and would have thought that an M$ font would have almost definitely had a euro key) regards John

I don't suppose anyone could tell me how to get the euro sign from my keyboard please? I currently have it set in KDE as generic 105 key (Intl) PC for GB with nodeadkeys. and the Alt Gr 4 option seems to get me a ¼ sign. regards John

Ok, I think that I have commented out the "epson scsi" mention in the epson.conf file by putting a # in front of it (to no effect - I still get the no xsane devices when I click on the Icon). Also, it would appear that the epson 1250/1260 are supported by the plustek-sane-0.45-5 version which I have downloaded as plustek-sane-0.45-5.tar.gz and I have untarred it with xzvf plustek etc etc, but due to rpm induced stupidity, I can't recall what else I have to do with it to finish the install (presuming that an incorrect sane backend? could be causing the xsane not seeing the device) regards John

Ok, since the first posting, I have followed the instructions at the epson site http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/linux.html and followed the instructions at the "iscan" link. If i try and start the "iscan" facility in a terminal, I get the terms and conditions, and then it just says "could not send command to scanner" so I have then followed the instructions at http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/ls...e.html#Mandrake and added the scanner manually with # mknod /dev/usb/scanner0 c 180 48 and # chmod 0666 /dev/usb/scanner0 though what this actually does, I haven't a clue, but I can now see the scanner at /dev/usb I have also found about the "uncomment" thing mentioned earlier and now my /etc/sane.d/epson.conf looks like this # epson.conf # # here are some examples for how to configure the EPSON backend # # SCSI scanner: scsi EPSON # # Parallel port scanner: #pio 0x278 #pio 0x378 #pio 0x3BC # # USB scanner - only enable this if you have an EPSON scanner. It could # otherwise block your non-EPSON scanner from being # recognized. # Depending on your distribution, you may need either the # first or the second entry. #usb /dev/usbscanner0 usb /dev/usb/scanner0 but when I try the $ iscan command I still get the "could not sent command to scanner" So does anyone know what I should do next please? regards John

Hi Forum, got the above scanner, and mdk 9.0 can't find it (well it's not listed under the hardware, after digging around I can find the scanner with # sane-find-scanner # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x011d [EPSON Scanner]) at libusb:001:002 # A USB device was detected. This program can't be sure if it's really # a scanner. If it is your scanner, it may or may not be supported by # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. # Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports can't be # detected by this program. Great, but I can't find the " libusb:001:002" I have found some stuff somewhere that said that I have to "uncomment" usb /dev/usb/scanner0 in the /etc/sane.d/epson.conf which looks like this # epson.conf # # here are some examples for how to configure the EPSON backend # # SCSI scanner: scsi EPSON # # Parallel port scanner: #pio 0x278 #pio 0x378 #pio 0x3BC # # USB scanner - only enable this if you have an EPSON scanner. It could # otherwise block your non-EPSON scanner from being # recognized. # Depending on your distribution, you may need either the # first or the second entry. #usb /dev/usbscanner0 #usb /dev/usb/scanner0 But as to how I "uncomment" that, or even what it might do is a total mystery I have also spotted this # rpm -qa | grep sane xsane-0.90-1.1mdk libsane1-1.0.9-3.1mdk xsane-gimp-0.90-1.1mdk sane-backends-1.0.9-3.1mdk which I presume is telling me what sane stuff I have installed and I have also been to the jonathan buzzards site about usb scanners and following the link I have managed to get the "iscan" app for epson scanners rpm -qa | grep iscan iscan-1.5.0-6 apparently, that's should be all I need to get the damn thing working, but I even printed off the readme, and I am completely confused as to what I should do ? Any ideas please? regards John

from your last two posts, I have tried to see what happens. When I ls -a .kde/Autostart I get the same as your post except it's called numlock.sh and not autostart.sh all the rest is the same when I have tried the stuff in your second post I have got this [root@localhost john]# rpm -ql numlock /etc/X11/xinit.d/numlock /etc/profile.d/numlock.sh /etc/rc.d/init.d/numlock /usr/X11R6/bin/enable_X11_numlock /usr/X11R6/man/fr/man1/enable_X11_numlock.1.bz2 /usr/X11R6/man/man1/enable_X11_numlock.1.bz2 [root@localhost john]# And yes, I did uninstall/reinstall numlock, so I will log out and see what happens regards John

Yes, I had it enabled, and I have just tried disabling it, and rebooting - still no luck because it didn't start for login but it still started when I logged back in to kde. I will now go and re start it. regards John

Also, just to check, I went to the kde control centre and checked "the leave unchanged radio button" applied that and did a reboot (probably unnecessary) and spotted the "stopping numlock" during the shut down/reboot dialogue, but I couldn't see any "starting numlock" during the start up dialogue and still have to "hit the button" for log in (I would show you, but I don't know how to copy/paste the start up dialogue!), is this of any relevance? regards John

This is what I get when I put in the same commands as the ones that you posted earlier bvc [john@localhost john]$ urpmf vimtutor vim-common:/bin/vimtutor vim-common:/usr/share/doc/vim-common-6.1/doc/vimtutor.1 vim-common:/usr/share/man/man1/vimtutor.1.bz2 vim-common:/usr/bin/vimtutor vim-common:/usr/share/man/man1/vimtutor.1.bz2 [john@localhost john]$ rpm -q vim-common vim-common-6.1-34.1mdk [john@localhost john]$ When I do the $vimtutor I get Error detected while processing command line: Can't open file /usr/share/vim/tutor/tutor.vim Hit ENTER or type command to continue and if I hit enter I get ~ VIM - Vi IMproved ~ ~ version 6.1.302 ~ by Bram Moolenaar et al. ~ Vim is open source and freely distributable ~ ~ Help poor children in Uganda! ~ type :help iccf<Enter> for information ~ ~ type :q<Enter> to exit ~ type :help<Enter> or <F1> for on-line help ~ type :help version6<Enter> for version info ~ ~ Running in Vi compatible mode ~ type :set nocp<Enter> for Vim defaults ~ type :help cp-default<Enter> for info on this ~ ~ ~ that. Is this the vimtutor? (it doesn't look like any tutor that I have ever experienced - but I only know gui stuff!) As for the numlock thing, I have made sure that the ~/.kde/Autostart/numlock.sh is exactly as you have posted and it doesn't seem to make any difference, i.e. when I want to log in, I still don't get the light indication that the numlock key is enabled. I also did the chmod a+x etc etc bit and that doesn't seem to make any difference either. Should I have disabled it in the kde control panel ? regards John

Excellent, My host name now reflects [john@localhost john]$ Many thanks aru, and sorry if it seems like you are having to answer posts from a total dummy - it's just that I can't get all the wind0w$ stuff out of my head! regards John p.s. Out of curiosity, which part of Spain are you in - my sister lives in Madrid!

[root@john@localhost john]# sed "s/(HOSTNAME=).*/1localhost.john/" /etc/sysconfig/network > /tmp/network && cat /tmp/network > / etc/sysconfig/network bash: /: Is a directory [root@john@localhost john]# [root@john@localhost john]# service network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Setting network parameters: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: [ OK ] [root@john@localhost john]# Well, I did as you said, and got the above, judging by the root prompt it hasn't worked (yet, but it seems that we are getting closer!), though should I have done it logged into root properly, and not just have su'd into root? regards John

Well, I have followed bvc's instructions and now have a "numlock.sh" in /home/john/.kde/Autostart that says #!/bin/bash enable_X11_numlock on and did I need to type the # ? I am presuming that to "make it Exec" means to have the exec box checked in the "permissions"? if not, how do I make it "Exec"? Or should I have done this as root? as when I log in the welcome screen comes up with my account and the "numlock" light on the keyboard still doesn't come on! And as for the vi editor bit, I am sure that I got it installed, well, I got it off my disc's (boxed set) though the only bit it said it was unable to install was "vim_X11" so presumably that is the bit that won't start the vimtutor? regards John

[john@john@localhost john]$ hostname john@localhost.john [john@john@localhost john]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes FORWARD_IPV4=false HOSTNAME=john@localhost.john DOMAINNAME=john GATEWAY=192.168.7.1 [john@john@localhost john]$ echo $PS1 [u@h W]$ [john@john@localhost john]$ whoami This is what I got by copying and pasteing into Konsole though what it means :?: regards John

Well, I tried the vimtutor and got the vi editor with an error message of unable to run /usr/??????????(cant recall what that bit was)/vimtutor/tutor.vim I also tried to sus out bvc's suggestion of putting the bit into the .kde/autostart, but it comes up with a load of unreadable code. I feel so that I can't get my head round this vi thing - I just don't understand it - I have tried to read and comprehend the http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/mdoc/ref/x1938.html link, but it doesn't seem to make much sense either - I must be really stupid! Is there anyway I can achieve this with Kwrite, as that's the only editor that I have ever used (don't forget, I'm a relatively recent ex - wind0w$ drone and don't really understand this command line stuff!) and that was just to modify a few existing files to config an adsl modem. regards John

aru (and any other of you who know what it all means) This is my /etc/bashrc file # /etc/bashrc # System wide functions and aliases # Environment stuff goes in /etc/profile # by default, we want this to get set. # Even for non-interactive, non-login shells. if [ `id -gn` = `id -un` -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then umask 002 else umask 022 fi # are we an interactive shell? if [ "$PS1" ]; then case $TERM in xterm*) PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "33]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}07"' ;; *) ;; esac [ "$PS1" = "s-v$ " ] && PS1="[u@h W]$ " if [ -z "$loginsh" ]; then # We're not a login shell for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do if [ -x $i ]; then . $i fi done fi fi unset loginsh and this is my /home/john/.bashrc # .bashrc # User specific aliases and functions # Source global definitions if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then . /etc/bashrc fi and as to using an e-mail address as my hostname, no it's just what seems to have come up when I last re-installed (though I don't recall why I re-installed about a month ago)! also, when I typed in export PS1="u@h W $ " I got nothing, just returned me to a $ prompt. regards John :?:

Oakey Doakey, I'll zoom off there, and report back later (tomorrow - I'm just getting ready for work - I do so love starting work at 0130 in the morning - NOT). regards John

Sorry, I must sound really thick, could you explain this again as I am confusing bash/konsole/vi and the various prompts. The terminal that I use is Konsole? The prompt messages are from Bash? And the screen with a ~ at the start of each line is the vi editor? Presuming that's correct, then do I need to actually type the # or $ symbols in? And how do I start the vi editor to try the :h tutorial mentioned by aru? - because it does nothing when I try starting it with a "run command". regards John

Sorry Paul but this is going to sound like im being really thick! But how do I change it again (i.e. what do i need to type in?) Because john@localhost.john is the host name but at the bash prompt it comes up as john@john@.localhost.john regards John

for some unknow reason, when I open a konsole, my hostname comes up as john@john@localhost john, so how do I change it please??? regards John

Or perhaps, this could be achieved just using a konsole and bash? At least I have a very vague of what happens there regards John :?:

This is starting to get vvv confusing:?: So the bit that I get to when I have done vi numlock.sh that gives me the lines with the ~ is the vi editor. Right, got that. But the instructions in the "trouble shooter" that TheYinYeti has linked, I am finding equally confusing. The bit that bvc has mentioned about the ".kde" file being a hidden file, Ok, so does that have to be done as root? aru's suggestion that I run the "vimtutor",I understand, but how do I "run" it, I try typing vimtutor in the run command box and it does nothing and just disappears. Oh, and when I am posting, to save "typing miles" (or typing kilometre's for that matter) on other boards/forums I can usually copy and paste (LQ, solwise,etc), but when I try that here, I don't seem to be able to do it, would that be an "opera" thing or a "mandrakerusers" thing? regards John

This is going to sound really pathetic. I went into konqueror, and couldn't find kde file by browsing, and when I try and "find file" I just get an additional konqueror window pop up. So I have started to try the "dark magic" solution, and get as far as the "vi numlock.sh" part. I presume that I have "enter" after that ? Becasue when I do, the screen changes and has ~symbols in blue, down the side - is this the vi editor ? or have I done something wrong? Not knowing what that is, means back to the usualy cowardice and just close it and come back here and ask again. (sorry if I seem such hard work - but I have had lots of disasters since I started this "linux lark", and have found the cowardice to be the safest!) regards John

Cheers mtweidmann, Just put the opera back on the menu and "cut and pasted" it - stupid of me not to have thought of that before. But in my defence, whenever I have tried to do anything in a "wind0w$esque" way before, it just hasn't worked yet on this occasion, it was staring me in the face. Thanks again. regards John 8)