Re: Hardware questions

2011-05-05 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On May 5, 2011, at 2:10 PM, Ram-on Agmon wrote: http://blog.k1789.org/?p=1791 Thanks, it's just a shame IMHO that you got the 260 NIS one working instead of the 55 NIS one. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it.

Re: Hardware questions

2011-05-05 Thread Ram-on Agmon
http://blog.k1789.org/?p=1791 Ram on On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:54 PM, geoffrey mendelson < geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. I understand you can now buy a USB digital tv receiver stick that is > supported by Linux. > I'm looking for one that is supported in Ubuntu 11.04 and can be boug

Hardware questions

2011-05-05 Thread geoffrey mendelson
1. I understand you can now buy a USB digital tv receiver stick that is supported by Linux. I'm looking for one that is supported in Ubuntu 11.04 and can be bought easily by specifing the exact store or item (I need to send a non technical person to do it) or ordered by phone or via eBay.

Re: 2 hardware questions

2007-08-11 Thread Shlomo Solomon
On Saturday 11 August 2007 01:19, Dan Armak wrote: > When using smartctl with a sata drive you may have to specify manually that > it's a sata drive and not a real SCSI one, try adding the -d ata parameter. thanks - that was the problem -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by KMail (KD

Re: 2 hardware questions

2007-08-10 Thread Dan Armak
On Friday 10 August 2007, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > 2 - I want to use smartctl, but: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]# smartctl -i /dev/sdb > smartctl version 5.36 [i586-mandriva-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce > Allen > Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ > > Device: ATA WDC WD

2 hardware questions

2007-08-10 Thread Shlomo Solomon
1 - I need a USB 802.11g dongle. The cheapest one I found is a tp-link TL-WN321G sold for 74 shekels at Ivory. The Ivory site and the manufacturer's site don't mention Linux support, but I did find an Australian reseller who does mention Linux and a few vague references to it working in Fedora o

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-17 Thread Man Gregory
Gil Freund wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for two things: > > WiFi MiniPCI card that is: > A. Linux compatible (Atheros? Prism?) > B. Available in Israel. > I do not wish to go via Israeli Customs Maybe this can help: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ > > Multifunction Device (Printer, Sca

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-15 Thread Peter
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Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-14 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting Yedidyah Bar-David, from the post of Fri, 14 Oct: > > Newcomers might don't know this was once a subject for a > non-differential scsi cable flogging threat. Quote: no threats, I accept my feminine side, and I write (most of) my own sig cookies... take them or leave them :) -- Bringing

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-14 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 09:39:49PM +0200, Peter wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Ira Abramov wrote: > > >Not a girl > >Not yet a woman > >Ira Abramov > > Shouldn't you, like, slightly tune your .sig generator ? ;-) Maybe it > has a setting for 'gender' ? Newcomers might don't know this was onc

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-14 Thread Peter
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Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-14 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 12:47:35PM +0200, Ira Abramov wrote: > double check that. HP sells cartriges with built-in print heads which > Canon's are only ink bottles and the print heads stay in the printer. it > has plusses and minuses, like everything in life. I personally prefer > the Canon way, I

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-14 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting Hetz Ben Hamo, from the post of Fri, 14 Oct: > > Well, the original cartidges are expensive just as others (Epson, > Brother, IBM, Canon, you name it) - for mine, it's at about 300 NIS > for BW+Color. double check that. HP sells cartriges with built-in print heads which Canon's are only i

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, On 10/14/05, O.K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I disagree. > > Canon technology is much better cartridge-wise. > I use PIXMA IP-4000 and I have 5 carts 60NIS/each. > Total it's the same 300 as you pay, but when you use all your red ink you > have to buy the whole cart, while I only change 1 f

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread O.K
have no idea if IP-4000 is supported in Linux. Anyone with prior exp ? Alon. - Original Message - From: "Hetz Ben Hamo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 1:02 AM Subject: Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions Hi, I suspect

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, > I suspect you can thank Bdale Garbee - HP's Linux CTO (and former > Debian project leader). > > Just one question - how is the ink price compared to other brands? Well, the original cartidges are expensive just as others (Epson, Brother, IBM, Canon, you name it) - for mine, it's at about 300

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Matan Ziv-Av
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Gil Freund wrote: Hi, I am looking for two things: WiFi MiniPCI card that is: A. Linux compatible (Atheros? Prism?) B. Available in Israel. I do not wish to go via Israeli Customs How to answer this question: 1. Point your browser to http://www.zap.co.il 2. Search

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Amos Shapira
On 10/14/05, Hetz Ben Hamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the past HP had a really shitty support with their multi function > devices. Not any more. I have an all in one HP Officejet PSC 1315 and > all it's functions works well under Linux, thank goodness :) I suspect you can thank Bdale Garbee -

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Omer Zak
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 23:23 +0200, Gil Freund wrote: > Multifunction Device (Printer, Scanner Fax): > CUPS and SANE > Preferably a Laser I use EPSON Stylus CX3200 which combines printer+scanner (but not FAX). It is fully supported by Linux. Except for the high price of ink cartridges, I am satisf

Re: [Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
1. for Wifi - Belkin or any RealTek based card should do the trick and its supported under any recent distro with full open source drivers. > Multifunction Device (Printer, Scanner Fax): > CUPS and SANE > Preferably a Laser I didn't see many multifunction devices with Laser. 99% of them are inkje

[Semi-OT] Hardware questions

2005-10-13 Thread Gil Freund
Hi, I am looking for two things: WiFi MiniPCI card that is: A. Linux compatible (Atheros? Prism?) B. Available in Israel. I do not wish to go via Israeli Customs Multifunction Device (Printer, Scanner Fax): CUPS and SANE Preferably a Laser Any recommendations for make and vendors welcome.

Re: Hardware questions - SuSE 7.0/Kernel 2.2.16

2000-11-12 Thread Daniel Feiglin
Schlomo Schapiro wrote: > > Hi, > > best is to add a lines like > > alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x > alias sr0 aha152x > alias scanner aha152x > > to yout /etc/conf.modules and then run depmod -a. Just replace the aha152x > with the module for your SCSI card and add wha

Re: Hardware questions - SuSE 7.0/Kernel 2.2.16

2000-11-12 Thread Schlomo Schapiro
Hi, best is to add a lines like alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x alias sr0 aha152x alias scanner aha152x to yout /etc/conf.modules and then run depmod -a. Just replace the aha152x with the module for your SCSI card and add whatever devices you need. Works like a charm and

Re: Hardware questions - SuSE 7.0/Kernel 2.2.16

2000-11-10 Thread Shaul Karl
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --13E06A1E93D1438DEC172DA0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > 1. I just installed a Yamaha 24/8/8 SCSI CD2RW witha Symbios Logic 8100S "dumb" >SCSI(3) card (no BIOS). SuSE 7.0 > recognise

Hardware questions - SuSE 7.0/Kernel 2.2.16

2000-11-10 Thread Daniel Feiglin
1. I just installed a Yamaha 24/8/8 SCSI CD2RW witha Symbios Logic 8100S "dumb" SCSI(3) card (no BIOS). SuSE 7.0 recognises everthing after I say, insmod sym53c8xx. I also have /mnt/cdrwm pointing to /dev/scd0 in fstab, so everthing is just fine. What I cannot figure out, is how to get the syst