Subject: RE: Locked volume
From: Al Koller (al.koller@spacecoastnet.com)
Date: Mon Jul 02 2001 - 21:05:43 MDT
Hi Derrik.
I send a note to Brice Ruth on this same subject, since you and he both gave
me similar inputs on my questions.
Using your input, I was able to do 2 of the three items. First, I got the
network running by just configuring the Mac side to another IP address and
away it went. I should have thought of that on my own... Second, I got the
full screen running by dropping to console and running MOL from there.
However, the screen display is very high res, making the icons extremely
small. These old eyes are going to have to work really hard to see fonts,
etc... Any way to change that??? Also, when I try to go back from console
to X, MOL stops cold... Maybe I am going back wrong... Not a big deal, but
curious if there is a way to go back and forth between X and console without
stopping processes.
Third, I've about got the printer shared, but only because I have a son who
knows Linux well and was able to go gets CUTS and install a printer for me.
My USB printer was not configured for the USB port, and it took us an hour
or so to do that. I'm close, but we don't know how to configure to use the
printer from the Linux side to the Mac side.... You gave me information
about configuring papd, but we don't know how to do that yet. Also, we are
using "atalk" instead of "netatalk". Does that matter???
The printer works fine from the Linux side (colors are a little odd, but who
cares???), but nothing has shown up on the Mac side yet. Can you help?
Thanks again.
Al Koller
-----Original Message-----
From: Derrik Pates [mailto:dpates@dsdk12.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 11:06 PM
To: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
Subject: RE: Locked volume
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Al Koller wrote:
> 1. How can I get the system to allow me to surf the net? I cannot see out
> in MOL, although the programs (Netscape and IE) both run and try.
Load the sheep_net module that Mac-on-Linux builds (it'll be in
/usr/lib/mol/modules/), and in /etc/molrc, specify a 'netdev:' line naming
the network interface you want it to use, with a ' -sheep' suffix, to tell
Mac-on-Linux to use the SheepShaver network bridge device. You won't be
able to use dynamic address assignment - you will have to pick some static
address that the MacOS session can use (and it can't be the same as the
Linux side's IP). You'll also be able to use AppleTalk (and IPX, if you
install the NetWare client for MacOS).
> 2. How can I get a USB printer to work? I have an HP and am using an
iMac,
> so this is pretty important.
Does it work in Linux? If so, you need to configure papd (part of the
'netatalk' package) on the Linux side, and simply share your printer from
the Linux side to the Mac side.
> 3. How can I get a full screen using MOL? Right now my window is limited
to
> about half the screen. My other screens in KDE will expand to full
screen,
> but not MOL.
The default MoL configuration puts a full-screen view onto a virtual
console. Have a look at the output of 'startmol' on standard out - it
should mention which virtual console it picked. Just switch to that one
(on the G3 I use at work, it picks VC 8 - Ctrl-Alt-F8 switches me out to
it).
Derrik Pates | Sysadmin, Douglas School | #linuxOS on EFnet
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