Serial port bridge

tahir@mac.com mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
Mon, 01 Apr 2002 15:35:28 +0500


We  just purchased YDL 2.2, Apple Cinema Display 22" is not displaying any
thing with ADC PORT...

Kind regards
AR Tahir
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> From: Quentin Mason <quentin-mason@cornell.edu>
> Reply-To: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 23:55:50 -0500 (EST)
> To: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
> Subject: Re: Serial port bridge
> 
> 
> 
>>> 1) Part of the netatalk package is papd ~= printer appletalk protocol
>>> daemon.  You can try configuring this to recieve jobs from MOL over
>>> appletalk [look in the chooser in MOL], and send them to a linux print
>>> queue.
> 
> You have to set control panel::appletalk to tcp/ip NOT serial port.  Then
> if you are lucky you should see whatever files you are sharing with
> netatalk available in the chooser::apple share.  Otherwise just type in
> the IP address of the linux box.
> 
> For the printer I am not sure -- have a look in all the printer types you
> have.  It will be a network printer...   I have not done this myself.
> 
>> What am I supposed to see in the chooser? I can only see the usual
>> Apple-printers. I tried Apple-Share, but it crashed. And I tried some of
>> these printers but it also crashed (I think, because they tried to use a
>> serial port.).
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Q.
> 
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