On Tuesday 14 February 2006 7:07 pm, Doug McGarrett wrote:
It's hard to know what's "known supported." I asked on this list, before I bought the ASUS mobo, and ASUS was recommended. Maybe they used a different network chip at the time, and I got caught in a change-over, I don't know. But I'm virtually certain that a previous version of SuSE ran on this network interface, and that 10.0 invalidated it. That really sucks!
_If_ you are right about 'it used to work' in a prior version then 'it should work' in 10.0. The trick is figuring out what changed and how to get it back. One nice troubleshooting option is to boot the Knoppix or Kubuntu live CD and see what happens. This can help determine what needs fixing.
I expected that all HP printers would use Post-Script. It was a nasty surprise to find that this 1020 didn't. The temptation to buy a laser printer for under $200, compared to the $500 and up level I had paid in the past, led me to just get the 1020.
I've been sorely tempted by those prices also. But I happened to be comparing different brands and noticed that supported OS's were only Windows-whatever for those really cheap lasers. That led me to further Googling and such that confirmed they were Windows-only 'winmodem' style printers. Reverse engineered drivers are the only option for these.
The info from the list, printed out earlier today, to get the 1020 to work, didn't pan out--I got an error message, and I have a query into Johannes Meixner, from SuSE, Germany, who wrote it, as to what to do to solve the problem. If I get it all to work, I will follow up to the list.
As an aside, what is the relationship between SuSE, Germany, and Novell?
SUSE's heritage is a German company. Most of the company is HQ'd in Germany. Noevll bought them.
--doug
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