Re: [hpoj-devel] preparing for 0.7

[Robert G. B. <rg...@ph...>]

On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, David Paschal wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've checked into CVS all of the code changes that I needed to make and that
> others have sent me, so I'm close to being ready to release 0.7.
>
> I would like to wait a few more days to see if we can resolve the problem
> Robert reported about printing on 2.2.16-SMP, since 0.7 is supposed to fix
> problems like this.  If it turns out that upgrading to 2.2.17 fixes the
> problem, then maybe I'll just document the issue and release if there isn't
> an easy fix.  My goal is to release this by next weekend if possible.

I'll try to work on this some before then.  I have the printer attached
to a UP system and it works "perfectly" and the suggested fix for the
gamma also works well enough although I'm still having difficulty
getting really crisp colors out even tweaking red, green and blue
separately.  I also discovered that the "file" command in RH 6.2 doesn't
seem to recognize jpegs, which is a bit crazed but easily enough fixed
(add three magic lines to /usr/share/magic).  This explains why my
attempts to print raw jpegs led to printer insanity.

Unfortunately, 2.2.16-3smp appears to be the "currentest" kernel
prebuilt for RH 6.2 as an update, so I have to install 2.2.17 the hard
way.  I've started a 2.2.17 download, but it may be a few days before I
can go through the build and install of the kernel, the build and
install of the ieeexxxx drivers, and the movement of the printer cable
to test it.  My physics students have exams this week and I'll be
grading for days.

   rgb

> In the meantime, it would be appreciated if some people could try out the
> latest CVS source and let me know if there are any problems, particularly
> with the new PRINT-HOWTO, xojpanel, or changes to the kernel-mode drivers.
> Those who have already downloaded from CVS and applied patches may need to
> delete the modified trees and download a fresh copy, because the "cvs update"
> command may get confused when it's trying to merge updates into locally
> modified files.  For convenience I added links to the CVS homepage
> (http://www.cvshome.org), where one can learn more about using CVS.
>
> I will also try to test with 2.4.0-test on a uniprocessor PC to see if I can
> reproduce the slow-scan problem that was previously reported.  If anybody
> else can confirm that that is or isn't a problem, that would be nice too.
>
> David
>
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