[ale] stairsteps

[Nick Lucent]

When I was running slackware I did get printing working w/o stairstepping
in a way, I used magic filter to set up the printcap (Deskjet 500) and I
could print using lpr -P dsjet, but the catch was, anything I wanted to
print I had to print from netscape, If I did the same command from a
command line I got the stair stepping. Very odd.
Nick


On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, William Mahavier wrote:
> This is not entended as a flame. Just an observation. I had the same
> stairstep problem and never solved it. I have been a unix/linus user
> for 15 years. I had slackware umsdos on my notebook. X-windows and 
> latex and printing worked fine. Ale suggested I should partition my
> disc. I did that on my aptiva and installed slackware. I never got 
> x-window to work, I can print only to my postcript printer with 
> dvips, and x-windows does not work. I posted to ale and got little
> help. Except to suggest I install redhat. I bought a redhat boxed
> set with manual and disc. Redhat says it supports my scsi card but
> it did not. After much effort I tried an ftp install using a borrowed
> ethernet card. I got redhat installed on my old (umsdos) notebook.
> Now x-windows does not work. I cannot mount my scsi.cdrom or my syquest.
> I do not know if I can use either of my printers or not.
> 
> I posted asking if someone could tell me how much space was needed
> for a minimum install of redhat. I got no response. My first install
> failed because it ran out of space. The redhat manual said one needed
> 50 megs. I alloted 200 megs. My second install was only the *'ed 
> packages, latex and xwindows. It took all but about 5 megs. I have 
> read most of the LDP, the redhat.faq and the redhat manual. RTFM
> does not help beginners.
> 
> Ale seems to becoming more a hackers group. I am sorry to say
> that I will probably try to download latex for windows95 and use that.
> I regret that windows is winning but it is your problem.
> 
> Surely some of you gurus know how to solve the stairstep problem and
> how much space redhat takes. Please do not recommend a filter you have
> not tried.
>