Is it a Zone problem ?


Subject: Is it a Zone problem ?
From: Deepak Gupta (deepak@cpa27.ups-tlse.fr)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2001 - 09:21:16 EST


I have ibook (blue) with MacOS and Apple Personal Laser NTR.
But I'm love of Linux, so I have SuSe Linux on ibook with
netetalk running. ibook do not have any apple/parellel/serial port so to
use the printer I have Farallon EtherMac Printer adapter, which connect
to Ethernet port on ibook, and Appletalk port on Printer.
Everything works fine with ibook running MacOS, and I use printer
without any problem.

But my favourite linux has problem. After setting Netatalk, by
following the various hints from Web etc.
Running nbplkup gives
[root@linux /root]# nbplkup
                         linux:AFPServer 65280.200:128
                         linux:netatalk 65280.200:4
                         linux:Workstation 65280.200:4

But do not shows any Printer entry.

And getzone gives
[root@linux /root]# getzones
atp_rresp: Connection timed out

Many people seems to get this getzone response on Single Zone
network, but some are not (As I get to know by browsing mailing list).
I will also don't bother about it, if my printer works.

I am Guessing following problems (but don't know solutions).

1) Printer is on a zone differnet from that of default, and hence
nbplkup do not shows it. As getzones fails, I can't even find out
that if there exist a zone other than default (and what's its name).
But if this is the problem, why things work with MacOS ? And how
to confirm it and correct it, finaly, on linux?

2) Do I need to do something `special' to see the printer across
Farallon Adapter ? (But as I remember I never did anything special
to make it run under MacOS. It just worked!) If yes, What ?

3) Rare possibility, but I need to define the printer's Name/Zone
somewhere. But where and how ?

4) Something else ......

Please HELP. Your help will prevent me to reboot the machine in MacOS to
just take the printouts.

=>dpk

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