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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.jaguNET.com!news From: Paul Chakravarti <paulc@jagunet.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: A couple of questions about FreeBSD Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 01:32:53 -0500 Organization: jaguNET Access Services Lines: 46 Message-ID: <31393D15.167EB0E7@jagunet.com> References: <4h5m2o$amd@gryphon.phoenix.net> <4h5u5d$9j@news-2.csn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dlup-m.jagunet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) To: "John J. Rushford" <wjjr@alisa.org> John J. Rushford wrote: > > Hi, > < SNIP > > > 1) I've got a postscript laser printer that I'd like to get working. > I don't know how to build the proper printcap entry for it. I also > believe that I need something like ghostscript which I've installed > from the CD. Do I need ghostscript? Has anyone got a sample printcap > and filter that I could use? > You could try apsfilter - 'smart' filter which will setup printcap automatically - it supports HP and PS printers - works very well with my HP Deskjet 855C and I would recommend - not tried with a PS printer - appears on most Linux distributions (aps-48.tgz) but not the 2.1 CD (?) - see http://www.phys.ufl.edu/docs/goodies/unix/sys_admin/apsfilter.html for some info/pointers (good site for finding useful things) > 2) ppp sets a default route with my ISP whenever it gets established. > Can I disable this from happening? I've read the manual pages but > I'm not sure that I can or cannot do this. > In user mode ppp I thought you need to explicitly add the default route - do you have a line in your /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup along the lines of - MYADDR: add 0 0 HISADDR Assume you have a good reason not to have the ISP as your default route - running RIP across a PPP connection doesnt seem too efficient - if you need to connect to internal networks you may be better off putting these explicitly in the route table (if there arent too many) > 3) Are there any good books available that might help me in administering > my machine? I've seen tons of stuff Linux but not anything on FreeBSD. > Any BSDish sysadmin book - some good recommendations in the FAQ Hope this helps