topic Re: Envizex II on linux ? in Operating System - Linux

Envizex II on linux ?

marko kousa — Wed, 07 Nov 2001 04:41:02 GMT

I recently bought some envizex II terminals without any software of course:-(
I was wondering is there a way to get them working in a Linux/Intel environment? Or do I need to find an hp-ux server?

Re: Envizex II on linux ?

Albert P Tobey — Thu, 08 Nov 2001 20:38:30 GMT

You'll need the firmware for the thing, but Linux can provide everything else. IIRC, those terminals use bootp/tftp for their OS, which can be set up fairly easily, then you can configure xdm/gdm/kdm or whatever display manager you want to allow XDMCP connections and you're ready to go. I've had one hooked up to a RedHat+Ximian GNOME system and it looked fine.

Re: Envizex II on linux ?

Charles Slivkoff — Fri, 09 Nov 2001 01:44:06 GMT

You will need a boot server to provide the "Netstation" (formerly "Enware") software via NFS/TFTP and optionally, DHCP/BOOTP services.

I am in the process of uploading a generic install image of B.09.11 to this FTP site:

ftp://enware:enware@hprc.external.hp.com

By the time you read this, it should be there.

Gunzip & un-tar the file generic.tar.gz & see INSTALL.GEN for installation.

You'll probably need an XDMCP-capable login manager running under Linux also, such as xdm, gdm, kdm, etc.

Re: Envizex II on linux ?

Charles Slivkoff — Fri, 09 Nov 2001 01:50:55 GMT

The full-path is:

ftp://enware:enware@hprc.external.hp.com/enware/B.09.11/generic.tar.gz

P.S. It is not possible to run Linux directly on these terminals.