Hi, I'm having trouble getting printing to work on my parallel port since I built a custom kernel (2.2.14). I am running on an IBM 560Z. In building the kernel, I selected Plug and Play support, but not Auto-probe for parallel devices.
When I boot and look in /proc/parport a directory "0" exists, containing: autoprobe devices hardware irq. autoprobe and devices are empty, hardware contains: cass16% more hardware base: 0x3bc irq: none dma: none modes: SPP,PS2 and irq has: cass16% more irq none Now, if I do "insmod parport_pc.o" and "insmod parport_probe.o" I find a second "0" directory in /proc/parport and the following file contents: [EMAIL PROTECTED] more * :::::::::::::: autoprobe :::::::::::::: CLASS:PRINTER; MODEL:Stylus COLOR 740; MANUFACTURER:EPSON; DESCRIPTION:EPSON Stylus COLOR 740; COMMAND SET:ESCPL2,BDC,D4; :::::::::::::: devices :::::::::::::: :::::::::::::: hardware :::::::::::::: base: 0x3bc irq: none dma: none modes: SPP,PS2 :::::::::::::: irq :::::::::::::: none [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, autoprobe has found my printer and correctly identified it. However, if I do something like "% cat foo > /dev/lp0", I get the error: "/dev/lp0: No such device." Same for lp1, lp2, par0, par1, par2, all of which I created with /dev/MAKEDEV. Any suggestions what I need to do? I've been in the parport and printing documentation, but no luck. Maybe I'm blind. I did try building a kernel w/o plug and play at the suggestion of the printing howto, but this didn't work either. Should I try enabling autoprobe in the kernel? Thanks in advance, Biff -- Dr. William A. Heindl CASS/UCSD-0424 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9500 Gilman Dr. phone: (858)534-8016 fax: (858)534-2294 La Jolla, CA 92093 www: http://mamacass.ucsd.edu:8080/people/wheindl.html
