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>Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 07:35:22 -0400
>From: Bob Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Organization: Very little, if any.
>To: Mark Yobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Printer (port) Problems
>References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Mark Yobb wrote:
>>
>> Hi, I would really appreciate some's help. I have been trying to get
>> my linux system working for a long time. I have install Redhat 4.1, Redhat
>> 5.0, Slackwear, etc. I think I have found the distribution I want in Debian
>> but now I have to get my system working right!
>>
>> When I try to print something with lpr using a command like:
>>
>> lpr XF86Config
>>
>> I get the message:
>>
>> Driver configured but no interfaces found.
>>
>> This message keeps poping up on my screen every few minutes also. (Even
>> after I kill the print job with lprm.) Also I noticed this same message
>> appears in my boot message as well. dmesg shows that it appears a bunch of
>> times at the end of the startup message file.
>>
>> Is this because my lp0 or lp1 is not configure by the kernel right. Do I
>> not have a module loaded or something? Maybe the kernel is not finding lp0
>> or lp1? Do I have to remake the kernel or something?
>>
>> Please help. I am totally at a loss as to what I should be doing?
>>
>
>You do have to enable the parrallel ports, as well as the serial ports
>in the kernel. You could test this with a command line call, that
>should enable the port. See the LILO docs for the proper method for
>your distribution. Did you try cat <filename> > /dev/lp? ? if your lpd
>is not set up correctly, this could also be your trouble. How bout your
>print filter? Is your /etc/printcap correct? There is an excellent doc
>available in your /usr/doc/HOWTO, actuallu two of them, one on printer
>set up, the other on usage. Check em out.
>
Thanks. I still am totally confused though. I read Kernel-HOWTO,
the LILO docs and other literature and I still don't know what I am doing.
I got my distribution from a single CD release (cheap bytes Debian 1.3.1)
and it seems I don't have as may docs as I should.
Anyway, I used "modprobe -a" and loaded all modules. I then got a
stepped text output from my printer after issuing the command "lpr
textfile". This is good. I am getting somewhere. I then considered
configuring my printcap whatever thingy so it would format correctly buy
instead I install HP filters (which includes magicfilter). It then said
that it could not reach printer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Man am I (^*^%&^%*(&^.
What I really need to know is how to configure a Kernel. What
directory should I be in when I "make config". I am using bo 1.3.1. I
loaded the Kernel source (Kernel 2.0.32) and then I typed make config in the
/usr/src directory and the thing said "*** No rule to make target config'.
Stop."
Please help. What am I missing?
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