Quoting Colin Marquardt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> * George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> >> I have used lpc to stop/restart my printer, but still I cannot print to 
> >> lp1,
> >> even though magicfilter is set up for lp1.
> 
> > Your ports might have gotten reversed ... change lp1 to lp0 and see if it
> > starts working. I think the designation of the ports gets swapped with 2.2
> 
> Not swapped, but counting starts with 0 with 2.2.x kernels (older
> kernels started with 1).

Well, strictly, not even that is the whole truth.

2.0.x kernels also count from zero but over a fixed set of addresses.
And hands up who's got a parallel port on 0x3bc (=lp0) !

Cheers,

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