there are 2 config options in 2.2.x for parallel port/printers. 1 is for the parallel port itself, and the other is for parallel printers, both must be turned on in order for printing to work. the parallel printer option is in the character device section in kernel config.
always the best way to test a printer first, is to bypass any/all spoolers and print direct to the port, it works on most printers .. just echo "test blah blah" >/dev/lp0 or cat filename >/dev/lp0 (you probably have to be root to do this) if your using a packaged kernel(not compiled by you) im not sure what to suggest other then compile your own, i've never used a packaged kernel for longer then it took to compile a new one. check the archives, those files do have info in them, see this post recently by me to another person that had a similar problem: http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9912/msg00699.html nate On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, David Densmore wrote: dden >I upgraded to kernel 2.2.13 from 2.0.35 and can't print anything under dden >the new kernel. I changed /dev/lp1 to /dev/lp0 in /etc/printcap as dden >suggested. I have uninstalled and re-installed lprng and magic filter dden >and configured them all over, but no luck. I booted the old kernel dden >and could print fine (after changing /dev/lp0 back to /dev/lp1), but dden >upon booting 2.2.13 I again lost the ability to print. dden > dden >I suspect that parport is not configured correctly under the 2.2.13. dden >here is an exerpt from the status.lp file in the spool dir: dden > dden >opening device '/dev/lp0' at 1999-12-20-04:28:07.270 dden >cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device', attempt 1... dden > dden >I see this in the boot messages: dden > dden >parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,ECP,ECPPS2] dden > dden >I have these files on my system: dden > dden >/proc/parport/0/autoprobe dden >/proc/parport/0/devices dden >/proc/parport/0/hardware dden >/proc/parport/0/irq dden > dden >but they are all zero bytes. Should they contain some information? dden >If so could someone please send me examples of these files so I can dden >configure them? dden > dden >Did I not compile something into the kernel that I should have? dden >I did not add plug and play support, should I have? dden > dden >Can anyone tell me how to fix this? dden > dden >Thank you, dden >David Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dden > dden > dden > dden >-- dden >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null dden > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:23am up 122 days, 19:13, 2 users, load average: 0.42, 0.33, 0.30
