I've just switched from Redhat 6.2 to Debian 2.2r2 and can't get my
DeskJet695C working.
Everything worked fine under RH using printtool to set it up.
/var/log/messages shows the following lines...
Jan 9 09:39:58 monster kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778)
[SPP,ECP,ECPEPP,ECPPS2]
Jan 9 09:39:58 monster kernel: parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to
enable interrupt-driven operation.
I've played with the BIOS setting, it was originally set to just SPP (when
RH was working)
I've tried installing, un-installling and re-installing both lpr and lprng
packages.
/etc/modules.conf has the following line but does not include any alias for
/dev/printer or /dev/lp* ...
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
/etc/printcap contains ...
lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
:pl#66:\
:pw#80:\
:pc#150:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
When I try
echo "this is a test" > /dev/lp0
I get
su: /dev/lp0: No such device
If I try
echo "this is a test" | lpr
and then look at lpq I get
Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'Generic dot-matrix printer entry'
Queue: 1 printable job
Server: pid 293 active
Unspooler: pid 294 active
Status: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device', attempt 1, sleeping 10
at 09:53:21.636
Filter_status: waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time
active [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 291 (stdin) 15
09:53:21
Hope someone can help. Thanks in advance
Dave
