On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:01:26AM -0500, Thomas H. George,,,610-444-2626 wrote: > My printer was working perfectly. I rebuilt the kernel allowing > autoprobe. Printer no longer responds even to > > cat lptest > /dev/lp0 where lptest is a small text file > > and > > lp lptest > > responds normally but nothing is printed and nothing is in the print que. > > cat /proc/ioports shows the correct value (0378-037f) for > parport0 > > cat /proc/parport/0/irq reports none (should be irq 7 but is > this needed?) > > Documentation/parport indicates that a lilo command parport=0x378,7 > should work but /sbin/lilo rejects this line placed anywhere in > lilo.conf. The documentation also implies that the irq value reported > by cat/proc/parport/0/irq can be changed but I don't understand how. > > It seems to me that everything is working normally but the printer is > not receiving the transmission. The printcap file is unaltered and lp > is directed to lp0. > > Where is the missing link? >
What does dmesg say about parport? kent -- I'd really love ta wana help ya Flanders but... Homer Simpson
