I needed to add this to the kernel .config CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y
In make menuconfig just look for that 1284 thing. And yes, do turn your printer on before the computer boots. On Friday 02 March 2001 23:38, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > Charles Radding wrote: > > Print spoolers (I have tried CUPS and now lprng) cannot find my > > parallel port. It's there; Windows knows about it; the kernel > > detects it, whether the parallel port is built in or a module, > > whether the kernel is 2.2.18 or 2.4.2; > > This stuff has changed under kernel 2.2, and it's a bit confusing. > You not only need parport.o, but parport_pc.o and lp.o (if you're > using modules). If you're doing 'make menuconfig' to configure the > kernel, do: > > General setup => Parallel port support & PC-Style Hardware > Character devices => Parallel printer support > > Basically, I guess the kernel has to know there *is* a parallel > port, it's a PC-style one, and there's a printer on it. > > > e.g. from dmesg > > > > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP] > > > > But no luck on actually communicating through it with the > > printer. In linux, that is; Windows has no trouble. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Charles Radding > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
