On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 00:02, Larry Smith wrote: > I've had to build a new kernel to get Debian to > recognize my Lan Card. Now I'm missing the print > spooler commands, and there's no printcap file. > > I've included printer support in the kernel, > necessitating including the parallel interface. It > appears that during boot, parport sees that I actually > have no printer plugged in, and perhaps that's why the > printer commands don't appear. > > In truth I don't have a local printer, but as I > understand it, I need the printer commands available > (lpr, etc) and a printcap file to be able to > communicate with a network printer. > > How do I get the right stuff into the kernel to > support a network printer, and how do I configure it. > I'm used to the "printtool" utility under RedHat that > helped me do this.
Printing is part of the kernel????????? Maybe the USB print drivers, and of course you must tell the kernel about parallel ports, but I don't remember seeing printer support per-se in the kernel. Have you installed CUPS? +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea | | which could only have originated in California." | | --Edsger Dijkstra | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
