>> > I went into http://localhost:631/ and "started" the printer. >>> > >>> > I never had to do this before so how to I make this happen >>> > automatically? >>> >>> If you put >>> >>> lp >>> >>> in /etc/modules >>> >>> and reboot, is /dev/lp0 created with the correct permissions? >> >> My /dev is static. I am not using udev. I have set the permissions to >> crw.rw.... Somehow, it had been changed to NO rw at all. >> >> This doesn't help if the module isn't loaded. Make sure it shows up >>in the lsmod output, along with parport. >> >> If so, does CUPS then start-up and make the printer available without >> manual intervention? >> >> I had to add lp to /etc/modules sometime after a 2.6.16.x upgrade. >> >> I will add it to /set/modules and see. I did not have this problem >> with 2.6.16 kernels but then again, I do not do all that much >> printing so maybe I did. Cups writes printer.conf with the default >> printer (with the data switch setting the parallel line to it) as >> "idle" and the second printer (not live) to "stopped". So why did I >> need to manually "start" the supposedly "idle" printer? > > Run > > /usr/sbin/tunelp -s /dev/lp0 > > and see what it says. It should ideally say online/ready.
I have two printers and use them through a switchbox. Either one with it power off: 127, out of paper, on-line The (default) hp690 turned on: 95, busy, on-line The epson lq570, 223, on-line. The hps listed as idle, the epson as stopped. Changing this by starting or stopping the printers from localhost:631 makes no difference. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
