I just fixed this on my redhat 6.1 box today. In the past, I didn't do any
manual configuration for my older RedHat distributions. It seems like
something has broken, but I'm not really sure.
Anyway, I set my BIOS to EPP+ECP, IRQ7, address 0x378, DMA 3. Something
similar ought to work for you. You need to know the parameters so you can
configure the parport_pc module. My BIOS reported all of them - if yours
doesn't, I don't know how to get them...
type 'ls /proc/parport'. If it isn't found, or the directory's empty, your
kernel isn't finding the parallel port.
Refer to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/parport.txt . I did 'insmod
parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 dma=3'. At this point /proc/parport had stuff in
it that I could make sense of. I reloaded the lp module '/sbin/rmmod lp;
/sbin/insmod lp' and then printtool did it's job. Once I had that going, I
added the appropriate lines to /etc/conf.modules.
YMMV.
Balestri Paride wrote:
> Hello!
>
> My computer is a Pentium 200MHz MMX with 64Mb RAM and parallel port
> setted as ECP via BIOS.
>
> I've connected to parallel port an HP LaserJet 6L which work perfectly
> with Windows 95.
>
> I've installed Red Hat Linux 6.1 (I was using 5.2 version) and now my
> printer doesn't work.
>
> When I install a new printer the system tell me this:
>
> /dev/lp0 no device found
> /dev/lp1 no device found
> /dev/lp2 no device found
>
> I tried to reinstall RH5.2; the printer is found on /dev/lp1 and it
> works!
>
> I tried also to recompile the kernel, but nothing happen; I still can't
> use my printer.
>
> Could anyone help me?
>
> My E-Mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thankx in advance.
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