Re: Parallel printer no longer found--solved

1999-02-08 Thread Curt Daugaard
A reboot brought my printer to life. I must admit I tried the standard Microsoft remedy more than once in trying to fix this problem. I'm not sure why it worked this time. My thanks to Nils and others who responded to my post. Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Parallel printer no longer found

1999-02-08 Thread Curt Daugaard
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 10:17:35AM +0100, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 08:59:49PM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: > > The problem is _no_ device on any port is found, so no device works--not > > /dev/lp0, lp1, lp2, or lp3. So adjusting the printcap won't help. > Is lp a module or c

Re: Parallel printer no longer found

1999-02-08 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 08:59:49PM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: > The problem is _no_ device on any port is found, so no device works--not > /dev/lp0, lp1, lp2, or lp3. So adjusting the printcap won't help. Is lp a module or compiled in? What do the startup message say then? Nils -- *

Re: Parallel printer no longer found

1999-02-08 Thread Curt Daugaard
On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 05:42:22PM -0800, David Stern wrote: > On Sun, 07 Feb 1999 16:37:15 CST, Curt Daugaard wrote: > > After upgrading to the 2.2.1 kernel on a Slink system my old NEC P6 printer > > is no longer found at boot or in /proc/devices. The boot messages reads > > > > lp: driver load

Parallel printer no longer found

1999-02-07 Thread Curt Daugaard
After upgrading to the 2.2.1 kernel on a Slink system my old NEC P6 printer is no longer found at boot or in /proc/devices. The boot messages reads lp: driver loaded but no devices found I'm using modules (parport and parport_pc) for printer support, which I also used successfully under a 2.