On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 16:54, Sageev George wrote: > I'm sorry if this post is not appropriate > for this mailing list. If there > is a more appropriate mailing list, > could you let me know? > > Currently, I'm unable to print on my > Pentium-II while in Debian. When > in Win2K, I can print alright. The > printer is a HP DeskJet 720C. > > I have confirmed that the modules > for the parallel port are being > loaded (lp, parport-pc, parport), > and that the device shows up as > lp0 (I see this when I look at > the dmesg output). > > The first thing that I did after I installed > Debian, was to apt-get "printtool". > It installed LPR-PPD, I think, and > after selecting the appropriate device, > and driver, I tried printing, but > nothing came out. > > Second, I tried recompiling the > kernel and modules, trying different > methods, all unsuccessful. I've tried > compiling the drivers into the kernel, > disabling FIFO, etc. I know that the > driver is recognizing the port, because > when the appropriate IEEE protocol is > activated, the printer responds to > one of the modules being loaded by > reporting its name (DeskJet 720C, blah). > > When I had problems with SPARC-Debian, > disabling the FIFO was enough, and > printing worked. This seems to be > the only suggestion that the printing > README files have for i386 Debian, > but I'm not having any success. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? Have > other people been able to print when > using Debian on an i386 type computer > with the latest releases? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I would humbly suggest that you switch back to your original kernel, and install CUPS. Afterward, browse to http://localhost:631. Login as root, and give it a try! The interface is fairly self-explanatory.
Good luck! L. Allen Linkenhoker a.k.a. DirtCop -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
