> I should have said it's the parallel port. Network printers should
> work without anything on the parallel port. For a few common
> protocols, Linux should be able to print to them. Make sure there's
> no local printer in your /etc/printcap if you don't have one attached.
I find
lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:df=/etc/filter.ps:\
:tf=/etc/filter.pcl:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
:pl#66:\
:pw#80:\
:pc#150:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
I suppose I should comment this out?
> > 95 ? S 0:01 /sbin/kerneld
> > 11167 ? S 0:00 \_ modprobe -k -s char-major-6
> > 11168 ? S 0:00 \_ sh -c echo /lib/modules/boot/lp.o
> > /lib/modules/
> boot/lp.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/lp.o /lib/modu
> > 11181 ? R 0:00 \_ bash /sbin/kernelversion
> Does lp.o exist? I suspect you didn't compile parallel printer
> support into the kernel or as a module. There's nothing wrong with
> that, although on second thought, my suggestion to `alias char-major-6
> off' is probably quite good.
It shouldn't; i told it not to indclude it, and have neither parallel
printer nor prospect for one in the future.
and also,
>
> It's unusual for anything other than lpd to open /dev/lp*, so I would
> look there. You say that you have no local printer, but there are a couple
> of network printers you use - is there any chance that your /etc/printcap
> contains a definition of a local printer? If so, then accidentally sending
> a job to that queue would make lpd start trying to open the printer port
> to print the data.
there is a network printer that i think i could use, once i figure out
how. For now, though, all printing is by ftping to our public machines
which are connected.
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