Subject: Re: How can i get my printer to work??
Date: Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 10:45:48PM -0500
In reply to:John Hughes
Quoting John Hughes([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >>
> >> Subject: How can i get my printer to work??
> >> Date: Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 02:59:37PM -0500
> >>
> >> In reply to:John Hughes
>
> Well I first tried to use the KDE cups tool, and when I tried to add a new
> printer, it said that there
> were no valid ports!
>
> lp, parport_pc, and all those other parport modules are running.
>
OK, thats a start.
I don't run cups so I can't help you with that. Lets see if
the kernel knows about the printer.
If you do 'dmesg |less' do you see anything like these in there?
kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP(,...)]
kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
do you have anything in lilo.conf concerning the printer?
like 'append = "lp=parport0 parport=0x378,none"'
What does ' grep PARPORT /usr/src/linux/.config ' come up with?
Mine shows
CONFIG_PARPORT=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO=y
I use lpr and magicfilter and a2ps and haven't found the need to try
any of the other printer packages yet.
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