on Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 11:00:12AM -0700, Luke Call ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> When I try to print directly to /dev/lp0 from the command line ("cat
> filename.txt > /dev/lp0") nothing happens; printing from applications
> like gimp doesn't work either. It did work until recently, and I've
> tried various HOWTOs, searching the web, and taking the system back to
> the same configuration it had when it was working, but now I'm stumped
> and out of ideas. It's not the printer because it works when I boot
> windows instead. Any tips or things I could try?
>
> I'm using a debian "stable" system on intel, with some packages
> upgraded to "testing", and a 2.4.5 or 2.4.17 kernel. It did work with
> this configuration before, not sure what else I may have changed.
> Thanks in advance for any ideas, good or bad.
Diagnostics? Is lpr running? What's output of 'lpq'?
Peace.
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