On Wed 19 Feb 2014 at 10:50:14 +0100, francesco scaglione wrote: > root@desk:~# lsmod | grep par > parport_pc 22364 0 > parport 31858 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
The needed modules are loaded. > [ 16.498771] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver No sign of the parport (or lp) module being loaded when booting. ppdev depends on parport so this is worrying. > root@desk:~# cat /etc/default/cups > # Cups configure options > > # LOAD_LP_MODULE: enable/disable to load "lp" parallel printer driver > # module > LOAD_LP_MODULE=yes The lp module also depends on parport. It looks like CUPS is a getting parport loaded. > root@desk:~# ls -l /dev/lp* > ls: impossible d'accéder à /dev/lp*: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce > type > --- > root@desk:~# ls -l /dev/parport* > ls: impossible d'accéder à /dev/parport*: Aucun fichier ou dossier de > ce type No devices created. This doesn't happen on my up-to-date Wheezy machine with a stock kernel; have you got the same setup? There are BIOS settings for the parallel port; you could see whether altering them makes any difference. The cable and its connections might also be worth looking at. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140220130004.ga31...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
