On Monday 20 February 2006 13:54, Manuel A. McLure wrote: > On Sunday 19 February 2006 05:14 pm, Glenn Enright wrote: > > On Monday 20 February 2006 11:29, Manuel A. McLure wrote: > > > /bin/echo -e -n Hello\\015\\012World\\015\\012\\014 >textfile.txt > > > > I am having similar difficulty getting my hp720c working. After trying > > the test you suggested, I still got just nothing on the printer. I have > > both parport, parport_pc, and lp modules loaded, which gives me the lp0 > > device. any suggestions? > > > > # ll lp0 > > crwxrwxrw- 1 root lp 6, 0 Feb 20 14:08 lp0 > > > > PS the printer does work in knoppix. Does this seem like probably a > > kernel issue? > > Possibly - try running "dmesg" after the "cat textfile.txt >/dev/lp0" and > see if anything shows in the kernel logs. > > -- > Manuel A. McLure KE6TAW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.mclure.org> > ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, > no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft
after modprobe lp lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). after cat textfile... lp0: ECP mode -- What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce. When did you last hear of a clerk giving his life for the company? Perhaps your deficiency rests in the false assumption that you can order men to think and cooperate. This has been a failure of everything from religions to general staffs throughout history. General staffs have a long record of destroying their own nations. As to religions, I recommend a rereading of Thomas Aquinas. As to you of CHOAM, what nonsense you believe! Men must want to do things out of their own innermost drives. People, not commercial organizations or chains of command, are what make great civilizations work. Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness -- they cannot work and their civilization collapses. -- A letter to CHOAM, Attributed to The Preacher -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
