On Monday 20 February 2006 14:36, Manuel A. McLure wrote:
> On Sunday 19 February 2006 05:47 pm, Glenn Enright wrote:
> > after modprobe lp
> > lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
> >
> > after cat textfile...
> > lp0: ECP mode
>
> Some googling brought up this:
>
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-416986-highlight-.html
>
> Apparently there are problems with recent kernels and the printer port.
> Apparently ACPI Plug and Play support breaks it. Try the kernel settings in
> that forum post and see if that fixes it.
>
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> 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
ok thanks for that lead. will check it out tonight :)
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