Peter; Fo what it's worth - I use a parallel-port printer (LaserJet 6L) and
$ lsmod | grep parport parport_pc 25608 1 (autoclean) parport 23336 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] So I think Ray is right and you are missing a module... On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 22:57, Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 04:12 PM 5/1/2004 +0800, Peter wrote: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > On a standalone PC with no modem and therefore no Internet connection > > and RH > > > 9.0 installed I am unable to get the printer to work. > > > >Thanks Ray! > > > >In /etc/hosts I had to remove @localdomain from [EMAIL PROTECTED] and lpd > >started and placing the print jobs nicely into the print queue, however, > >nothing is being printed. > > > >On booting I get: Starting lp: Warning printer: cannot open '/dev/lp0' 'No > >such device or address'. > > > >dmesg gives: lp: driver loaded but no device found. > > > >lsmod shows: parport 2 (autoclean) [lp] > > > >I have not an onboard parport but a singel parallel PCI card with chipset > >NM9805CV. It worked perfectly when I tried it on my other PC with slackware > >9.1. > > > >What have I to do that the device /dev/lp0 is found. It is in /dev/: > > > >ls -l /dev/lp0 > >crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Apr 28 1995 /dev/lp0 > > > >Regards > >-- > >Peter > > Peter -- You will probably get a better answer later from someone who > actually uses a parallel printer (mine uses Ethernet; it's been years since > I set up a parallel printer on a Linux system) ... but I **think** you also > need the module parport_pc to use a parallel printer. > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
