I have just installed everything on redhat 6.1 system.
I am trying to print.
[root@cbe207 /root]# cat test.txt > /dev/lp2
bash: /dev/lp2: No such device
[root@cbe207 /root]# cat test.txt > /dev/lp1
bash: /dev/lp1: No such device
[root@cbe207 /root]# cat test.txt > /dev/lp0
bash: /dev/lp0: No such device
I can't even cat to the local printer (attached to parallel printer port).
BTW the printer etc are fine--I had this computer + printer working fine
under slackware before now.
lpd seems to be there.
[wsimpson@cbe207 wsimpson]$ ps -ax |grep lp
444 ? S 0:00 [lpd]
451 ? S 0:00 [lpd]
Though I don't know what the square brackets mean.
I tried using the printtool. Same messages.
I am used to slackware, where nothing special needed to be done in the
installation process to get printing enabled.
Can it be that the kernel doesn't have printing in it?
cat /proc/devices
does not show lp
I tried running "system upgrade" from cdrom but it didn't let me do
anything about printer. I also tried to rebuild kernel but my
installation failed to install the kernel sources.
My basic questions:
- what is wrong?
- if there is a kernel problem, is there a simple way to add printing
functionality and retain rest of my current set-up? If I need to rebuild
kernel, how do I get the sources off the cdrom (or ftp site) and onto my
hd?
Thanks very much for any help!
Bill Simpson
--
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"
as the Subject.
