Thank you for your help. I checked /etc/sysconfig/hwconf, it didn't contain "class: PRINTER". Then I run kudzu. Turn off the printer and turn it on again. Run printtool, I found the printer could print. Thank you very much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Forrister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "¹¢Á¢ºê" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "David Brett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "skybell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Vidiot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 12:24 AM Subject: Re: Printer doesnt work in RH 6.1. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > The 6.1 printer snafu is discussed at URL > <http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA2000002-01.html> > This involves a couple of security related modifications that were made, > and the missing "alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc" line. A sometimes > "gotcha" that has occurred with less experienced users is putting the > quotes around the line when they enter it in the /etc/conf.modules file. > > There is a sequence of steps that may also be necessary. One would be > to check /etc/sysconfig/hwconf for any references to "class: PRINTER" > then delete that section and run kudzu. I've also sometimes found it > necessary to power cycle to the printer - not the computer, but some > printers can get a little flakey at times, and this has helped on at > least a couple of them. > > After all that, try running printtool and check to see if it reports that > it found lp0. NOTE: a problem here that has bitten many people is that > the kernel change from 6.0 to 6.1 brought in a change in the numbering > of the parallel printer ports. What was lp1 in 6.0 is now lp0 - this is > a kernel issue, not a Red Hat one, though I wish there had been wider > discussion of the point. So check your "printer device" field carefully > for this problem, also, and modify as necessary. Then restart lpd and > try a test print. > > Let me know if you succeed, or need more help. > > best > rickf > > -- > Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "To get something done a committee should consist of no more than > three people, two of whom are absent." Robert Copeland > > > {.n+ajzajܢl" ˛mڲ^Jy
