Bug#2032: Printer stuck until the COMPUTER'S Reset button is pushed!

1995-12-18 Thread Simon Shapiro
Does anything at all print or does everything, unider Linux fail? How is the printer hooked up? Serial/Parallel/Ethernet? I know not much about the Deskjet, but should you not process the document through some fileter? On the Laserjet, if you try to just dump raw text into the pronter it will do

Bug#2032: Printer stuck until the COMPUTER'S Reset button is pushed!

1995-12-15 Thread Bruce Perens
From: "Eddie Maddox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The printer works fine on DOS. Eddie, You must have the "lp" module in your /etc/modules file. Try "insmod lp" and see if the printer wakes up. I know my printer doesn't move until that module gets loaded, so I'd guess that's what is wrong with your syst

Bug#2032: Printer stuck until the COMPUTER'S Reset button is pushed!

1995-12-15 Thread Eddie Maddox
Using: Debian 0.93R6 from ftp.debian.org. On: 80386 DX 40 With: I/O card with a parallel port attached to... And: HP Deskjet 500. The printer works fine on DOS. After booting Debian GNU/Linux the printer will not print, the printer's own RESET button does nothing, and the Power On Reset doesn't h