Hi all, I am having a similar problem, however, I am a bit new to Ubuntu. I went through the steps written by Joshc:
>j...@comp1:~$ sudo modprobe parport_pc > >After you type in your system passwd, you should see a line either >on stdout >or dmesg along the lines of >parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 >[PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP,DMA] >After you modprobe the appropriate driver, /dev/lp0 will work and >CUPS will alert you of a printer on that parallel port. To keep this >working across reboots, add parport_pc to /etc/modules . It now >should just work. However, what does he mean concerning modprobe the appropriate driver? I have down a "man" on modprobe, but it really doesn't help me. I have a HP LaserJet 4P that is currently not recognized by the printer setup (I only get a setup for a serial printer which does not work:-) ). The directions Joshc gave were great, but I'm not sure how to use the modprobe command here... Also, I have already added the parport_pc to the etc/modules file as shown below: r...@ubuntu:~$ more /etc/modules # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored. lp rtc sbp2 parport_pc Thanks a bunch for the help! Rich -- Cannot set up parallel port printer on Ubuntu 9.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369850 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
