printing problem
Anyway, I am trying to get printing going, which I have done before,
and I can not seem to get basic output to go out the parallel port.
I checked my kernel configuration, and I realized that I did not have
parallel support compiled into the kernel. With make menuconfig under
the kernel compile, I checked the parallel support (directly compiled in,
not as a module) and I recompiled. Here is the output of uname after recompile
debian:/usr/src/linux# uname -a
Linux debian 2.2.12 #6 Thu Sep 9 23:37:55 PDT 1999 i586 unknown
I then tried the echo "hello world" redirected to the lp devices. Here is what I get.
debian:/usr/src/linux# echo "hello world" > /dev/lp0
bash: /dev/lp0: Operation not supported by device
debian:/usr/src/linux# echo "hello world" > /dev/lp1
bash: /dev/lp1: Operation not supported by device
debian:/usr/src/linux# echo "hello world" > /dev/lp2
bash: /dev/lp2: Operation not supported by device
My previous experience is it sends it to the printer. I have to give
the printer a manual form feed by hitting the button on it and it kicks out
a sheet with hello world. Do I have to change permissions on this device?
Is there a way to check that I actually do have parallel support in the
kernel? The uname seems to indicate the kernel recompile went without a
glitch.
brian
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