Re: Can't print after kernel compile
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Ken Januski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed Debian from binaries about a year ago. Today I finally
> compiled from the source code. Most everything seems fine except for
> printing. Using lpq I get message asking if my printer "is offline?".
> Trying to print from Netscape I get "lpr:connect Connection refused.
> Jobs queued but cannot start daemon."
If you are using a parallel port printer, did you remember to enable
parallel port support in the kernel (strangely, I think it is off be
default)?
> And yet a ps -aux | grep lpd shows 2 copies running. I can kill one but
> problem remains.
One of those may have been the grep process itself.
> Any ideas? Could I have set up something incorrectly in kernel?
Just the one above. Good luck.
Britton
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