Printing problems still

["Sageev George" <sageev@bmsrs.usc.edu>]

I've had some progress with making my Ultra 30 print,
but no real success.  What I have done so far is
adding the modules, parport_pc and lp.  I have also
did MAKEDEV par, MAKEDEV parport, and MAKEDEV lp.
During the installation of the parport_pc module,
I get the following messages:
parport0: PC-style at 0x1fff13043bc (0x1fff13047bc), irq 7039808, dma 0
[PCSPP,T
RISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus COLOR 800

During lp installation (I think), I get the following:
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).

When I try running the following (cat textfile.txt > /dev/lp0),
I get the following:
lp0: compatibility mode
DMA write timed out

The last message repeats until I hit CTRL-C.

I installed printtool, but it is not able to
autodetect any printers, and it even question
if I have added the parport module (which I have
by this point).

Any suggestions?
-Sageev

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sageev George" <sageev@bmsrs.usc.edu>
To: <debian-sparc@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 8:48 PM
Subject: Printing on Ultra 30


> Hi:
> I've searched thru the archives for help on this, but
> I am still confused.  I'm rather new to running
> Debian on an UltraSparc, so forgive my confusion.
> I'm currently running Woody using the 2.4.18 kernel.
> I wanted to use the system as a print server for
> my lab, but I am unable to make it print to a
> printer attached the parallel port.
>
> My questions are:
> Is printing supported in Woody?  If so what
> steps do I need to take to make it work?
>
> My search thru the list archives make me think
> that I will have to recompile the kernel with
> some options set.  Also, I will have to run
> MAKEDEV to create certain devices, and add
> some modules to modules.conf.
>
> When I tried modprobe, I found that bpp
> and parport_ax are not found.  parport_pc,
> parport, and lp were found, though.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
> -Sageev
>
>
>
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