Ultra1 as printserver - is this possible?
Hi netters,
I installed a fresh debian sarge distribution (kernel 2.4.27-2-sparc64)
on my headless Ultra1, compiled a custom kernel (with the parallel port
configured), loaded the SUNBPP-module, but could not print any
character. The only action my printer (laserjet4P) does is showing an
error message.
Is there a way to solve this problem? I have read the mailing-lists, but
haven't find any solution. I know that the sun parallel port is an
exotic device which seems to make my Ultra1 useless as a print server.
Any advice or comment is appreciated.
Kind regards
Friedhelm
hf2:~# fgrep PARPORT /boot/config-2.4.27-frd
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
# CONFIG_PARPORT_PC is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_AMIGA is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_MFC3 is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_ATARI is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_GSC is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_SUNBPP=m
# CONFIG_PARPORT_IP22 is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y
hf2:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
lp 7832 0 (autoclean)
sunlance 11232 1
crc32 3488 0 [sunlance]
parport_sunbpp 2440 1
parport 32656 1 [lp parport_sunbpp]
sr_mod 16644 0 (unused)
cdrom 29096 0 [sr_mod]
ext3 87104 7 (autoclean)
jbd 44344 7 (autoclean) [ext3]
sd_mod 12752 16 (autoclean)
esp 32672 8 (autoclean)
scsi_mod 96408 3 (autoclean) [sr_mod sd_mod esp]
hf2:~# ls -l /dev/lp*
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 2005-02-28 00:37 /dev/lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 1 2005-02-28 00:37 /dev/lp1
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 2 2005-02-28 00:37 /dev/lp2
hf2:~# cat .bashrc > /dev/lp0
(apart from an error message of the printer, nothing happens)
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