Re: Problems switching to debian
> 1) printing is completely dead. It's as though I didn't have a printer.
> Nothing I do has any affect on it. This has nothing to do with any changes I
> made to my system. It's dead from the moment I install.
>
> I have a WinBook XL (which runs linux great in general by the way) and a
> DeskJet 500, as well as a parallel port iomega zip drive.
>
> I don't think it's the zip drive, because I tried installing from scratch
> without it, and it didn't help.
>
> The only unusual thing I can think of is that when I got the printer cable,
> I needed one with pins sticking out of both ends (instead of with one male
> and one female connector) because that's just the way the ports are
> built. The salesperson was surprised at this, but I figure the cord plugs in
> so that can't be the problem.
>
> I've recompiled both a 2.0.34 and a 2.1.126 kernel several times, with no
> luck. I've looked through the Printing HOWTO, and just generally poked
> around in /etc with no luck. I'm desperate.
Have you tried running magicfilter? Is the lpr daemon running?
HTH,
Matthew
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