Re: printing broken

[dyer <padyer@pilot.infi.net>]

Sheehan wrote:

> hi,
>
> I recently upgraded my system from  2.0 to 2.1. After the upgrade, ppp was
> broken. Because I had been using an old kernel (2.0.36) I decided to
> upgrade the kernel.  I upgraded to 2.2.5, and everything eweny ok. I
> compiled parrallel port support and parallel printer as  modules.
>
> Now when I try to print, I get the following message from the lpr command
>
> Printer: lp@JeanGenie  'Lexmark'
>  Queue: 1 printable job
>  Server: pid 351 active
>  Unspooler: pid 352 active
>  Status: cannot open '/dev/lp1' - 'Operation not supported by device',
> attempt 1, sleeping 10 at 20:46:43
>  Rank   Owner/ID                   Class Job  Files               Size
> Time
> active  sheehan@JeanGenie+350         A  350 (stdin)            5193
> 20:46:43
>

2.2 kernels now use lp0, not lp1 as the first printing device. Change lp1 to lp0 in
your /etc/printcap file and you should be OK.

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dyer