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Re: Parallel port problem - No printing possible



On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 07:08:15PM -0400, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> I am running potato with kernel 2.2.9. I have tried to recompile the
> kernel also without auto detect of the parallel port, but no go. When
> compiling with auto detect I can see the printer detected, but on
> parport0 (or something like that) instead of lp0. I am not able to
> print either way though.

I think I've ran across this myself before: the problem was that
unlike kernel 2.0.x, in 2.2.x the first parallel port, parport0, is
mapped to lp1.  Try updating your printcap, and see if that helps.

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