cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device'

[David Densmore <dden@rollanet.org>]

I upgraded to kernel 2.2.13 from 2.0.35 and can't print anything under
the new kernel.  I changed /dev/lp1 to /dev/lp0 in /etc/printcap as
suggested.  I have uninstalled and re-installed lprng and magic filter
and configured them all over, but no luck.  I booted the old kernel
and could print fine (after changing /dev/lp0 back to /dev/lp1), but
upon booting 2.2.13 I again lost the ability to print.

I suspect that parport is not configured correctly under the 2.2.13.
here is an exerpt from the status.lp file in the spool dir:

opening device '/dev/lp0' at 1999-12-20-04:28:07.270
cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device', attempt 1...

I see this in the boot messages:

parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,ECP,ECPPS2]

I have these files on my system:

/proc/parport/0/autoprobe
/proc/parport/0/devices
/proc/parport/0/hardware
/proc/parport/0/irq

but they are all zero bytes.  Should they contain some information?
If so could someone please send me examples of these files so I can
configure them?

Did I not compile something into the kernel that I should have?
I did not add plug and play support, should I have?

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Thank you,
David Densmore <dden@rollanet.org>