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Re: can't print



>I'm far from the most expert on parallel ports --
>until recently, I 
>hadn't
>touched one in years -- but I did just have to get a
>parallel printer
>working on a potato server. I did it by (manually)
>insmod'ing
>        parport.o
>        parport_pc.o
>        lp.o
>
>Most of the printing docs I've seen don't mention the
>last of these. 
>I'm not
>sure if the second one is actually needed; it might
be >the support for
>non-printer devices on the parport.

I found that loading parport_pc automagicly loaded
parport.  Atleast when using modconfig and selecting
parport_pc it also grabbed parport.  I think we have a
layered driver here, lp sits on top of parport_pc on
top of parport.  Or something like that.

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