Re: no lpr

[John Pearson <huiac@camtech.net.au>]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 08:04:50PM -0700, cls--colo spgs wrote
> debs,
> 
> i finally upgraded my 2.0.36 kernel by compiling 2.2.16
> on my potato box.  
> 
> in the process, i lost lpr.  
> 
> ...error message:
> 
> lpr:  connect:  connection refused
> jobs queued, but cannot startd daemon
> 
> did my compiling miss the mark?  (how may print
> again?--i re-ran /etc/sbin/magicfilterconfig, but no
> success.)
> 

Device naming for parallel ports changed in kernel 2.2.x;
under 2.0.x the first port is lp1, under 2.2.x it is lp0.

Also, the parallel port driver was broken into several chunks;
if you have an Intel-based machine you will need the parport &
parport_pc ("Parallel Port Support" and "PC-style Hardware"
under General Setup) modules, as well as the lp module with maybe
printer_readback selected ("Parallel printer support" and
"Support IEEE1284 status readback" under Character Devices).


HTH,



John P.
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