Re: lp module in Debian 2.2
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 09:18:01PM -0400, Seung-woo Nam wrote:
> Hi everyone:
>
> I installed Debian 2.2 recently and the process went pretty smoothly
> except for lp module for printer support. The installation of the module
> fails even though I have a printer connected to the parallel port and I
> can't figure out whether it's parameter thing or something else. Could
> anyone help me?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Seung-woo Nam
>
You are not the only one. There seems to be some
problem with kernel 2.2.17 or the printer daemon
lprng 3.6.12-6 or lpr.
There are many people on this list who are able
to get a printout to the raw device by doing a
"cat TxtFile > /dev/lpN" (where N is their port
polled device) but lpr is not being able to use
the polled port for some reason (i.e the command
"cat TxtFile | lpr" fails).For all such cases lp
support has been built into the kernel and perm-
issions of spool dir /files properly set. There
are no plip conflicts.
This matter by all probabilities would need to
be referred to the kernel or the lpr/lprng main-
tainers, once the cause is elucidated.I am doing
a study of the problem presently .. and frankly,
still quite lost !
I had posted a query three days ago on this list
to have a rough estimate of the extent of the
problem, on the thread "Printing : Kernel 2.2.17
problem?" but the response so far has been poor.
I have no confirmation from anyone that Kernel
2.2.17 with lprng 3.6.12-6 or lpr has posed no
problems.
It appears that "CUPS" is okay with this kernel
as confirmed by Joachim <jtr@uni-bonn.de>, but
that isn't the default potato / woody "lpr" or
"lprng". It is somewhere between kernel 2.2.17
and the printer daemon where the problems lie.
Or, could there be any other factor at play ?
USM Bish
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