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Re: USB printing under kernel 2.4: how?



Quoting Christopher R. Barry (christopher_r_barry@yahoo.com):
> --- Thomas Wegner <thomas_wegner@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Try: "strace cat hello.text >/dev/usb/lp0"
> > Perhaps you will get more infos about your problem.
> 
> It seems as if _nothing_ printer-related happens. Here is the output:

> bash-2.04# strace cat hello.text >/dev/usb/lp0
...
> write(1, "hello\n", 6)                  = 6
        ^
That's just writing to standard output, which is what one would expect.

I would try and help you more, but I don't currently use 2.4x or have
the source on my machines. I'm afraid I can only save you wasting time
on configuring printer packages before you have managed to cat something
to the printer.

Cheers,

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