Re: Printer Problem

[ktb <x.y.f@home.com>]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:01:26AM -0500, Thomas H. George,,,610-444-2626 wrote:
> My printer was working perfectly.  I rebuilt the kernel allowing 
> autoprobe.  Printer no longer responds even to
> 
>            cat lptest > /dev/lp0  where lptest is a small text file
> 
> and
> 
>            lp lptest
> 
> responds normally but nothing is printed and nothing is in the print que.
> 
>            cat /proc/ioports  shows the correct value (0378-037f) for 
> parport0
> 
>            cat /proc/parport/0/irq  reports none (should be irq 7 but is 
> this needed?)
> 
> Documentation/parport indicates that a lilo command parport=0x378,7 
> should work but /sbin/lilo rejects this line placed anywhere in 
> lilo.conf.  The documentation also implies that the irq value reported 
> by cat/proc/parport/0/irq can be changed but I don't understand how.
> 
> It seems to me that everything is working normally but the printer is 
> not receiving the transmission.  The printcap file is unaltered and lp 
> is directed to lp0.
> 
> Where is the missing link?
> 

What does dmesg say about parport?
kent

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