Re: Printer Problem

["Thomas H. George,,,610-444-2626" <georgeacct@spininternet.com>]

I was surprised!  After running dmesg I found my printer working again.  
I don't understand why this is so but, as I had done nothing else (I 
send these messages from another computer), dmseg must have corrected 
the problem.

Thanks again for the help.

Tom George

Thomas H. George,,,610-444-2626 wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion.  I had not learned about dmesg.  
> Unfortunately it reported everything in order - i.e. parport0 using 
> 0378 and irq 7.  I must look elsewhere for the problem.
>
> Tom George
>
> ktb wrote:
>
> > 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