Re: Missing parallel port
I needed to add this to the kernel .config
CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y
In make menuconfig just look for that 1284 thing. And yes, do turn
your printer on before the computer boots.
On Friday 02 March 2001 23:38, Keith G. Murphy wrote:
> Charles Radding wrote:
> > Print spoolers (I have tried CUPS and now lprng) cannot find my
> > parallel port. It's there; Windows knows about it; the kernel
> > detects it, whether the parallel port is built in or a module,
> > whether the kernel is 2.2.18 or 2.4.2;
>
> This stuff has changed under kernel 2.2, and it's a bit confusing.
> You not only need parport.o, but parport_pc.o and lp.o (if you're
> using modules). If you're doing 'make menuconfig' to configure the
> kernel, do:
>
> General setup => Parallel port support & PC-Style Hardware
> Character devices => Parallel printer support
>
> Basically, I guess the kernel has to know there *is* a parallel
> port, it's a PC-style one, and there's a printer on it.
>
> > e.g. from dmesg
> >
> > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP]
> >
> > But no luck on actually communicating through it with the
> > printer. In linux, that is; Windows has no trouble.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Charles Radding
> >
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