Re: missing parallel port

[David Smead <smead@amplepower.com>]

Gordon,

Thanks for the reply.  I tried the modprobe - can't find such a module.
I added CONFIG_PRINTER=y to config-2.2.19-idepci and rebooted.  Nothing
changed.

I looked at Debian packages on debian.org, and found lprng, which I have
already on the system.  It is telling me that /dev/lp0, etc isn't found.
The file is there, (6, 0 ). Where is the driver for that?

When I initially installed Debian on the machine, I wasn't expecting to
attach a local printer so I probably answered NO to some question.

Do I have to re-compile the kernel???  I couldn't find anything about an
lp package in the installation manual.

I've tried modconf and added both parport and parport_pc. With this
config, lprngtool quits complaining about no /dev/lp0, but still nothing
gets printed though it is getting into the Q.


-- 
Sincerely,

David Smead
http://www.amplepower.com.

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Gordon Fraser wrote:

> David Smead (smead@amplepower.com) wrote:
> > I can't print on the local printer.  I'd guess it is missing a
> > module. Not I/O address shows up in /proc/ioports.
> >
> > There's a parport module that installs.
>
> You need to
> $ modprobe lp
>
> (CONFIG_PRINTER that is, if you haven't compiled that module yet)
>
> Gordon
>
>



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