Re: parallel port printing

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On Tue, 2002-08-06 at 09:53, Mark Roach wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 18:30, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Here's the relevant (I think) output from /var/log/dmesg:
> >    parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
> >    parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C80
> >    parport_pc: Via 686A parallel port: io=0x378
> >    lp0: using parport0 (polling).
> > and /etc/modules:
> >    parport
> >    parport_pc
> >    options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
> >    lp
> 
> I don't believe module options belong in the modules file. All that
> happens with that file is that each line gets modprobed by the modutils
> initscript. I would start by putting the options line in a file in
> /etc/modutils/ and running update-modules which will put merge your file
> into /etc/modules.conf

Thanks.  Is there a more comprehensive doc on update-modules and
/etc/modutils?  I.e., which file to I put the options in?  The
update-modules man page is pretty skimpy.

Also:
- why wouldn't the kernel be picking up from the hardware that it is 
to use IRQ7?  It seems to be able to speak to the EPSON even in polling
mode...
- must I alias the lp module to /dev/lp0?  The old HOWTO at
linuxprinting.org doesn't know whether aliasing lp to /dev/lp0 is
only for devfs or not.

Thanks,
Ron 
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