Re: Network printing problem.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 10:58:13 +0100, Barry Samuels wrote:
> I have two computers at home on a small network both of which are
> connected to a router. Both computers are running Debian Testing.
>
> Computer A has two ethernet ports one of which is connected to the
> router and one is connected to a network printer. Computer B sends its
> printing jobs to the network printer via the router.
>
> Everything was working well until I upgraded the kernel on computer A
> from 2.6.20.1 to 2.6.22. After that upgrade network printing from
> computer B would no longer work with the message 'waiting for <IP
> address> to come up'. The odd thing is that I could ping the ethernet
> port on computer A to which the printer is connect but not the printer
> itself.
>
> Reverting to kernel 2.20.1 on computer A cured the printing problem but
> means that the sensors temperatures that have worked properly for the
> first time with 2.6.22 now cannot be displayed (bother!).
>
> That seems to mean either a bug in kernel 2.6.22 or a new setting that
> I have not set. I did copy my 2.6.20.1 config to 2.6.22 and did a make
> oldconfig.
>
> Any comments, suggestions or revalations please?
Maybe there was a network-related change in some kernel configuration
options and "make oldconfig" did not take that into account properly.
For example, a missing netfilter module might make your firewall on
Computer A unduly restrictive. Do you see any network or firewall
related error messages in dmesg?
I would simply try a stock Debian 2.6.22 kernel image (available in
Sid); if that works then you know the problem is the configuration of
your custom kernel.
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