Hello, I use an old LaserJet HP 4L plugged on the parallel port that was functioning perfectly.
If I upgrade the kernel above 2.6.11 (I'm using the debian package linux-image amd64-k8), printing does not work anymore. A command issued as root like echo -en "\rTest\r\f" >/dev/lp0 makes the printer led blinkle but the page is not printed, pushing the printer button to force a page feed gives a page with garble printed. I have a Asus A8N-SLI motherboard and I have not yet tried to fiddle with the bios parameters for the parallel port. Something must have changed in recent versions of the the parport_pc module but I have no clue (and Google either) what it is. Downgrading to 2.6.11 solves the problem. tombouctou:/var/log# uname -a Linux tombouctou 2.6.12-1-amd64-k8 #1 Wed Sep 28 02:31:26 CEST 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux tombouctou:/var/log# dmesg | grep parport pnp: the driver 'parport_pc' has been registered pnp: match found with the PnP device '00:08' and the driver 'parport_pc' parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA] parport0: Legacy device lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). Cheers, Charles -- http://www.kde-france.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]