> > > > printing is completely dead. It's as though I didn't have a printer. > > Nothing I do has any affect on it. This has nothing to do with any > > changes I made to my system. It's dead from the moment I install. > > > > I have a WinBook XL (which runs linux great in general by the way) and a > > DeskJet 500, as well as a parallel port iomega zip drive. > > > > I don't think it's the zip drive, because I tried installing from > > scratch without it, and it didn't help. > > > > The only unusual thing I can think of is that when I got the printer > > cable, I needed one with pins sticking out of both ends (instead of with > > one male and one female connector) because that's just the way the ports > > are built. The salesperson was surprised at this, but I figure the cord > > plugs in so that can't be the problem. > > > > I've recompiled both a 2.0.34 and a 2.1.126 kernel several times, with > > no luck. I've looked through the Printing HOWTO, and just generally > > poked around in /etc with no luck. I'm desperate. > > > > Have you looked at the modules that you have installed?
Okay. I've done some more experimenting, and I've ruled out certain things: it can't be a module problem, because I'm not using any modules. The lp driver is compiled right into the kernel. I've also disabled my zip drive completely, and all SCSI configuration (I only needed it for the zip drive). > You could also try taking a look at the output of dmesg |more and see > if there are any messages mentioning a module grabbing the parallel > port (lp?). The only message dmesg has about the printer is: lp0: using parport0 (polling). Which looks okay to me. Here is my /usr/src/linux/.config file: --------------------------------------------------------- # # Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit # # # Code maturity level options # # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set # # Processor type and features # # CONFIG_M386 is not set # CONFIG_M486 is not set CONFIG_M586=y # CONFIG_M686 is not set # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y CONFIG_KMOD=y # # General setup # CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_PCI=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y # CONFIG_MCA is not set CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y # CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC is not set CONFIG_PARPORT=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y # CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set # CONFIG_APM is not set # # Plug and Play support # # CONFIG_PNP is not set # # Block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set # # Networking options # # CONFIG_PACKET is not set # CONFIG_NETLINK is not set # CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set # CONFIG_NET_ALIAS is not set # CONFIG_FILTER is not set CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set # CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set # CONFIG_IP_ALIAS is not set # CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set # CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y # CONFIG_SKB_LARGE is not set # CONFIG_IPX is not set # CONFIG_ATALK is not set # # SCSI support # # CONFIG_SCSI is not set # # Network device support # CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set # CONFIG_DUMMY is not set # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set # CONFIG_FDDI is not set # CONFIG_DLCI is not set # CONFIG_PLIP is not set CONFIG_PPP=y CONFIG_SLIP=y CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6=y # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set # CONFIG_TR is not set # CONFIG_HOSTESS_SV11 is not set # CONFIG_WAN_DRIVERS is not set # CONFIG_LAPBETHER is not set # CONFIG_X25_ASY is not set # # Amateur Radio support # # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set # # ISDN subsystem # # CONFIG_ISDN is not set # # CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives) # # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set # # Character devices # CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL=y CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256 CONFIG_PRINTER=y CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK=y CONFIG_MOUSE=y # CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set # CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set # CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y # CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set # CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set # CONFIG_RTC is not set # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set # CONFIG_NVRAM is not set # CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set # # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver # # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set # # Filesystems # # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y CONFIG_JOLIET=y CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_NFS_FS=y # CONFIG_NFSD is not set CONFIG_SUNRPC=y CONFIG_LOCKD=y # CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is not set # CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is not set # CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y # CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set CONFIG_NLS=y # # Native Language Support # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=y # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set # # Console drivers # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set # # Sound # # CONFIG_SOUND is not set # # Kernel hacking # # CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set --------------------------------------------------- Zack
