This is my first attempt at compiling a new kernel. I downloaded the latest Linux kernel 2.1.132 in hopes that one day I will be able to get my SoundblasterPCI128 sound card to make some noise like music CDs , midi, Real Audio/Video , etc... But that will have to wait because at this time I can not get my printer to properly work with the new kernel. It is an Epson Dot Matrix Action Printer 5000+ . I have a Debian hamm distribution and my printer works fine with the 2.0.34 kernel. When the 2.0.34 kernel boots up I get two responses form my printer and I am able to print. When I make the new kernel and install it, I get only one startup response from my printer. The only time time that I can get it to print anything is with the command :
% echo "print something!" > /dev/lp0 but % lpr test.doc produces no response. lpq command gives the following message: % lpq Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'Epson ESCP2' Queue: 1 printable job Server: pid 378 active Unspooler: pid 379 active Status: cannot open '/dev/lp1' - 'Device not configured', attempt 1, sleeping 10 at 22:29:59 Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time active [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 377 test.doc 313 22:29:59 I can't figure out what else I have to configure. I have read and reread the HOWTO's and the man pages for just about everything there is to read ( I think ) for booting a new kernel, installing modules, and configuring the printer. I don't know if I have configured my make menuconfig correctly or not ( there a MANY options ) but I know that I have enabled parallel printer support as a module. I have also gone through the motions of make modules and make modules_install . I have tried several different combinations of options in the menuconfig file but I am beginning to get weary of the whole process. Is there anyone that can tell me a list of exactly what options I am to configure into my kernel and which options I should configure as modules. Also, do I have to do any special work when it comes to getting the modules to work with the kernel? I have read about insmod, modprobe, depmod, kereld, and kmod but it was a little confusing and I have probably missed some step somewhere. I could sure use some advise about now, because I am beginning to think that I have stepped into water that is a little too deep for me. Monte Copeland Knoxville TN