*- On 9 Mar, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote about "Printer in kernel 2.2.1" > Hi Debian users, > I'm setting a printer with the new kernel: 2.2.1. When I tried make > xconfig and search for parallel printer support in character devices section I > couldnt mark the option. It's in gray collor. How I can mark this option? > Have a nice day, Paulo Henrique > >
Printer support in the new kernel has lots of possibilities: General Setup: <*> Parallel port support <== required <*> PC-style hardware <== required for x86 Plug and Play Support: <*> Auto-probe for parallel devices Character Devices: <*> Parallel printer support <== required [*] Support IEEE1284 status readback <== I like this! At boot with the above options selected I get this: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,ECP,ECPEPP,ECPPS2] parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to enable interrupt-driven operation. parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 660C -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------