On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Jean-Yves BARBIER wrote: jybarb >Hi Nate, Sure I compiled it from the source, and enabled // port.
Ok, just want to re verify that you enabled parallel *printer* support, they are different options in kernel config, the one im talking about is in the character devices menu. What do you get when you cat /proc/devices ?(this is part of the 2.2 kernel config dont think this particular option is part of the 2.0 config). Also you should have the PC style hardware option turned on.(I have it at least) mine: Character devices: 1 mem 2 pty 3 ttyp 4 ttyS 5 cua 6 lp 7 vcs 10 misc 14 sound 21 sg 81 video_capture 89 i2c 119 vmnet 128 ptm 136 pts Block devices: 2 fd 7 loop 8 sd 11 sr 43 nbd you could also have a look at /proc/parport mine: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/parport/0] cat * lp base: 0x378 irq: none dma: none modes: SPP,ECP,ECPEPP,ECPPS2 none jybarb >When I do 'cat ZZZ.txt >/dev/lp0' it says 'operation not supported' sounds like a driver problem to me. the system seems unable to talk to the lpt port. i believe you need to resolve this basic stuff before moving onto troubleshooting the spooler. BUT i could be wrong im no expert. a message like that for sure leads me to think that it is a driver issue at this point. nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 10:00pm up 108 days, 9:43, 3 users, load average: 1.99, 1.68, 1.61