> Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > ALSO, I just noticed that with the Linux 2.2 kernel, > > your first parallel port (~LPT1 in dosspeak) is > > /dev/lp0. However you mentioned Slink, which is based > > on the 2.0 kernel. With that one, I had the first > > printer port as /dev/lp1 in my printcap (I had to > > fix this when I upgraded the kernel). > > I won't be surprised if this is the error. I had similar sympthoms > with my printer when I upgrsded my kernel and when I changed dev it > worked. > this is no error. you did not read the doc's. in 2.0.x lp-devices where allocated statically. lp0 was 3bc (or so), lp1 378, lp2 278, ... in 2.2 lp-devices are allocated dynamically, so the 1st device you really have will be called lp0, the second lp1, etc.
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