John Pearson wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 08:04:50PM -0700, cls--colo spgs wrote > > debs, > > > > i finally upgraded my 2.0.36 kernel by compiling 2.2.16 > > on my potato box. > > > > in the process, i lost lpr. > > > > ...error message: > > > > lpr: connect: connection refused > > jobs queued, but cannot startd daemon > > > > did my compiling miss the mark? (how may print > > again?--i re-ran /etc/sbin/magicfilterconfig, but no > > success.) > > > > Device naming for parallel ports changed in kernel 2.2.x; > under 2.0.x the first port is lp1, under 2.2.x it is lp0. > > Also, the parallel port driver was broken into several chunks; > if you have an Intel-based machine you will need the parport & > parport_pc ("Parallel Port Support" and "PC-style Hardware" > under General Setup) modules, as well as the lp module with maybe > printer_readback selected ("Parallel printer support" and > "Support IEEE1284 status readback" under Character Devices). > > HTH, > > John P. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin & support:technical services > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null //
excellent advice! ...works perfectly now. thanks john. bentley taylor. //