On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 12:15:22AM -0500, Debian User wrote: > Hi guys, > > Where can I find some docs on how to install a printer on Debian (woody)? I > just picked up a Lexmark Optra E312, plugged it in, booted up, and it > naturally did not work. A couple things to share... > > As a users I typed: cat <file> > /dev/lp1 and received a permission denied > message. So I tried it as root and was told: /dev/lp1: No such device. Uh > oh...I have the magicfilter package and lpr installed. > > Can anyone help with this?
You probably don't have printer support compiled into the kernel. I am not sure what modules you need but probably: lp.o parport.o parport_pc.o maybe parport_probe.o These are not all in the same sections during kernel configuration. Basically you need parallel port support (assuming a parallel port printer) as well as the specific printer support. > > Bill > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
