UNSUSCRIBE ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Harr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 11:07 AM Subject: [gentoo-user] Adding parallel and printer support to kernel
> Hi; > > I posted this same problem a few days ago, so I hope I am not > annoying anyone :o) > > I am trying to get printing working on my gentoo system. I have > had good luck using apsfilter in the past, so I am going that > way. When it gets to the point of trying to print the test page, > I get an error -- from ghostscript, it appears to me.... > > I found another message that seems to point that this error is > caused by missing parallel and printer support in my kernel: > > >>unable to set key=OutputFile, value=/tmp/apsfilter809/test_page.aps > >>unable to set key=Quality, value=0 > >>unable to set key=ColorMode, value=2 > >>unable to set key=MediaType, value=0 > >>unable to set key=PenSet, value=2 > >>and continues inifintely....... > >> > >>Any ideas what could be the problem, and the solution? > >> > >Solved the problem. There was no parallell port or printer support in > >kernel. A new compilation of kernel solved it. > > > > So, I am trying to implement a matching fix for myself. I looked > through the menuconfig screens and found and activated everything > I could find relating to parallel and printer... and then I > grep -i'd through the resulting .config file for para and print > and everything that related was =YES, but still I cannot print. > > How can I tell if the parallel and printer support IS in the > resulting kernel? > > Is this gs problem really caused by missing parallel and printer > support in the kernel? > > How else should I go about printing? I tried the "printing" > section of the gentoo users guide, but the section on printing > to a shared windows printer is ... not as nice as the rest of > the manual ;o) > > Any guidance appreciated. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
