On Feb 3, 2008 4:27 AM, Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 02/02/08 22:26: > > > >>>> I've installed cups and hplip. I cannot follow the Gentoo > > >>>> printing guide, because that worthy document requires me to add > > >>>> hplip to the default runlevel, but hplip does not put anything > in > > >>>> /etc/init.d. My printer is an old HP Laserjet 4M, which I > > >>>> usually run as a Postscrpt printer. > > > > >>>> What have I missed? > > > > >>> Run hp-setup > > > > >>> You'll probably need to rework your cups config files if you've > > >>> retained them from the broken install. hp-setup should enable > > >>> local printing OK. > > > > >> And if it still gives you problems, delete /etc/cups then > reemerge > > >> cups. I had to do that last part too. > > > > > The problem is that my printer is on the LPT port (/dev/lp0), and > > > hp-setup does not find it. In fact it has an option for LPT > > > printers, but it is greyed out. > > > > > The printer is really there: I can print by "cat printme > >/dev/lp0" > > > with a suitably formed "printme" file (lines need CR, file ends > with > > > ^L^D). > > > > > Hmmm. Digging slightly deeper, I found the /usr/bin/hp-probe > > > program. It lets me specifically request a probe of LPT, but finds > > > nothing there. The printer remains attached. I'm even more > deeply > > > stumped than before. > > > > Try: hp-setup -i /dev/parport0 > > > > See if that helps. > > > > Try hp-setup -h for other options. > > > > I take it that your kernel has parallel port support generated, and > that > > you have file permission to access /dev/lp0 ? > > > It runs, but only gives me options for usb and net. This makes some > > sense since there are no /dev/parport* entries in my system. > > > Nevertheless, I have parallel port support as I understand it. From my > > kernel (2.6.22-gentoo-r6) .config file: > > > # > > # Generic Driver Options > > # > > CONFIG_STANDALONE=y > > CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y > > CONFIG_FW_LOADER=m > > # CONFIG_SYS_HYPERVISOR is not set > > # CONFIG_CONNECTOR is not set > > # CONFIG_MTD is not set > > CONFIG_PARPORT=y <<<< parallel port > > CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y <<<< PC style > > # CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL is not set > > # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO is not set > > # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO is not set > > # CONFIG_PARPORT_GSC is not set > > # CONFIG_PARPORT_AX88796 is not set > > CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y > > CONFIG_PNP=y > > # CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG is not set > > Your kernel set-up looks reasonable to me. > > I don't have parallel port support generated into my system, as I don't > have a parallel printer. > > On a Centos host with parallel port support, 2.6.18 kernel: > > CONFIG_PARPORT=m > CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m > CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL=m > # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO is not set > # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO is not set > CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_PCMCIA=m > CONFIG_PARPORT_NOT_PC=y > # CONFIG_PARPORT_GSC is not set > # CONFIG_PARPORT_AX88796 is not set > CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y > CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m > CONFIG_I2C_PARPORT=m > CONFIG_I2C_PARPORT_LIGHT=m > > ls /dev/par* shows: > > /dev/par0 /dev/parport0 /dev/parport1 /dev/parport2 /dev/parport3 > > Do you have a standard parallel port, or a special IO card? > > Have you modified /etc/udev.d rules? I have these (unmodified) entries: > > rules.d/50-udev.rules:KERNEL=="lp*", NAME="%k", GROUP="lp" > rules.d/50-udev.rules:KERNEL=="parport*", NAME="%k", GROUP="lp" > > I'm puzzled by this, as your /dev/lp0 print test worked. > > The only other suggestion I have would be to try: > > hp-setup -i /dev/lp0 > > Don't know if hp-setup will accept this, might be worth having a go. > > Cheers, Dave > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > hp-setup stubbornly refuses to acknowledge /dev/lp0
I got it to work, but don't really know what was wrong. The drive that held my root directory and all configs had failed. Friday, i got it back from the DiskSavers, along with the data on a new USB external drive. Copying over the cups config files just magically made the printer work locally. That's enough for now. I'm still struggling with a host of issues, so I'm going to ignore the fact that I have no idea what keeps my CUPS working. I think I've got cron backing up to that USB drive nightly -- using rsync it takes about an hour for all partitions, unattended. Beats the blazes out of hovering over the DVD drive. And i'm pretty sure I won't end up in the same fix again. But I've still got to get the LPD service going, not to mention apache, vmware, ntp and gaim/pidgin. And I have a day job. I'll get around to it. Real Soon Now. ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
