Well, I' ve had the same problem with RH6.1 and I solved it putting some
configuration parameters in
/etc/conf.modules
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378,0x278 irq=7,auto
of course you have to put your real addresses and IRQ in option
after doing this you should see your first printer as lp0 and _NOT_ as lp1 as
was in older linux distributions.
> After installing Red Hat 6.1 I can't seem to get a local printer to
> work. I had no problem with RH 5.2.
> Printtool can't detect a printer on lp0, lp1, or lp2. I had a Canon
> BJC-2000 connected when I did the install, and after having no luck
> getting that to print, I connected my Panasonic KX-P2123 which
> worked with RH 5.2. Printtool still doesn't detect the printer and
> gives the error "/dev/lp1"no such device when I try to test print
> directly to the port. /dev/lp1 exists. lpc status lp shows the queue
> is enabled, printing enabled but waiting for the printer to become
> available (offline ?). The printer is online and prints from DOS. I
> thought printool was supposed to make this easy! It did with RH
> 5.2, what's different with RH6.1? I did try lp0, lp1 and lp2 with the
> same results. Help!
> Mike
