I had a similar problem when I installed PCQRH6.1.
I added the following line to /etc/conf.modules
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
then I Rebooted and ran printtool again. It worked for me.
Gerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Erle Pereira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux Bombay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 11:05 PM
Subject: [ILUG-BOM] HELP SOS: Parallel port not detected.
> Hi all,
>
> Got a curious prob.
> My Parallel port is not detected in linux.
>
> /proc/devices : does not show up.
> /dev/ .. lp0,lp1,lp2 .. not present.
>
>
> in conf.modules... tried..
>
> lp=0x278... etc....
> { also tried .. paride, parport .. }
>
> while booting...
> ' unkown keyword lp '
>
> tried 'make menuconfig & xmenuconfig' to recompile the kernel.
>
> in the menu.... even though I should be able to compile it into the
> kernel... option "y" is disabled for everything related to parallel ports
/
> parallel printers. ( help says ... option 'y' is available )
>
> I have used this very printer (HP-DJ200 )in older versions of RHL (5, 5.1,
> 5.2 etc.. )
> (printer/port works fine in the other OS)
>
> I am using RHL 6.1 from Pc-Quest.
>
> I recomplied the kernel using all options related to parallel ports as
> "m"... ( loadable module - kernel 2.2.12-20 ).
>
> No effect. { :-) .. though my system is a lot faster... left out all the
> unreq. details ... }
> Any Ideas ???
> { yeah.. yeah... I know .. switch to SUSE .. but I do not believe that
this
> prob. is specific to RHL. }
>
> Anybody having same prob.? I am relatively exp. in installing... & this is
> the first time I've got this error. ( I know the install is OK )
>
> HELP!!!!!
>
> Erle.
>
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