Carlton Matthew wrote:
Following previous advice, I added the line
lp
to the file /etc/modprobe.preload
lsmod now gives
[EMAIL PROTECTED] carlton]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
md5 3584 1
ipv6 230916 10
autofs4 15268 0
i810_audio 33236 0
ac97_codec 16844 1 i810_audio
soundcore 7008 1 i810_audio
af_packet 16072 2
floppy 55088 0
8139too 20928 0
mii 4224 1 8139too
ide-cd 37280 0
cdrom 37724 1 ide-cd
loop 12520 0
nls_iso8859-15 4224 1
ntfs 147964 1
supermount 34804 1
parport_pc 30976 1
lp 9548 0
parport 33896 2 parport_pc,lp
intel-agp 19584 1
agpgart 27752 1 intel-agp
ehci-hcd 26244 0
uhci-hcd 28752 0
usbcore 103172 4 ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd
This indicates that the parallel port is now visible.
On boot, the system indicates that cups is started. However the ssytm
stil fails to see the printer.
Any Ideas
Carlton
Double check the printer cable?
Chase out the gremlins?
Get drunk?
Just kidding...
Does /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/autoprobe show anything?
Mikkel
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