On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 12:32:57AM -0400, Joe wrote: > Like the subject says... Granted I had alot of stuff plugged into the > parallel port so perhaps that didn't help the situation. So I plugged my > printer directly into the parallel port and rebooted my machine. Still > didn't work. I ran printtool and it didn't pick up any working ports. I > checked /proc/devices and there were no lp devices listed. > > I do have an HP CDWriter 7200e PPA CDRW drive and I do load the pcd and pg > modules. I doubt that is the cause of my troubles b/c I was able to get > the printer and CDRW working under RH6. > > This is what I have: > RHL6.1 > CDWriter 7200e firmware 3.01 > Acer Aspire 1275 K6-166 > > Thanx for any useful help. Sounds like you don't have parallel port support working. Does anything work on this parallel port? Do you have a /proc/parport/0 directory? (Not having this may or may not be a problem, I can't remember how 6.1 handles parallel port support by default) $ ls -l /proc/parport/0 total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 4 11:01 autoprobe -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 4 11:01 devices -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 4 11:01 hardware -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 4 11:01 irq Do you have a root-writable /dev/parport0? (If I remember correctly, you do have to have these) $ ls -l /dev/parport* crw------- 1 root root 99, 0 Aug 29 21:01 /dev/parport0 crw------- 1 root root 99, 1 Aug 29 21:01 /dev/parport1 crw------- 1 root root 99, 2 Aug 29 21:01 /dev/parport2 crw------- 1 root root 99, 3 Aug 29 21:01 /dev/parport3 Do you have a root-writable /dev/lp0? (You absolutely have to have this in order to print) $ ls -l /dev/lp* crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 1 May 5 1998 /dev/lp1 crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 2 May 5 1998 /dev/lp2 What kernel are you using? Does it have parallel port support compiled in or is it a module? (You may not be able to answer this last question, I just don't have access right now to a stock 6.1 installation to go find out). Are you getting errors in /var/log/boot.log or /var/log/messages when you startup or try to use printtool? Rob -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
