Did you remember to add
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
to the /etc/conf.modules as documented in the errata?
-JMS
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 12:12 PM
Subject: printer woes (fwd)
> I have just installed everything on redhat 6.1 system.
> I am trying to print.
>
> [root@cbe207 /root]# cat test.txt > /dev/lp2
> bash: /dev/lp2: No such device
> [root@cbe207 /root]# cat test.txt > /dev/lp1
> bash: /dev/lp1: No such device
> [root@cbe207 /root]# cat test.txt > /dev/lp0
> bash: /dev/lp0: No such device
>
> I can't even cat to the local printer (attached to parallel printer port).
> BTW the printer etc are fine--I had this computer + printer working fine
> under slackware before now.
>
> lpd seems to be there.
> [wsimpson@cbe207 wsimpson]$ ps -ax |grep lp
> 444 ? S 0:00 [lpd]
> 451 ? S 0:00 [lpd]
> Though I don't know what the square brackets mean.
>
> I tried using the printtool. Same messages.
> I am used to slackware, where nothing special needed to be done in the
> installation process to get printing enabled.
>
> Can it be that the kernel doesn't have printing in it?
> cat /proc/devices
> does not show lp
>
> I tried running "system upgrade" from cdrom but it didn't let me do
> anything about printer. I also tried to rebuild kernel but my
> installation failed to install the kernel sources.
>
> My basic questions:
> - what is wrong?
> - if there is a kernel problem, is there a simple way to add printing
> functionality and retain rest of my current set-up? If I need to rebuild
> kernel, how do I get the sources off the cdrom (or ftp site) and onto my
> hd?
>
> Thanks very much for any help!
>
> Bill Simpson
>
>
>
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