Thank you Rick,
I did go on the Redhat site and checked the 'faqs'... but forgot
about the 'Gotchas' where I did find the following reccomendation
which worked perfectly.
Thanks again
John
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Alternatively, you can add
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
to your
/etc/conf.modules file.
Then run /sbin/rmmod lp, and start printtool.
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Rick Forrister wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > I installed Redhat 6.1 on two machines and am having the same printer
> > problem [I think] on both of them.
>
> > The printer port worked in MS-DOS/Win95 previously... but not in
> > Linux on either machine.
>
> > I set the printer up using the 'PrintTool' from Gnome.
>
> > I checked the FAQ on the Redhat site [good info] but nothing seems to
> > work. I've used RH 5.2, 4.2, 4.1 and had little trouble but no luck
> > with RH6.1...
>
> Try looking at <http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/6.1-6.html#ss
> 6.19>
>
> For future reference, always take a look at the errata & gotchas;
> they're a
> lot faster than waiting for an answer from the list. More frequently
> correct, too! 8^)
>
> best
> rickf
> --
> Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> "To get something done a committee should consist of no more than
> three people, two of whom are absent." Robert Copeland
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