Re: USB printing under kernel 2.4: how?

2001-01-30 Thread David Wright
Quoting Christopher R. Barry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > --- Thomas Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try: "strace cat hello.text >/dev/usb/lp0" > > Perhaps you will get more infos about your problem. > > It seems as if _nothing_ printer-related happens. Here is the output: > bash-2.04# strace cat

Re: USB printing under kernel 2.4: how?

2001-01-30 Thread Christopher R. Barry
--- Thomas Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Christopher! > > On 30-Jan-2001 Christopher R. Barry wrote: > > > > --- David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Quoting Christopher R. Barry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >> > >> > > Are you sure your usb-printer > >> > > ist recognized by your sy

RE: USB printing under kernel 2.4: how?

2001-01-29 Thread Christopher R. Barry
--- Thomas Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Christopher! > > On 29-Jan-2001 Christopher R. Barry wrote: > > > > --- Thomas Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Christopher! > >> > >> On 28-Jan-2001 Christopher R. Barry wrote: > >> > >> >> > I try to print with the command > >> >> >

Re: USB printing under kernel 2.4: how?

2001-01-29 Thread Christopher R. Barry
--- David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Christopher R. Barry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > Are you sure your usb-printer > > > ist recognized by your system? > > > Try "cat >/dev/lp0. Does it work? > > > > No, the command just hangs. > > What did you actually type? > I assume you

Re: USB printing under kernel 2.4: how?

2001-01-29 Thread David Wright
Quoting Christopher R. Barry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Are you sure your usb-printer > > ist recognized by your system? > > Try "cat >/dev/lp0. Does it work? > > No, the command just hangs. What did you actually type? I assume you *didn't* try /dev/lp0. But they are correct in that you should

Re: USB printing under kernel 2.4: how?

2001-01-29 Thread David Wright
Quoting Christopher R. Barry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > --- Thomas Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Christopher > > > > On 28-Jan-2001 Christopher R. Barry wrote: > > > > > lp0 :\ > > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > > > :lp=/dev/usb/lp0:\ > > > :if=/usr/share/apsfilt

RE: USB printing under kernel 2.4: how?

2001-01-29 Thread Christopher R. Barry
--- Thomas Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Christopher! > > On 28-Jan-2001 Christopher R. Barry wrote: > > >> > I try to print with the command > >> > > >> > $ lpr test.ps > >> try "lpr -Plp or lpr -Plp0 file" > > > > I tried that also. The docs say that if you don't specify a -Pprinte

RE: USB printing under kernel 2.4: how?

2001-01-28 Thread Christopher R. Barry
--- Thomas Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Christopher > > On 28-Jan-2001 Christopher R. Barry wrote: > > > lp0 :\ > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > > :lp=/dev/usb/lp0:\ > > :if=/usr/share/apsfilter/bin/apsfilter:\ > > > I try to print with the command > > > > $