zentara,
> First thing I would do is go back thru your printer setup
> with a fine tooth comb. Start in the bios and make sure
> your printer port is set to irq 7 , not auto. If it's auto,
> root might get away with printing, while a user may not.
> Just a guess.
>
> Then setup yast to put the printer on /dev/lp0, not
> /dev/lp1. If you have the printer setup as a module,
> make sure your conf.module setting reflects this change
> to irq7.
>
> Then check your soundcard and make sure it is at irq5.
> If it's a pnp card, change /etc/isapnp.conf and your
> setting in conf.modules.
Thanks. A few days ago, I checked out a several of the above configs --
my bios puts the printer port at irq 7 (not auto). The printer's
definitely at /dev/lp0, because that's the port I'm using to print under
root. Soundcard's at irq 9.
I eliminated any soundcard conflicts -- just to be sure -- by compiling
a special kernel with *no* sound, but the problem persisted.
I have a hunch (but nothing more) that it's permission related --
otherwise, I wouldn't be able to print under root.
The only problem is, I've "relaxed" the permissions for everything in
/var/spool/lpd/, but nothing's done the trick. I've done the same for
lp, lpd, & lpr as well.
I don't know enough about printing in Linux to have an idea of what
other permissions might be involved.
-- Glenn --
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