Re:lpx not recognized

[Adam <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>    I'm trying to get printing working on my RH 5.2
>>>box. When I run the XWin print configuration
>>utility,
>>>it shows that lp0, lp1, and lp2 are not recognized.
>> Take a look at /usr/src/linux/.config (which is
>> where your kernel config lives)
>> after you run the config utility.  Make sure you
>> have both
>> CONFIG_PARPORT=y
>> CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
>> CONFIG_PRINTER=y
>> What kernel version do you have? 
>Version 2.0.36, but I'm downloading RH-6 and Slack 3.6

With 2.0.36 you may not have CONFIG_PARPORT_PC but you should have the
other two.

>tonight. If it's better to attempt printing with these
>later versions, I can wait a few days...

It make no diffrence which version you use.  I've been using Redhat since
3.0.3 and printing works wonderfully.  Do you come from a Windows World?
Reinstalling/New Distributions/Rebooting is NOT the way the fix things
in Linux.  You can run "dmesg" to see the bootup messages and what hardware
was recognized.  If you don't se lp0 or lp1 you probably just made a simple
mistake in the kernel config (done it dozen of times myself),  that can
be fixed in much less time than required to install another distribution.
And reinstalling will loose all the changes you've made unless you know all
the files to copy.