Re:lpx not recognized

[Richard Lohman <rjlohman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all:

    OK, I recompiled the kernel, copied it over, and
restarted, but this did not fix the problem. lp0, lp1,
and lp2 are still not recognized by the print tool. I
did force the CONFIG_PRINTER to Y in make config, but
there were no entries for CONFIG_PARPORT or
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC. Interestingly, after I reinstalled
RH, I tried to set the printer up, and print tool did
find lp1. (I was under the impression that a DOS/Win
'LPT1:' should show up under Linux as lp0, but ok,
I'll try anything once...;) I ran through the
configuration to set up the printer, but it did not
work, and ever since, none of the ports are
recognized. Any other suggestions? TIA.

:Rich

--- Adam <adam@morrison.iserv.net> wrote:
> >>>    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.
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