Printer Problems

[Tony Cota]

dmesg didn't show anything useful. After looking at /dev though, I realized
that lp0 etc. should be a device file, specifically, a character device (or so
I think). I rm'd them, and used /dev/MAKEDEV to create new ones.

I found another likely culprit: the kernel either needs to have support for
parallel devices built in, or it needs to load a module. RH 6.1 installed, but
there was nothing in /etc/modules.conf that would indicate the proper module.

I'm still building a new kernel, but between those two problems, I expect it to
work. Thanks for the advice!

- Tony

On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, R. Kruze wrote:

> Have you checked your dmesg yet?  Make sure that lp0 comes up correctly at
> boot before trying anything else.
> -Roko
> 
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Tony Cota wrote:
> 
> > I've run into a bit of a snag with my HP Deskjet 697C after installing Redhat
> > 6.1, and wonder if anyone can offer advice?
> > 
> > I know the printer works fine with Linux. It ran well under Redhat 5.2, even if
> > it choked down more ink than it needed to. After upgrading to Redhat 6.1, I
> > used printtool to make /etc/printcap. But printtool doesn't find the printer at
> > /dev/lp0, lp1, or lp2. It should be at lp0. 
> > 
> > If you ls -l /dev | grep lp0, lp0 appears to be a regular old file:
> > 
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 root	root 62806 Feb 19 02:58 lp0
> > 
> > Shouldn't it be a special file, with group daemon?
> > 
> > As for how it functions, it doesn't. Any suggestions?
> > 
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> > Tony Cota			tcota at pacificrim.net
> > http://porthos.mybis.com
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> > 
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Tony Cota			tcota at pacificrim.net
http://porthos.mybis.com
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