On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> neil wrote:
> >
> > I tried setting it up for linux but no luck.
> > It doesn't seem to know that a printer is even hooked up.
>
> Turn on your printer and try this:
> - ------------------------
> cat /etc/fstab >/dev/lp0
> - ------------------------
>
> That's a zero (not a capital oh).
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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>
Have you tried any other printer to see if it works with your Linux
configuration?
If the answer is "yes" and, furthermore, it worked, then you're stucked
with a winprinter.
I know nothing about USB on Linux. If the printer is connected to a
parralel port, you should check if either parport module or ppdev module
is loaded (depending on your kernel version). See the files in /proc.
Find more about it in Printer-HOWTO.
When setting up Linux on my computer, getting my printer to work was the
toughest job :-) I own an older Mannesmann-Tally MT-83 (24 pins).
Cristian Burneci
Bucharest, Romania
