On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Anne et Bertrand wrote:
> Hello, > with MkdPPC-8.0, CUPS did'nt find my printer on the serial port (TTYS1). > My printer wasn't detected with HardDrake too. > > I tried yesterday to install all the CUPS related packages from cooker > sources, but the problem is the same : even if Kups can find several USB > port (and I don't have any USB interface), it doesn't find any serial > interface for my Apple Stylewriter II printer. So I can't setup a classe > for my printer. It tried to manually modify /etc/cups/printers.conf > (changing "serial:" into "serial:/dev/ttyS1"...) but it doesn't change > anything. > > My computer : Starmax 3180 (old world, 603e, PM4400 clone). > > So I have to switch back to simple lpr + lpstyl install (lpstyl isn't > provided by cooker ; I found it on some LinuxPPC ftp site). > Bertrand Dekoninck > Is macserial module loaded? I don't have any serial printer hardware here to test with, but if that module isn't loaded I suspect cups would have a hard time probing. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ Cooker-PPC IRC: irc.openprojects.net/#cooker-ppc
