From: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: printing from Debian/Sparc Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 10:47:40 -0400
> > >From the information in this lists I did as follows > > > > * bpp.o seemed needed so I did "insmod bpp.o" and it worked fine. > > * there were no /dev/lp? so did "MAKEDEV lp" and also "MAKEDEV par" > > and "MAKEDEV parport" (but I don't know these are necessary or not). > > * echo "abc" > /dev/lp0 (or lp1) causes nothing at all. > > echo "abc" > /dev/lp2 said there is no such devices. > > * Setting up /etc/printcap with /dev/lp0 did not work either. > > I think you need atleast one more module. I think it is called either > parport_ax or parport_pc (or something similar) so that PC style hardware > will work. Thanks for your information but as far as I checked there is no parport_* menu in kernel configuration in sparc. At least there is no 'parport' in kernel-source-2.2.17/arch/sparc/config.in Best Regards, 2000.10.11 PS. I do not subscribe this list so I am very glad if you cc me, as Ben did. -- Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian Atsuhito Kohda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.
