On Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 11:25:36PM -0400, Christopher Jason Morrone wrote: > On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, James Dietrich wrote: > > > This one has me stumped: > > > > I have been experimenting with the latest kernels--versions 2.1.92 and > > now 2.1.94. However, I have had difficulties configuring my soundcard > > and parallel printer to work with the new kernels. After reading the > > OK. I might be able to help you with the printer problem. For some > STRANGE reason, it seems that the lp device numbers changed between the > kernel versions! For example, under 2.0.33 my printer device was > /dev/lp1, but when I started using the 2.1.9x kernels, I had to go through > my /etc/printcap and change all /dev/lp1 entries into /dev/lp0 !!
Thanks for this pointer! It was the very piece of information I needed. For anyone else who has been following this thread, here's what I had to do to get my printer to work with kernel 2.1.95: I changed the reference to /dev/lp1 in /etc/printcap to /dev/lp0 I added the lines alias char-major-6 lp options parport_pc io=0x378 options lp parport=0 to /etc/conf.modules. I also changed /lib/modules/2.1.95/misc/lp.o: /lib/modules/2.1.95/misc/parport.o to /lib/modules/2.1.95/misc/lp.o: /lib/modules/2.1.95/misc/parport_pc.o in /lib/modules/2.1.95/modules.dep. Hopefully I'll someday find a way to do without that last change. For some reason, post-install parport modprobe "-k" "-s" "parport_pc" doesn't work for me. Thanks again to all who helped. James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
