On 17 Aug 2001 11:30:21 -0500, Ken Januski wrote: > Britton wrote: > > > > On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Ken Januski wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I installed Debian from binaries about a year ago. Today I finally > > > compiled from the source code. Most everything seems fine except for > > > printing. Using lpq I get message asking if my printer "is offline?". > > > Trying to print from Netscape I get "lpr:connect Connection refused. > > > Jobs queued but cannot start daemon." > > > > If you are using a parallel port printer, did you remember to enable > > parallel port support in the kernel (strangely, I think it is off be > > default)? > > Recompiled kernel again this morning with parallel support checked. I'm > almost positive it was on last compile as well. But I still have > problems. When I boot up I get message: "lp no devices found." > > I'm wondering if I could have chosen something else in menuconfig that > would interfere with parallel printing but if so I sure can't figure out > what it is.
What do your /proc/modules and /proc/devices say? --mike