M.K.Laha wrote
>
>To get around the printer port detection problem in RH 6.1,
>I included the following lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local :
>
> insmod /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/parport.o
> insmod /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/parport_pc.o io=0x378 irq=7
> # insmod /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/parport_pc.o io=0x378 irq=auto
> insmod /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/parport_probe.o
> insmod /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/lp.o parport=0
>
>and rebooted the machine and my printer port became available as
>/dev/lp0. You can try experimenting with line 3 instead of line 2.
>For me, line 2 worked.
This looks like it's worth a try. Many thanks. I'll let you know
if it works for me.
>I didn't bother to run the RH printer config tool. I always print
>by copying my file directly to the printer port (I have to make it
>world-wrieable first).
Well ... I don't want to do that in this case. We need to have
queueing for these printers.
Amitabha
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