Thanks to all for the info. Update modules and works like a charm. Gota love this stuff! Thanks again.... > > This definitely works on Bering. I've used it on rc3, rc4 and stable. > I've reproduced it on a number of installations. I have a floppy disk > at work containing Bering_1.0-stable and P9100, that I shove into an > old 486 to give me an instant emergency print server. I've also added a > second ISA parallel port card on one 486 to handle 2 printers. > > I can't remember how long I've been using p9100 with Bering at home - > ages, but it's been fine. rc3 required you to create /dev/lp0, but that > was changed in rc4. > > The main thing is making sure you have the modules loaded. Someone has > already replied with that information, but for completeness, they are: > > parport > parport_pc > lp > > Are you doing this? What do you see when the modules load during boot? > You should see messages like these, which are from my machine. > > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 > parport0: irq7 detected > lp0: using parport0 (polling) > lp0: compatibility mode > > Are you familiar with dmesg? If not, type it in on the Bering console > after it has booted to see the messages. > > The modules are loaded in the normal way. You could put them into > initrd, but I'm not sure that achieves anything more. Alternatively, > you could try loading the modules manually just to see what happens > > I can't think of anything else I had to do. IIRC the process will not > start unless you have the printer modules loaded. Once you see the > process in ps, you should be there. Portscan the Bering box as well if > you need to check the port is open. > > > Darren > > > > > > On Monday 30 December 2002 04:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I was wondering if anyone has gotten the p9100 package to work with >> Bering 1.0? >> >> Tired the package from http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/ , but was not >> successfull. >> >> It seems to work fine with Dachstein, but in Bering it says it says it >> is loading the package during bootup, but when I do a ps ax or >> lrpkg-l, no process listed, no package listed.... >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >> Welcome to geek heaven. >> http://thinkgeek.com/sf >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >> SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
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