'lp' is in position 6 under 'character devices. Would that be another
indication that it should theoretically work?
Thanks,
Juergen
Jose Luis Flores wrote:
>
> ===>Hello,
> ===>
> ===>I am having real troubles setting up my Laserjet 4L under
> ===>kernel 2.2.6
> ===>and I was hoping you could help me.
> ===>I recompiled the kernel with support for parallel ports and
> ===>printers.
> ===>Everything looks fine during the boot process:
> ===>I see the following lines in dmesg:
> ===>
> ===>parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2]
> ===>parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
> ===>[... (I have printer support as a module, so the rest is
> ===>all the way at
> ===>the bottom:)]
> ===>lp0: using parport0 (polling).
>
> After inserting the module see if /proc/devices is you printer
> .It should be in the list.
