In RH Linux 6.1, I am unable to configure Epson deskjet printer which used
to work quite fine with Linux 4.5. It is not detected at all and insertion
of parport shows as if it is printing when I give command cat filename >
/dev/lp0 but nothing is actually printed. Printtool also shows test page
printing but nothing in actual. On using tunelp /dev/lp0 -s, I am told
printer is out of paper. Here are results of some of my trial and error
attempts to rectify the problem. Will anybody come to my rescue. Thanks.
Jal Khambata
Epson Stylus Colour400 Deskjet Printer
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05/03/2000 3:38 PM
My /etc/conf.modules file:
alias sound sb
pre-install sound /sbin/insmod sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=0 mpu_io=0x330
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
dmesg shows:
0x378: CTR: wrote 0x0c, read 0xff
0x378: DATA: wrote 0xaa, read 0xff
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [SPP,PS2]
parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
lsmod shows:
Module Size Used by
parport_probe 2980 0 (autoclean)
parport_pc 5624 1 (autoclean)
lp 4476 0 (autoclean)
parport 7124 1 (autoclean) [parport_probe parport_pc lp]
opl3 11208 0 (unused)
sb 33620 0
uart401 5968 0 [sb]
sound 57240 0 [opl3 sb uart401]
soundlow 300 0 [sound]
soundcore 2372 6 [sb sound]
cat /proc/parport/0/hardware shows:
base: 0x378
irq: 7
dma: none
modes: SPP,PS2
tunelp shows:
/dev/lp0 status is 255, out of paper, on-line
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