It might be due to the parport thing of 2.2 version kernels.
With newer kernels, previous /dev/lp1 might become /dev/lp0 or something to
that effect. Take a look at the Printing HOWTO for more and accurate details.
> Hi,
> I upgraded to RedHat 6.1 from RedHat 5.2 and now I cant print. S60lpd
> starts Ok but I get:
>
> [root@tatoo /root]# lpq
> waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
> Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
> 1st root 171 copy_disk.sh 219 bytes
>
>
> lpc> stat
> lp:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> 1 entry in spool area
> waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
> lpc>
>
>
> Here's my setup:
>
> /etc/printcap is:
>
> lp:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :mx#0:\
> :lp=/dev/lp1:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:\
> :sh:
>
> [root@tatoo /root]# ls -la /dev/lp1
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root daemon 6, 1 May 5 1998 /dev/lp1
>
>
> [root@tatoo /root]# cat /proc/devices
> Character devices:
> 1 mem
> 2 pty
> 3 ttyp
> 4 ttyS
> 5 cua
> 7 vcs
> 9 st
> 10 misc
> 29 fb
> 36 netlink
> 128 ptm
> 136 pts
> 162 raw
>
> Block devices:
> 1 ramdisk
> 2 fd
> 3 ide0
> 8 sd
> 9 md
> 22 ide1
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
> TIA,
>
> - yba
>
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