It sounds like you didn't install parallel-port support. But that's just a
guess, based on what you have told us. So ...
First, check for yourself to verify that the /dev/lp* devices are not present.
Assuming they are not, it is possible that you are running a kernel without
parport support. I don't recall what kernel RH 6.1 installs ... with recent
kernels, you usually add parport support as modules, including parport,
parport_pc, and one other that I forget (but that modprobe will catch for
you, if modprobe thoser two).
Once the parport stuff is running in the kernel, you add the needed device
entries with the "mknod" command. You probably need only lp0; add it (as
root) with
mknod /dev/lp0 c 6 0
You may also need to change its permissions (with "chmod"), depending on how
you plan to use it.
At 12:47 AM 4/14/01 -0500, David Lewis wrote:
>I have Red Hat 6.1 installed on my computer. While trying to add a
>local printer from the Control Panel of the Gnome desktop, I get a
>window with the following diagnostic:
>
> Auto-detection found the following:
>
> /dev/lp0: Not detected
> /dev/lp1: Not detected
> /dev/lp2: Not detected
>
> You may disregard this message
> if you are setting up a serial printer.
>
> The auto-detection may not always work
> on Sparc and Alpha architectures.
>
> If no devices were detected, this could
> indicate a hardware problem that
> justifies further investigation.
>
>Addressing these issues,
>
>I am not setting up a serial printer, I'm using the parallel port.
>
>I am using neither Sparc nor Alpha. I have a regular P-133 chip.
>
>The printer works fine with Windows 95. I don't know how to pursue the
>"... hardware problem that justifies further
>investiagation."
>
>
>The D-connector is snugly connected to the computer and the whasis?
>connector likewise to the printer. I have tried the program with the
>printer turned off and and tried it with the printer turned on, with no
>change in the result. Does anybody have any ideas?
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