Printer Problem
My printer was working perfectly. I rebuilt the kernel allowing autoprobe. Printer no longer responds even to cat lptest /dev/lp0 where lptest is a small text file and lp lptest responds normally but nothing is printed and nothing is in the print que. cat /proc/ioports shows the correct value (0378-037f) for parport0 cat /proc/parport/0/irq reports none (should be irq 7 but is this needed?) Documentation/parport indicates that a lilo command parport=0x378,7 should work but /sbin/lilo rejects this line placed anywhere in lilo.conf. The documentation also implies that the irq value reported by cat/proc/parport/0/irq can be changed but I don't understand how. It seems to me that everything is working normally but the printer is not receiving the transmission. The printcap file is unaltered and lp is directed to lp0. Where is the missing link? Tom George
Netscape 6 Encryption Problem
I downloaded and installed Netscape 6. It works normally except when a transmission is to be encrypted. Then it locks uo not only the Netscape window but all of Xwindows. I can recover only by returning to the console and executing a Ctrl C to abort Xwindows. I tried sending an email to Netscape support but this was automatically encrypted. Any suggestions? Tom George
Re: Printer Problem
Thanks for the suggestion. I had not learned about dmesg. Unfortunately it reported everything in order - i.e. parport0 using 0378 and irq 7. I must look elsewhere for the problem. Tom George ktb wrote: On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:01:26AM -0500, Thomas H. George,,,610-444-2626 wrote: My printer was working perfectly. I rebuilt the kernel allowing autoprobe. Printer no longer responds even to cat lptest /dev/lp0 where lptest is a small text fileand lp lptestresponds normally but nothing is printed and nothing is in the print que. cat /proc/ioports shows the correct value (0378-037f) for parport0 cat /proc/parport/0/irq reports none (should be irq 7 but is this needed?)Documentation/parport indicates that a lilo command parport=0x378,7 should work but /sbin/lilo rejects this line placed anywhere in lilo.conf. The documentation also implies that the irq value reported by cat/proc/parport/0/irq can be changed but I don't understand how.It seems to me that everything is working normally but the printer is not receiving the transmission. The printcap file is unaltered and lp is ! directed to lp0.Where is the missing link? What does dmesg say about parport?kent
Re: Printer Problem
Thanks for the suggestion; I had not yet learned about dmesg. Unfortunately, dmesg reported all in order with parport - i.e. using 0378 and irq 7. I must look elsewhere for my problem. Tom George ktb wrote: On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:01:26AM -0500, Thomas H. George,,,610-444-2626 wrote: My printer was working perfectly. I rebuilt the kernel allowing autoprobe. Printer no longer responds even to cat lptest /dev/lp0 where lptest is a small text file and lp lptest responds normally but nothing is printed and nothing is in the print que. cat /proc/ioports shows the correct value (0378-037f) for parport0 cat /proc/parport/0/irq reports none (should be irq 7 but is this needed?) Documentation/parport indicates that a lilo command parport=0x378,7 should work but /sbin/lilo rejects this line placed anywhere in lilo.conf. The documentation also implies that the irq value reported by cat/proc/parport/0/irq can be changed but I don't understand how. It seems to me that everything is working normally but the printer is not receiving the transmission. The printcap file is unaltered and lp is directed to lp0. Where is the missing link? What does dmesg say about parport? kent
Re: Printer Problem
I was surprised! After running dmesg I found my printer working again. I don't understand why this is so but, as I had done nothing else (I send these messages from another computer), dmseg must have corrected the problem. Thanks again for the help. Tom George Thomas H. George,,,610-444-2626 wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. I had not learned about dmesg. Unfortunately it reported everything in order - i.e. parport0 using 0378 and irq 7. I must look elsewhere for the problem. Tom George ktb wrote: On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:01:26AM -0500, Thomas H. George,,,610-444-2626 wrote: My printer was working perfectly. I rebuilt the kernel allowing autoprobe. Printer no longer responds even to cat lptest /dev/lp0 where lptest is a small text file and lp lptest responds normally but nothing is printed and nothing is in the print que. cat /proc/ioports shows the correct value (0378-037f) for parport0 cat /proc/parport/0/irq reports none (should be irq 7 but is this needed?) Documentation/parport indicates that a lilo command parport=0x378,7 should work but /sbin/lilo rejects this line placed anywhere in lilo.conf. The documentation also implies that the irq value reported by cat/proc/parport/0/irq can be changed but I don't understand how. It seems to me that everything is working normally but the printer is not receiving the transmission. The printcap file is unaltered and lp is ! directed to lp0. Where is the missing link? What does dmesg say about parport? kent
[Fwd: Down grade from gcc 2.95.2 to gcc 2.91.66]
Original Message Subject: Down grade from gcc 2.95.2 to gcc 2.91.66 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:34:43 -0500 From: Thomas H. George,,,610-444-2626 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am running kernel 2.2.12 and downloaded release 2.4. The accompanying instructions strongly recommends compiling the new kernel with gcc-2.91.66 (egcs-1.1.2). I downloaded egcs-1.1.2-alpha.tar.bz2 egcs-1.1.2-doc.tar.bz23 egcs-1.1.2-glibc.x86.tar.bz2 egcs-1.1.2-libc5.x86.tar.bz2 The instructions I found (somewhere) said put these in the root directory and unpack them. I did. Now dpkg -l still shows gcc-2.95 installed and gcc --version reports cannot execute binary file. Should I have purged gcc-2.95? Is there any way to recover from what I have done? Tom George
