Re: Parallel printer no longer found--solved
A reboot brought my printer to life. I must admit I tried the standard Microsoft remedy more than once in trying to fix this problem. I'm not sure why it worked this time. My thanks to Nils and others who responded to my post. Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Parallel printer no longer found
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 10:17:35AM +0100, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 08:59:49PM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: > > The problem is _no_ device on any port is found, so no device works--not > > /dev/lp0, lp1, lp2, or lp3. So adjusting the printcap won't help. > Is lp a module or compiled in? What do the startup message say then? > The module lp.o was also built and installed. Following parport.txt, the relevant lines added to conf.modules are alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=none But the boot message is lp: driver loaded but no devices found Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Parallel printer no longer found
On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 08:59:49PM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: > The problem is _no_ device on any port is found, so no device works--not > /dev/lp0, lp1, lp2, or lp3. So adjusting the printcap won't help. Is lp a module or compiled in? What do the startup message say then? Nils -- *-* | Quotes from the net: L> Linus Torvalds, W> Winfried Truemper | | L>this is the special easter release of linux, more mundanely called 1.3.84 | | W>Umh, oh. What do you mean by "special easter release"?. Will it quit | * W>working today and rise on easter? * pgpAjhBCSZeMw.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Parallel printer no longer found
On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 05:42:22PM -0800, David Stern wrote: > On Sun, 07 Feb 1999 16:37:15 CST, Curt Daugaard wrote: > > After upgrading to the 2.2.1 kernel on a Slink system my old NEC P6 printer > > is no longer found at boot or in /proc/devices. The boot messages reads > > > > lp: driver loaded but no devices found > > > > I'm using modules (parport and parport_pc) for printer support, which I > > also used successfully under a 2.1 series kernel. I've tried the measures > > outlined in Documentation/parport.txt, but no luck. > > > > Can anyone help me figure out what I'm missing? > > This was discussed recently: > http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9901/msg02062.html > > --- > > To: Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Printing with 2.2pre kernels? > From: Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:46:16 +1100 > > On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 08:14:24PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 01:19:29PM -0400, Timothy Hospedales wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > I have been using 2.2pre6 for the last few days and everything works > > > perfectly > > > except this bizarre new parport device which broke my printer. :(. > > > Any advice on how to setup the parport thing properly would be greatly > > > appreciated!!! > > > > Try to swap /dev/lp0 and /dev/lp1 in your printer setup. The numbers > > have been swapped for some reason nobody understands (to correct some > > BIOS error or to provide compatibility with BIOS, dunno). > > The reason is quite straightforward; in <= 2.0, lp0 is always the port > at 0x3bc, lp1 is at 0x378, and lp2 is 0x278. In 2.2, they are allocated > only if they are found; lp0 is the first port found, lp1 the second. > This > is more like how the rest of the kernel devices work. > The problem is _no_ device on any port is found, so no device works--not /dev/lp0, lp1, lp2, or lp3. So adjusting the printcap won't help. Or am I missing something here? Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Parallel printer no longer found
After upgrading to the 2.2.1 kernel on a Slink system my old NEC P6 printer is no longer found at boot or in /proc/devices. The boot messages reads lp: driver loaded but no devices found I'm using modules (parport and parport_pc) for printer support, which I also used successfully under a 2.1 series kernel. I've tried the measures outlined in Documentation/parport.txt, but no luck. Can anyone help me figure out what I'm missing? Thanks Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
