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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:58 am    Post subject: cups config problem Reply with quote

when going into the web interface to cups I am unable to select parallel port for it does not show up as an option. I believe that my kernel is correct for I have prarllel support compiled into the kernel. What am I missing here?

Please help for I cannot print and it is making me mad!!! Thanks!
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

have you loadet all modules? what say lsmod?

lsmod wrote:
parport_pc 30276 1
lp 9028 0
parport 31432 2 parport_pc,lp



are the modules im using to print over parport...

try
Code:
modprobe parport
modprobe parport_pc
modprobe lp



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I do not want to load any modules, instead compile them into the kernel.

Linux rockhopper 2.6.12-gentoo-r4 #2 SMP Wed Jul 13 20:43:35 EDT 2005 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1900+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux


Code:

┌───────────────────────── Parallel port support ─────────────────────────┐
  │  Arrow keys navigate the menu.  <Enter> selects submenus --->.          │
  │  Highlighted letters are hotkeys.  Pressing <Y> includes, <N> excludes, │
  │  <M> modularizes features.  Press <Esc><Esc> to exit, <?> for Help, </> │
  │  for Search.  Legend: [*] built-in  [ ] excluded  <M> module  < >       │
  │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
  │ │                   <*> Parallel port support                         │ │
  │ │                   < >   PC-style hardware                           │ │
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This worked fine on other kernels now that I think of it.

Thank you for the response!
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

have you checked this:

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<M> Parallel printer support
[*]   Support for console on line printer

in
Device Drivers --->
Character devices --->

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for the info. I did not in fact have that in my kernel, and now have it compiled into my kernel. I still do not have an option for parallel printing when I go into cups config. It is serial, USB and network protocols.

What am I missing.

BTW - I do not want to load any modules that I do not have to!
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try: (this is a lower case "L", not an "I") ls Test-Printer | lpr
If it prints "Test-Printer" on the printer, then your kernel is O.K. If not, check here. If I remember correctly, you also have to have PC Style hardware, but I'm not sure.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml
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