Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org> writes:
> This man is clearly in dire straits. Even his emails are coming
> out garbled. Anybody understand what he's saying and feel able to
> help?
I think I can translate... even if I can't help him... :-)
> ------- Forwarded Message
>
> From: user on p350linux <user@p350linux>
> [For] 3 months I['ve] b[ee]n studying the r[ed]h[at]6[.]1. [I've
> had] no success in printing. [My] kernel [is v]2.2. On another
> machine [I] put one more r[ed] h[at] 6.1 [installation.] [I got the]
> same result. [More recently, approximately] a week ago, [I] upgraded
> to r[ed] h[at] 7.1 [on] one of the machines, hoping to overcome the
> parport problem. [It] seems [to be] a tough one and you guys seem to
> change the method almost every kernel version.
>
> [I asked on] irc [and on their advice] discovered[, through using
> the] KDE environment menu preferences->information, that the
> par[allel] print port [at I/O address] 0x378 (or other?) was [not
> showing] in [/proc/]ioports.
>
> I read the [file /usr/src/linux/]Documentation/parport.txt, [but
> I'm] still not clear [about what's going wrong.] /proc/sys/dev does
> not contain parport information. [Is this something that I can fix
> by passing in parameters to the kernel via LILO? If so,] how do I
> add a permanent line to [/etc/lilo.conf]? /sbin /lilo says bad
> syntax [when I type what I believe are the verbatim ] instructions in
> parport.txt
>
> I also read from indian guy how to customize the kernel. [I've
> downloaded the] 2.4 sources and am ready to compile.
>
> btw, [since my processor is a] p350 (Pentium@350Mhz?), [I should
> use rpms that are pre-compiled for the] i686, right?
>
> Please, [I need] your urgent help. [I'm hoping to print out job
> postings from Internet web sites, but] such a central problem keep
> [me] from searching for a new job. [For] several y[ea]rs, I
> maintained wintel and novell systems ;-) [But, I'm new to Linux.]
>
> regards, tony
>
> --
> tony behar
> netb@inter.net.il
> tonybehar@hotmail.com
>
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>
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>
>
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