Re: [PARPORT] printing problem

From: Bob Tanner (tanner@real-time.com)
Date: Wed May 14 2003 - 18:04:29 EDT

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    On Wednesday 14 May 2003 03:07 pm, Lars-Göran Andersson wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > it seems as if parport has a problem in finding my printer. I'm running
    > SuSE 8.1 and using CUPS for
    > printing and it does not simply work. I might have considered some sort
    > of hardware problem (I'm
    > using a Compax Presario 5670) if it was not for the reason that
    > everything is working splendedly when
    > I start my SuSE 7.2 system on the very same machine :-( . When looking
    > at /proc/dev/parport/parport0
    > I can see that the only difference is the value of 'modes', which is
    > PCSPP,EPP for my 7.2 system and
    > and only PCSPP for the 8.1 system.
    >
    > Any hint?

    Are the kernel releases between 7.2 and 8.1 different?

    The 8.1 kernel might not have the appropriate parallel port stuff turned on or
    compiled in. 

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