No devices for printing

Herodot · Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2002 12:24 pm Post subject: No devices for printing

Hi all.

I have printer enabled in the kernel - both places.

/bin/dmesg has the one line:
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP(,...)]

However, I dont have /dev/lp* or /dev/printer or /dev/par or anything remotely useful.

What should I do? I once found a magic frog and I have one wish left - should I use it for this? Or world peace?

Regards,
Herodot

tomkamphuys · Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2002 1:17 pm Post subject:

Well, I had the same problem earlier on. I just compiled the kernel with a few new options. The ones that worked for me,

parallel port support --> parallel port support
parallel port support --> PC-Style hardware
parallel port support --> Multi I/O cards

Character devices --> Parallel printer

I don't know if the Multi I/O card is really necessary, but I guessed I might need it for my (non USB) scanner. Doesn't work by the way.

This did the trick in my situation. dmesg states the lines:

parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP(,...)]
parport0: irq 7 detected

and..

lp0: using parport0 (polling).

Hope this works for you too!

Martijn Pot
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