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sinisterdomestik
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 Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 10:47 am Post subject: cant find printer |
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i dont have a /dev/printer OR /dev/lp0 OR anything resembling a printer anywhere in my /dev and i have NO clue how to add it in there. i need help BADLY bc i need my printer working EVEN MORE BADLY so i dont have to boot to winblows  any help is GREATLY appreciated
btw, its a Canon S300 USB printer
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sinisterdomestik
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i already tried the gentoo site, but imma look at that justlinux one. the reason the gentoo one didnt work is bc when i do modprobe printer, it says modprobe: Can't locate module printer
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jaska
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 11:39 am Post subject: |
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| Usb printer is in /dev/usb/lp0 |
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sinisterdomestik
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 11:43 am Post subject: |
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sinister@BlackBeauty /dev/usb $ ls
sinister@BlackBeauty /dev/usb $
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i dont like that
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theyneverknew2
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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| make sure your printer is plugged in and turned on, and try "modprobe usblp" if ur runnin a 2.6 kernel they changed the name of the module. Also is ur kernel compiled with usb printing support? |
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bmichaelsen
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Also is ur kernel compiled with usb printing support? |
This seems to be the problem:
| Quote: | | it says modprobe: Can't locate module printer |
sinisterdomestik, you need to recompile your kernel with support for usb-printers ...
A good intro on how to compile your own kernel is in Chapter
16. Installing the kernel and system logger
- Manual kernel configuration
in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml
USB-Printers are at
USB support ---> USB Printer support |
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