Re: printing gone to hell?

[Glenn Meyer <glenn glennmeyer net>]

> >Oh boy, I've really stepped in it this time.
> >
> >I just upgraded a client's machine from 5.2 to 6.1 and now it doesn't
> print.
> >I've *never had a problem with printing failing on upgrade before!...
> >
> >Anyway, when I send a job to lp, it goes into the queue, but the system
> just
> >sits there, acting like the printer needs to come back online (printer is
> up
> >and ready to go).
> >----------------------
> >waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
> >Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
> >1st    george     604  /home/george/axhome/spool0064a.ps     75130 bytes
> >----------------------
> >lp:
> > queuing is enabled
> > printing is enabled
> > 1 entry in spool area
> > waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
> >----------------------
> >
> >I've tried power-cycling the printer, but that does nothing.
> >
> >I've upgraded lpr to 0.47-1 and printtool to 3.43-1 (if that's relevant),
> and
> >I have "alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc" in my /etc/conf.modules and the
> >modules lp, parport_pc, and parport all load.
> 
> 
> This is a small, but hopefully important thought.  If I recall correctly,
> the printer ports got a slight change in their numbering from 5.2 to 6.x
> versions.  Take a look in your files to see if it is trying to use lp0 or
> lp1 as the printer on the first parallel port.  The old way was lp1, 6.x has
> it at lp0.  If its still being done the old way, you could try to edit the
> file and restart lpd, or just remove the printer via print tool and
> reinstall.  Hope this helps.
> 
> Jeff Hogg

And check, via printtool, whether any parallel port is detected when 
you reinstall. If not, go to your bios Setup and make sure the parallel 
port is still enabled. I had a problem that sounds like yours, 
where my new printer's installation software, running under windows 98, 
"disabled" the parallel port. This didn't stop printing in Windows 98 
(I boot both Windows 98 and RH6.1 on my computer), but it did prevent 
RH6.1 from detecting the printer. 

Glenn



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