Re: RH 6.1 and printer port

[Barry Drake <bldrake worldnet att net>]

Chris,
Thanks for your reply.  Clint Tinsley gave me the same answer.  I didn't have
to restart my system, though.  I just logged off of my user account, logged
in as root, made the change, and logged back in as myself, and printing took
off after using printtool to do the setup.
Barry
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Chris Kloiber wrote:

> Barry Drake wrote:
> >
> > This is the first time a Red Hat version did not automatically detect my
> > printer port (/dev/lp0).  I've had no end of frustration trying to get
> > my printer working under 6.1.  I'm about ready to chuck it and go back
> > to 6.0 or some other distro.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas or seen this problem before?
> > Barry
>
> This is a known bug.
>
> Add this line to /etc/conf.modules:
>
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
>
> Restart the system, (I know there are ways not to have to reboot) log in
> as root and use printtool to set up the printer. Delete any previous
> attempts (and their spool directories) before setting up your printer.
>
> Chris Kloiber
>
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