Re: No Printer

[Tom Cooper <tom_cooper bigfoot com>]

I'm not sure what caused atd to be broken, but I can probably explain the
printing problem.

In the file /etc/conf.modules, you should have a line that reads:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc

This tells the kernel to use the lowlevel parallel port module when trying
to talk to parallel port devices.

This is a FAQ, BTW.

My guess is that adding that line to conf.modules and rebooting will make
your problem go away.

Hang in there.  Linux is worth it.

Regards,
Tom Cooper
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lee Smith [mailto:leesmith darkstormy com]
>Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 8:08 AM
>To: redhat-install-list redhat com
>Subject: No Printer
>
>
>My computer is a dedicated Linux machine which I purchased from 
>TigerDirect already set up. Riiiiight. By the way for those of you 
>who have purchased one of these who have been circling your 
>brand new TigerDirect machine wondering, reading everything they 
>sent you, the root password is tigerdirect. 
>
>I know nothing about Linux (well I've learned a tiny bit.) the 
>information sheets and HOW TWOs rarely give me the information 
>I'm looking for. I understand that it's hard for the writer to visualize a 
>time when he didn't understand about IPs atd lpd hda etc etc etc. 
>It's truly not easy, I'm a writer myself.
>
>Anyway. Linux, printtool does not recognize *any* printer port. not 
>lp0, lp1, lp2. See, I've learned a little.
>
>I've gone into the bios information and turned of all PnP recognition. 
>Nothing, No difference.
>
>BUT the hardware is there and the pathways to it established 
>because I can boot the machine up on a DOS floppy and print to 
>the printer without a problem.
>
>The bios information that flits up the screen on start-up says that 
>there is a parallel port at 0378h. DOS MSD says that I have a 
>parallel port node, ECP, IRQ 7, 378h, DMA 3.
>
>How can I make Linux see what's there so that I can get on with 
>my life. If I keep playing with things, sooner or later I'm going to 
>break my fourth installation of Linux (three on another machine 
>which I have since scrapped). Now it says that atd (whatever that 
>is) FAILED to shut down. Probably something I fiddled with.
>
>Thanks
>
>Lee.
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