Red Hat 9 + Kernel 2.6 = Printer prints only garbage
Andrew Lewis
al at xm.co.za
Thu Sep 16 06:54:21 UTC 2004
Hi,
I got the dotmatrix printing working (in 'raw' instead of 'text only'
mode) and practically for this installation this was all we needed,
so...
-AL.
On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 11:08, Andrew Lewis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We've got a RedHat9 installation on which we've upgraded the kernel to
> version 2.6.8.1, for purposes of making a multiport serial card only
> supported in 2.6.x work. Printing (over parallel port) wasn't working @
> all until I insmod'd lp.ko after which I can now print, but only
> garbage...
>
> Tested with more than one printer (Laserjet2100 & Text/Dotmatrix), both
> of which are known to work otherwise...
>
> I looked this up on Google, but came up with nothing....
>
> Anyone else experienced this problem?
>
> -AL.
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