[plug] HELP::a funny thing happened on the way to the kernel....

[dynamix]

mmm..lp0 is there and working as I said its weird I can print from native
red hat programs from word perfect
but not from Netscape or star office but kde finds the printer....
the kernel is 2.2.7
lpd seems to be fine
any ideas as to what print command I can use in Netscape and staroffice to
print to lp0????
( I just ported all my office work to star office and as im running
win2000/office 2000 beta's I don't feel like
putting them all back ...vie caught penguinitis....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
regardz dez
----- Original Message -----
From: root <brad at seme.com.au>
To: <plug at linux.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] HELP::a funny thing happened on the way to the
kernel....


> CyberDynamiX wrote:
> >
> > hi there guru's...
> >                       i recentley upgraded my kernel with what seemed no
> > probs.. Ive been printing from
> > word perfect no probs and had been printing from Netscape and star
office
> > before the upgrade...
> > however now i cqant print from star office and netscape..the print tool
in
> > red hat is ok andtest pages all three are fine....
> > But netscape cant find the printer and neither can star office...
> > what changed (rather sdurprisingly) was that it is now lp0 and the lpr
> > command has become redundant
> > the printcap seems ok and it is in so far as redhat native stuff prints
ok
> > but kde and other apps excepting WP are not getting the command ..ive
tried
> > reinstalling the kernel..the printer..chaning the line etc...
> > the spool dir in print cap is
> > /var/spool/lpd/lp0
> > and
> > lp=/dev/lp0
> >
> > any idea's????????????????????????//
> > regardz dez
>
> Sounds very much like you upgraded from a 2.0 to a 2.2,
> You will find differences in the way 2.2 alocates lpt ports.... a PITA
until you
> read the docs and figure it out.
> Make sure you adjust your /etc/printcap and lpc status tells you all is
well,
> Netscape uses lpr to print, so I assume the lpd is not seeing the printer.
> Also, have you verified that lp0 is there and useable? I got caught by
this by compiling
> lp support as a module. For some reason I can get parport to autoload, and
parport probe loads,
> but it does not automaticly load lp.o
> I just fixed it by loading lp in /etc/modules, might as well have compiled
it in really, given
> the machine is a print server.
> Sometimes I feel a little silly at some of the stupid things I do when
configuring kernels ;p)
>
> I suggest you hunt down the problem with lpd, this will make lpr work and
then the rest should
> follow.
>
> Regards