[plug] Redhat 6.1 and printing

[dez]

Jason,
dez here..i did have redhat 6 up to 6.1 ..printing was fine
but since i put it on another drive as a straight 6.1 i cannot get it to detect
any printer port.
if i ignore the auto detect and set it up anyways the job just sits in the
queue..no device to print to!!
any ideas??
...the kernel has parrallell support etc
dez






On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Jason Nicholls wrote:
> G'day Len,
> 
> > I note dez's problem with printer function on RedHat 6.1  By default anyhow the
> > version of RH 6.1 I have does not invite you to setup a /spool/lp(x), and hence
> > when you move on into Enlightenment/Gnome printtool goes through the motions
> > but gets nowwhere because the system does not find a valid port. I notice that
> > other subscribers are having the same problem. RH 6.0 on the other hand does
> > invite you to set up the printer/spooler and no problems arise.
> 
> You mean "/dev/lp(x)" rather than "/spool/lp(x)".
> 
> This is the way I setup a printer just the other day:
> 
> - started x as usual (as a non-priv user)
> - started xterm, su to root
> - executed printtool
> - printtool comes up and I add a printer (local)
> - a little window pops up that says /dev/lp0 was detected and
>   /dev/lp1, /dev/lp2 are not detected (makes sense for my system).
> - even if it doesn't detect anything it still lets you proceed...
> - rest from here is printer specific...
> 
> Note that my system was originally redhat 6.0 then upgraded to 6.1. I
> did install the printer after upgrading though.
> 
> I took a look at the "dev" package contents on my 6.1 cd which still
> installs the /dev/lp(x) devices.
> 
> 
> > I for one cannot find out if the version of RH 6.1 which I have is "hobbled" or
> > whether it is a case of just knowing how.  You make mention of recompiling the
> > kernel in order to achieve this. Is this really necessary, or is there another
> > way,
> > after all a printer output is a pretty fundamental necessity in any operating
> > system.
> 
> I should have phrased what I said differently. I meant that if you had
> already
> recompiled your kernel then make sure the parallel support option was
> enabled.
> If you haven't re-compiled the kernel then the default redhat one
> contains
> everything already...
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jason Nicholls
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