[OLUG] Printing

[Nathan Brown]

Ok i went to the afore mentioned site and do not know what to download there is an incredible
number of files there but i looked at the alternate help and it said this


In Red Hat Linux 6.1, there are a few extra steps needed to get a parallel port printer to
work. This step is no longer necessary under Red Hat Linux 6.2:

Edit your /etc/conf.modules and add:

             alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc


Then log in as root and run:

modprobe lp


When I ran the modprobe lp it took.  Or seemed like it took   But I don't know what it is that
it did.
My printer still does not work.  Does anyone know what is wrong here ?

Thanks,
Nate


Marc Davis wrote:

> Nathan Brown wrote:
>
> >
> > For some reason the system does not detect my port lp0 I used printtool to set it up.  I
> > even placed lp0 in the location field and still does not work.
>
> > Nate
>
> This sounds an awful lot like the well-known problem in 6.1.  You might
> check out
> http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/6.1/gotchas-6.1-6.html#ss6.19
>
> The basic fix is pretty simple if, for some reason, it's happening in
> your 6.2.
> You can tell by looking for the alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc line
> in /etc/conf.modules  If it's not there, the fix is either to download a
> package or
>
> [Quote]
>
> Alternatively, you can add
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> to your
> /etc/conf.modules file.
> Then run /sbin/rmmod lp, and start printtool.
>
> [End Quote]
>
> This worked for me in 6.1.
>
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