[ale] parallel port printer

[Courtney Thomas]

ieee1394 is for FireWire devices.

HTH



Joe Knapka wrote:

> Isn't the "ieee1394" the parallel port?
> 
> -- Joe
> 
> Jim Philips <jimmyc at speedfactory.net> writes:
> 
> 
>>Since I went to kernel 2.6.6, I haven't been able to get my printer to work. I 
>>compiled in parallel printer support as a module and the module shows up when 
>>I run lsmod. But if I try to send a file directly to /dev/lp0, I get "no such 
>>device". And when I run /cat/proc/devices, there is only this:
>>
>> 1 mem
>>  4 /dev/vc/0
>>  4 tty
>>  4 ttyS
>>  5 /dev/tty
>>  5 /dev/console
>>  5 /dev/ptmx
>>  7 vcs
>> 10 misc
>> 13 input
>> 14 sound
>>116 alsa
>>128 ptm
>>136 pts
>>171 ieee1394
>>180 usb
>>
>>Needless to say, CUPS doesn't see this printer when I try to set it up. It 
>>worked fine on my old box and it works fine under WindowsXP. What else can I 
>>do to get Linux to see this printer?
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