YDL 2.3 / iMAC - Cannot print (or scan..)

[kevinatkins]

Hello there.

I'm having *real* problems trying to get USB printing working on my dad's iMac, onto which I've installed Yellow Dog 2.3 (from a magazine coverdisc).

First tried setting up a printer using CUPS web admin interface. Tried printing a test page - nothing whatsoever, but did get response:

usb: /dev/usb/lp0 does not exist (or something like that)

Anyway, tried making a node myself, using -

mknod -m +rw /dev/usb/lp0 c 6 0

Tried printing - same error message.

Then had a look at which modules were actually loaded - and printer wasn't there. So I manually inserted usb printer module using modprobe, tried printing. Again, same error message.....

I'm at a complete loss - what am I missing here?! I really want to get this up and running so my dad can see for himself how nice Linux is to use (when it's all set up correctly!!). He's really keen to use OpenOffice etc so that he can converse easily with his Windoze colleagues..

Thanks in anticipation!

Kevin Atkins.

[kevinatkins]

Okay,

Finally got printing up and running, and thought I'd just share experience with you all in case anyone has the same problem..

The Yellow Dog cover disc I used offered a choice of either the 2.2 or 2.4 kernels; 2.4 was default. *However!* The printer module on the disc only appears to work with the 2.2 kernel - after re-installing with 2.2 kernel, I was finally able to at least 'talk' to the printer node.

But that wasn't the end of it! There appears (with my dad's setup at least) to be an issue with the USB port on the side of the machine; I could only make the printer work if plugged into one of the ports on the keyboard..

And finally, I had to alter the startup scripts to load the printer module at boot...

Now all I've got to do is get the scanner going (and I know it does work with Linux - I've tried it with SuSE 8.2 on my machine...)....