Printers, My left arm, and a three legged goat name max

[Once-Ler]

I'm using the 2.4.3 kernel

Do I have to do anything to my bios?

Do what do i have to turn on in my kernel?

What should I have off in my kernel?

I have the lp thing that caldera uses and its worked on old kernels, and I see things like epson800 start or smoething like that when i boot... i'm to sure why it isn't working... i don't get errors when i compile my kernel... all seems to go well, but i still think i have something setup wrong.

Thank you for the help
-Will

[bdg1983]

Did you recheck your kernel config?

Anything at Caldera's knowledgebase or http://linux.nf/stepbystep.htm and there is also the Caldera news groups here (http://www.mail-archive.com/users%40lists.calderasystems.com/) that may help.

Just in case, I'll take the goat. Got a good recipe.

[ 06 April 2001: Message edited by: mdwatts ]

[Ig0r]

In order to use your lp port (which the printer daemon needs), you need to have three things enabled in the kernel config:
Parallel Port -> Parallel Port support
Parallel Port -> PC-Style Hardware
Char Devices -> Parallel printer support

Those need to be enabled (or loaded as modules) for userspace apps to have access to your printer port.

[Once-Ler]

Hmmm... i tried it so that those three were the only ones on (printer/parallel related) in my kernel... i tried them as modules... I tried the same things as above with the IEEE thing... I tried the consol printer thing... I tried the one that translates to "generic scsi... but for printers"

I send something to print... nothing happens... my printer doesn't even give me a funny look. I have it through a zip drive... I'm going to try a reboot with out the zip hooked up... but i don't want to do that all the time. I have the lpr*** thing from caldera install (I've tried with the old and the new one) and when I do the ps aux... i see printer related thing in it.

thanks for the help... happy passover.

[Tyr-7BE]

Try taking off the zip and plugging the printer into the back of the parallel port. Does the zip drive work? As I recall, there was a special option you had to have enabled to use a zip drive.

[Once-Ler]

Yes the zip driver works... i have my fstab setup to work and I have the ppa on in my kernel.