/dev/lp0 - no such device??

[kuber]

I am trying to get my printer working w/ my installation of slack. I used the SETUP tool but when I set up everything and try a test page I get the message that there is no such device at /dev/lp0. I also tried using printtool (from redhat) and also had the same problem. Any ideas what I need to do? I have parallel port support compiled into my kernel...

Thanks,
Kuber

[MBMarduk]

Hah, I had THE SAME problem with Slack a week ago. (I've been using Slack for less than 2 weeks)
Everything got solved when I recompiled a new kernel for it (2.2.18).

Printer support ain't enabled in the standard kernel.

-Mike

[MBMarduk]

Sorry, in all my zeal I misread that you had recompiled a new kernel already.

Did you try printing as root or user?
Who owns /dev/lp0?
Mine says: root : daemon

I just configured apsfilter and everything went fine.

[kuber]

I'm printing as root. My permissions are the same (root daemon)...Hmm...

[MBMarduk]

Here are my printing-related settings for the kernel-compile:

GeneralSetup:
*Parallel port support Y
*PC style h/w support Y
Plug'n'Play:
*Auto probe parallel port N
CharacterDevices:
*Parallel printer support M
IEEE 1284 Status readback support Y -->I KNOW my old HP 670C printer supports this: it's in the manual.

See if your configuration was the same when you recompiled.

[kuber]

Great-thanks. Mine were the same but I didn't realize that parallel printing was seperate from just parallel. So I insmod/modprobed lp and I'm all good.
Thanks!
Kuber