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A few days ago I made fresh install with test2.6i kernel and later installed modules and source pkges for the kernel. And gratefully nvidia driver works finally. But the parallel port printer wont install. Lsmod shows lp0 not used then parport used by lp0. modrobe didn't help and editting /etc/rc.c/rc.modules to have sbin/modprobe parallel port printer support made no difference either.
Any ideas pls? Thanx.
What printing system do you want to use, CUPS? If so, check if it's running: ps -A | grep cups
If nothing shows up run: sh /etc/rc.d/rc.cups
Then access with a browser to: http://127.0.0.1:631 and configure it.
oops, just saw you've done this. sorry.... I'm going to look at 10.2. Let you know if I see anything.
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Not sure about 10.2 but previous version doesn't have PP open. Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. Look for something like this;
#### PC parallel port support ###
and this;
#### Parallel printer support ###
and this;
### Parallel port IP ###
I'm not going to post the entire script unless you need it, but uncomment what you need to. Don't uncomment the comments. Then as root;
/etc/rc.d/rc.modules
Unlike in any previous SLW install I had to uncomment /sbin/parport_pc line in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. Now lsmod show parport used by lp,parport_pc. KDE control center printer setup now lists parallel port lp0 as available and test page prints. Thanx for ideas.
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