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I use cups and samba for my printer, it is connected on lpt1.
cups version: cups-1.1.21-i486-1
I can not print from my windows machines and the linux server itself.
The cups error_log says has no entries.
The cups access_log has a bunch of:
localhost - - [27/Oct/2004:07:54:10 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 277
whatever that means.
The cups page_log shows nothing after the kernel update.
Perhaps my lpt port isn't functional with the new kernel?
how do i check that?
Thanks,
EDIT:
The horrors begin, i tried typeing: man lp , this is what i got:
root@Olympus:~# man lp
Error executing formatting or display command.
System command /bin/bzip2 -c -d /usr/man/cat1/lp.1.bz2 | /usr/bin/less -is exite
d with status 256.
Check out this thread for a possible solution to your man page problems.
Your CUPS problem is another story. I just found I can't print using CUPS either. I know it worked with my 2.6.7 kernel. Since I'm printing to a Linksys wireless print server but having the same problem as you, it may be a problem between CUPS and 2.6.9. I know the printer is working since I can print from a Windows machine, but Linux seems completely cut off.
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I just rebooted my laptop to a 2.6.7 kernel and printing with CUPS works just fine. The same system with 2.6.9 doesn't print. I'm a little confused as to what the problem might be since I used the 2.6.7 config to compile the 2.6.9 kernel.
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The print jobs are spooling, just not getting to the printer.
I am beginning to think that lpt1 isn't there on the new kernel.
what is the command to list lpt ports?
Hey, great! I wish that explanation worked for me. All my printing is done over TCP/IP and while everything else on the network seems to work, CUPS isn't.
Originally posted by Finlay what version do you have installed
I'm using the version from Slackware 10, which I believe is 1.1.20. I haven't tried re-installing CUPS, but I may do that over the weekend and see if that helps. It is strange that as far as I can tell, CUPS is the only TCP/IP service that is broken with 2.6.9.
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