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Graeme Hercus (ghercus@melbourne.microhelp.com.au) wrote:
: Does anyone know how to install a network printer under Slackware 3.2
: without running setup?
: 
: When I type /proc/devices, lp appears but there are no ports listed,
: ie. /dev/lp0, lp1 or lp2 are not there
: 
: I need to install printing without running setup because the server
: has been configured and I don't want to overwrite any of the settings.

I think you misunderstand the /proc/devices file; if it says lp
that just means your kernel has support for lp (and I think it
also means that at least one port was found, ie the driver is
being used.) More interesting is /etc/ioports, which should show
lp0 at 0x3bc, lp1 at 0x378, and/or lp2 and 0x278. If the ports
are listed in there, things works ok.

Then just edit your /etc/printcap to add the new printer.
Unfortunately I do not know about Slackware 3.2 to tell you if
there's a nice way to add a new one.


Hamish
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