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Re: /dev/lp[0-2] not showing up

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From: Phill
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00
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You may also find that you need to delete your printer and re-create the
config for it. Mine used to be on lp1 but now it's on lp0 since I upgraded
to RH6. If you're on Red Hat the easiest way to do this is to use printtool.
Regards,
-- Phill --

Daniel Robert Franklin wrote in message ...
>Rado Faletic <Rado.Faletic@anu.edu.au> writes:
>
>>Hi,
>
>>I've been trying to get my printer happening, but for some reason
>>/dev/lp* is not registering with the system. When I first installed
>>RH5.2 it worked, but since I've played with the kernel it's disappeared.
>>In the kernel builds I've included parallel port options.
>
>Did you include support for _both_ parallel port and parallel printer
>support? It's under General Setup. You should also enable "PC-style
>hardware" which will appear when you select "Parallel port support".
>
>HTH,
>
>- Daniel
>--
>***************************************************************************
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>*       Daniel Franklin - Postgraduate student in Electrical Engineering
>*       d.franklin@computer.org
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