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From: "Peter H." <heisspf@skyinet.net>
To: Linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can't Print
Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 18:19:31 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040509101931.66AE23339C@heisspf> (raw)

Thanks for any help! I solved the problem. I installed the kernel of 
slackware9.1  2.4.22 and my good old Epson LX-800 came to live. This is not 
the first time this kernel 2.4.20-20.9 did mess-up things. How much time 
wasted by Richard and myself on account of an apparent defective kernel from 
Krud-Linux.
What did Ray say or similar, by his experience, with slackware most things 
work better and smoother. Darn true!

Peter said:
> Hi,
> I have made a new installation of RH9.0 2.4.20-20.9 where I have a parallel
> printer card. The system is now discovering the card.

> Doing: "more /proc/pci" I am told that the printer card is using irq 5 and
> the  io=0xd400. This is the first number to show. There are some more io.

> Only to this io does the printer react, meaning it makes that sound when the
> print head moves somewhat and only giving this io will lpq give an
> information  about the print queue. It is a dot matrix printer.

> That printer react comes when I do: insmod parport_pc io=0x400 irq=5. After
> this lpq gives the usual information about the print queue. There is  always
> an old queue around either as 'done' or now as an 'error too many  tries'.

> Now if I want to print something 'lpr file' the keyboard totally freezes and
> I  have to do a dirty reboot.

> Any help appreciated. --  Peter 



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             reply	other threads:[~2004-05-09 10:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-09 10:19 Peter H. [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-04-30  4:00 Can't Print Peter H.
2004-04-30  5:10 ` Ray Olszewski
2004-05-01  8:12   ` Peter
2004-05-01 12:57     ` Ray Olszewski
2004-05-02  3:05       ` Peter Garrett

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