On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:35:23PM -0700, Account for Debian group mail wrote:
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> Hello Again,
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> I just upgraded our print server/samba machine from sarge to etch.
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> In the /var/log/dmesg file i see:
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> parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
> parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
> parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 6MP
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> This looks correct.
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>
> In the /etc/printcap file I have:
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> lp|Our Printer:
> :lp=/dev/parport0:
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:
> :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
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l#66:
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w#80:
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c#150:
> :mx#0:
> :sh:
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> When I do a "checkpc" I get:
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> Warning - lp: cannot stat lp device '/dev/parport0' - No such file or directory
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>
> What is it that I'm doing wrong?
well first, you are expecting help in approximately two and a half
hours from an all volunteer list... and yelling when you don't get
it.
I don't know much about parallel ports anymore, but the first thing I
would do is grep for "parport" in /var/log/syslog in case it shows up
somewhere else. It's possible that udev is doing something tricky like
moving it to a different node. Also I would ls /dev and look through that
for other things that might be a parport.
hth...
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Cannot find /dev/parport0 - ANY SUGGESTIONS?
