On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 08:43 +0100, Sven Borkert wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Fedora Core 3 on a Compaq Deskpro EN and a HP Laserjet 4000. > With kernel 2.6.9-1.667 printing works fine. As I updated to > 2.6.10-1.741_FC3, system-config-printer tells me that the printer is > always disconnected. Updating to 2.6.10-1.760_FC3 still did not fix the > problem. When i boot 2.6.9-1.667 again, printing works without problems > again. So, atm I'm stuck on the old kernel version because I need the > printer. > > dmesg with the newer kernel says: > > parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] > parport0: faking semi-colon > parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 4000 Series > Trying to free free DMA3 > pnp: Device 00:06 disabled. > ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394' > ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team > ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, half-duplex > i2c /dev entries driver > pnp: Device 00:06 activated. > parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. > pnp: Device 00:06 disabled. > lp: driver loaded but no devices found > > With the older kernel "lp" reports the printer correctly. > > Hope anyone can help me. > > Sven Borkert > I have a much older printer than that, a laserjet 4plus. it is never detected, but I simply use system-config-printer to define it and it works flawlessly. Have you tried to manually configure it instead of depending on the autoconfigure routines? > >
