I've got the same problem and have had it for months now. It seems as though FC3 doesn't support parallel port printers* ! The older kernels 2.6.9-1.747 etc. supported them fine, but the newer ones do not. * I am being facetious here. FC3 does support them, there is a bug somewhere. On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 14:16 -0500, Steven W. Orr wrote: > On Saturday, Mar 26th 2005 at 10:33 -0500, quoth Steven W. Orr: > > =>I upgraded to 2.6.10-1.770_FC3smp and now my printer doesn't work. > => > =>[root@saturn]# cat /home/steveo/mozilla.ps > /dev/lp0 > =>bash: /dev/lp0: No such device or address > => > =>[root@saturn]# ls -l /dev/lp0 > =>crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Mar 20 14:45 /dev/lp0 > => > =>Does anyone know what I need to do to make it work? > => > =>Do I need to load a driver or add something to modprobe.conf? > => > =>TIA > > I just have one more thing I want to add: > > /proc/devices shows > Character devices: > 6 lp > > Also, lsmod shows > parport_pc 29701 0 > lp 15405 0 > parport 37129 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp > ppdev 12613 0 > > Anyone see something missing? > > -- > Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have .0. > happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ ..0 > Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000 > individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? > steveo at syslang.net > -- Kim Lux, Diesel Research Inc.
