Re: Fw: 2.6.0: lp not working

Re: Fw: 2.6.0: lp not working

[Randy.Dunlap]

| Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:43:17 -0700 (PDT)
| From: Russell Whitaker <russ@ashlandhome.net>
| To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
| Subject: 2.6.0: lp not working
| 
| 
| Hi
| Edited lilo.conf so I can boot either kernel-2.6.0-test2
| (default) or kernel-2.4.21, using hda1.
| 
| lpr a small file, no print. ctrl-alt-del and rebooted using
| 2.4.21, file printed. Checked the two config files and could
| not find any difference in this area.
| 
| Printer is a Panasonic dot-matrix running in text mode.
| Also using patch bk5.

Is "Parallel Printer support" built into your kernel or built as a
module?  If built as a module, are you sure that the module is
loaded?  If modular, please provide contents of /proc/modules
when you try to print.

--
~Randy

Re: Fw: 2.6.0: lp not working

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 22:38:20 -0700 "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:

| | Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:43:17 -0700 (PDT)
| | From: Russell Whitaker <russ@ashlandhome.net>
| | To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
| | Subject: 2.6.0: lp not working
| | 
| | 
| | Hi
| | Edited lilo.conf so I can boot either kernel-2.6.0-test2
| | (default) or kernel-2.4.21, using hda1.
| | 
| | lpr a small file, no print. ctrl-alt-del and rebooted using
| | 2.4.21, file printed. Checked the two config files and could
| | not find any difference in this area.
| | 
| | Printer is a Panasonic dot-matrix running in text mode.
| | Also using patch bk5.
| 
| Is "Parallel Printer support" built into your kernel or built as a
| module?  If built as a module, are you sure that the module is
| loaded?  If modular, please provide contents of /proc/modules
| when you try to print.

I dug out my old (Panasonic) dot matrix printer (only parallel port
printer that was handy) and some continuous/fan-fold paper.
I'm using 2.6.0-test2 and it prints.  However, it's not in
USASCII characters that I can read, but I suspect that's a
different problem.  The good news is that my PC sends data to it.

--
~Randy
~ http://developer.osdl.org/rddunlap/ ~ http://www.xenotime.net/linux/ ~

Re: Fw: 2.6.0: lp not working

[Russell Whitaker]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Randy.Dunlap wrote:

> | Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:43:17 -0700 (PDT)
> | From: Russell Whitaker <russ@ashlandhome.net>
> | To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> | Subject: 2.6.0: lp not working
> |
> |
> | Hi
> | Edited lilo.conf so I can boot either kernel-2.6.0-test2
> | (default) or kernel-2.4.21, using hda1.
> |
> | lpr a small file, no print. ctrl-alt-del and rebooted using
> | 2.4.21, file printed. Checked the two config files and could
> | not find any difference in this area.
> |
> | Printer is a Panasonic dot-matrix running in text mode.
> | Also using patch bk5.
>
> Is "Parallel Printer support" built into your kernel or built as a
> module?  If built as a module, are you sure that the module is
> loaded?  If modular, please provide contents of /proc/modules
> when you try to print.
>
Built as a module
Found lp.ko in /lib/modules/2.6.0-test2-bk4/kernel/drivers/char
lp <file> then lpq shows <file> in queue

contents of /proc/modules
ipt_LOG 5376 1 - Live 0xf891a000
ipt_limit 2496 1 - Live 0xf8915000
ipt_state 1792 2 - Live 0xf8913000
iptable_filter 2752 1 - Live 0xf88d3000
ip_tables 22080 4 ipt_LOG,ipt_limit,ipt_state,iptable_filter, Live 0xf88d8000
ip_conntrack_ftp 72308 0 - Live 0xf88fe000
ip_conntrack 43092 2 ipt_state,ip_conntrack_ftp, Live 0xf88df000
ide_cd 41536 0 - Live 0xf88ba000
cdrom 35168 1 ide_cd, Live 0xf88c6000

Hope this helps
  Russ

Re: Fw: 2.6.0: lp not working

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 02:31:53 -0700 (PDT) Russell Whitaker <russ@ashlandhome.net> wrote:

| On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
| 
| > | Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:43:17 -0700 (PDT)
| > | From: Russell Whitaker <russ@ashlandhome.net>
| > | To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
| > | Subject: 2.6.0: lp not working
| > |
| > |
| > | Hi
| > | Edited lilo.conf so I can boot either kernel-2.6.0-test2
| > | (default) or kernel-2.4.21, using hda1.
| > |
| > | lpr a small file, no print. ctrl-alt-del and rebooted using
| > | 2.4.21, file printed. Checked the two config files and could
| > | not find any difference in this area.
| > |
| > | Printer is a Panasonic dot-matrix running in text mode.
| > | Also using patch bk5.
| >
| > Is "Parallel Printer support" built into your kernel or built as a
| > module?  If built as a module, are you sure that the module is
| > loaded?  If modular, please provide contents of /proc/modules
| > when you try to print.
| >
| Built as a module
| Found lp.ko in /lib/modules/2.6.0-test2-bk4/kernel/drivers/char
| lp <file> then lpq shows <file> in queue
| 
| contents of /proc/modules
| ipt_LOG 5376 1 - Live 0xf891a000
| ipt_limit 2496 1 - Live 0xf8915000
| ipt_state 1792 2 - Live 0xf8913000
| iptable_filter 2752 1 - Live 0xf88d3000
| ip_tables 22080 4 ipt_LOG,ipt_limit,ipt_state,iptable_filter, Live 0xf88d8000
| ip_conntrack_ftp 72308 0 - Live 0xf88fe000
| ip_conntrack 43092 2 ipt_state,ip_conntrack_ftp, Live 0xf88df000
| ide_cd 41536 0 - Live 0xf88ba000
| cdrom 35168 1 ide_cd, Live 0xf88c6000

I guess I don't get it.  Why isn't "lp" listed in /proc/modules?
Did you load it or is that the problem -- that it's not being
auto-loaded?
Does the <file> print if you load the lp module?

--
~Randy				For Linux-2.6, see:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/davej/misc/post-halloween-2.5.txt

Re: Fw: 2.6.0: lp not working

[Russell Whitaker]

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Randy.Dunlap wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 02:31:53 -0700 (PDT) Russell Whitaker <russ@ashlandhome.net> wrote:
>
> | On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> |
> | > | Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:43:17 -0700 (PDT)
> | > | From: Russell Whitaker <russ@ashlandhome.net>
> | > | To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> | > | Subject: 2.6.0: lp not working
> | > |
> | > |
> | > | Hi
> | > | Edited lilo.conf so I can boot either kernel-2.6.0-test2
> | > | (default) or kernel-2.4.21, using hda1.
> | > |
> | > | lpr a small file, no print. ctrl-alt-del and rebooted using
> | > | 2.4.21, file printed. Checked the two config files and could
> | > | not find any difference in this area.
> | > |
> | > | Printer is a Panasonic dot-matrix running in text mode.
> | > | Also using patch bk5.
> | >
> | > Is "Parallel Printer support" built into your kernel or built as a
> | > module?  If built as a module, are you sure that the module is
> | > loaded?  If modular, please provide contents of /proc/modules
> | > when you try to print.
> | >
> | Built as a module
> | Found lp.ko in /lib/modules/2.6.0-test2-bk4/kernel/drivers/char
> | lp <file> then lpq shows <file> in queue
> |
> | contents of /proc/modules
> | ipt_LOG 5376 1 - Live 0xf891a000
> | ipt_limit 2496 1 - Live 0xf8915000
> | ipt_state 1792 2 - Live 0xf8913000
> | iptable_filter 2752 1 - Live 0xf88d3000
> | ip_tables 22080 4 ipt_LOG,ipt_limit,ipt_state,iptable_filter, Live 0xf88d8000
> | ip_conntrack_ftp 72308 0 - Live 0xf88fe000
> | ip_conntrack 43092 2 ipt_state,ip_conntrack_ftp, Live 0xf88df000
> | ide_cd 41536 0 - Live 0xf88ba000
> | cdrom 35168 1 ide_cd, Live 0xf88c6000
>
> I guess I don't get it.  Why isn't "lp" listed in /proc/modules?
> Did you load it or is that the problem -- that it's not being
> auto-loaded?
> Does the <file> print if you load the lp module?
>
By golly I think you got it - it's not being auto-loaded.
As su, "modeprobe lp"  and the file printed.
Sorry I didn't think of that myself.

Thanks,
  Russ