Trouble configuring /dev/lp<n> under 2.4.x

[Mitch Petenaude]

My bad, I'm running a kernel version of 2.2.12. NOT 2.4.x

  -- Mitch

On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 07:21:51PM -0700, Mitch Petenaude wrote:
> So I'm finally getting around to configuring my printer under a 2.4.x
> kernel, and I'm stuck almost before I can begin.
> 
> I can't get it to recognize the parallel port.  Here's what I tried:
> 
> I checked my BIOS setup screen, and it has the following config
> MODE  I've tried both "normal" and "ECP+EPP".
> IRQ 7
> IO  0x378
> DMA 3 (if mode is EPP, ECP or both)
> 
> Well, the first thing I notice is the lp kernal module is not loaded,
> but while modprobe detects it, it doesn't bind to major device 6 or
> find the hardware port.
> 
> A cursory reading of the code for the lp driver leads me to believe that
> under 2.4.x kernels, lp relies on the parport and parport_probe modules
> which are supposed to auto-detect, but they aren't.
> 
> Where do I go from here?  I've tried hard coding config, but I can't 
> find the parameters documented anywhere.
> 
>    -- Mitch