[lug] printer support under redhat 6.1 - Another solution

[Byung-In Kim]

Hey people,

I was solving this very problem today and found a solution to it!
My linux box didn't recognize even the parallel port when I ran printtool.  
So I tried the method manipulating modules but failed. :-<
I browsed the Internet and found that I should  ***COMPILE THE KERNEL*** so 
that RedHat 6.1 supports the parallel.  I compiled my kernel, and kudzu 
beautifully recognized even the printer model, with the parallel port.  So 
it all worked.  I didn't even have to deal with modules.


From: Kevin Fenzi <kevin at scrye.com>
Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: [lug] printer support under redhat 6.1
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 22:13:36 -0700 (MST)

In case people couldn't see the board or didn't write it down...

the thing you need to modify to get your printer happy with redhat 6.1
is:

edit /etc/conf.modules

add a line like:

alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc

you can also specify options (although you shouldn't need to):

options parport_pc io=0x378,0x278 irq=7,auto

enjoy.

kevin

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