[lug] kernel 2.2.17, no parallel port!?

[Calvin Dodge]

Archer Sully wrote:
> 
> Hi y'all,
> 
> I've got a problem on my little HP Pavilion (300Mhz K6-2 + SiS) that's
> really vexing me.
> 
> Background:  I'm trying to set things up so that my wife can print
> from her Mac to my Lexmark Optra E312.  Problem:  netatalk was giving
> me incredible grief on kernel 2.2.16-3 (ethernet card is some sort
> of tulip, I forget which).  After bashing my head against that off and

The "sort of tulip" may be critical.  What's the output from "/sbin/lspci -tv"?

> On the other front, 2.2.16-3 absolutely refuses to see appletalk
> packets on the wire, although 2.2.17 does.  I have confirmed that

Well, the issue probably isn't 2.2.16-3 vs. Appletalk, since a Linux box I set
up for my brother (with a Windows machine AND a Mac) is talking just fine to
the Mac, and it has that very kernel (from Red Hat) installed.

Calvin