[Bug 29050] Re: cupsys does not automatically detect parallel printer

gcordoba glgcg at bristol.ac.uk
Thu Oct 26 18:51:41 UTC 2006


gcordoba at ecordoba-laptop:~$ sudo pico /boot/grub/menu.lst
Password:
gcordoba at ecordoba-laptop:~$ sudo update-initramfs
You must specify at least one of -c, -u, or -d.

Usage: /usr/sbin/update-initramfs [OPTION]...

Options:
 -k [version]   Specify kernel version or ALL
 -c             Create a new initramfs
 -u             Update an existing initramfs
 -d             Remove an existing initramfs
 -t             Take over a custom initramfs with this one
 -v             Be verbose
 -h             This message

gcordoba at ecordoba-laptop:~$ sudo update-initramfs -u

Afret reboot:
gcordoba at ecordoba-laptop:~$ sudo dmesg | grep lp
[17179569.184000] On node 0 totalpages: 65344
[17179572.972000] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3991.84 BogoMIPS (lpj=7983690)
[17179573.760000] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".  If it helps, post a report
[17179574.152000] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
[17179596.504000] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
gcordoba at ecordoba-laptop:~$

A question: how can I know the permissions for the parallel port? How can I modify them?
I would like to see if the problem is about permissions.
Thanks,
Gustavo

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cupsys does not automatically detect parallel printer
https://launchpad.net/bugs/29050




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