Re: [LI] setting up printer

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On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Rajeev B.S.Rao wrote:

> Hello,
>  I'm using rh5.2. I'm trying to setup my epson-sty400. But printtool is
> unable to detect the active lp port. It reports lp0, lp1, lp2 all as not
> detected. The printer works ok in win95.
> whats the problem?

The problem seems to be in probing lp.o module which detucts th port. Use
insmod lp.o as root and it will tell u about the port.
you can put folowiing line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local file

/sbin/modprobe lp
That may detuct your lp port.

--S.K. Singh--


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