Bug 6117

Summary:	lpr does not print with local printer. Worked in 6.0
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	jstrand1
Component:	lpr	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	6.1	CC:	mark, mgalgoci, rvokal
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Description jstrand1 1999-10-20 04:32:42 UTC

I currently use an HP DeskJet712C printer, and although it
is only partitally supported, with the drivers from
httptech.com, I was able to get the printer to work in black
and white.  I would add an entry to printerdb in
rhl-printfilters, then add the printer (which was detected
on lp0) with printtool (with some extra options telling it
what driver to use).  This worked perfectly in 6.0, but now
when I restart lpd and try to print a test page, it gets
hung up and does not print.

Note, I can print via other means, so it is not the
printer.  However, the functionality provided with RedHat
6.0 is missed.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-20 04:42:59 UTC

Do you have the line:

alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc

in /etc/conf.modules?

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-20 14:10:59 UTC

Did you recompile ghostscript with the different driver you're using
again?

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-29 20:48:59 UTC

It's not running out of disk space, correct?

What happens if you install the rhs-printfilters from 6.0?

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 1999-11-01 18:31:59 UTC

Try installing the rhs-printfilters from 6.0, and copying
/usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/master-filter to
/var/spool/lpd/<whatever>/filter.

Does that solve the problem?

What does the huge file in /tmp look like?

------- Additional Comments From   11/04/99 12:15 -------
In order to get the parallel port detected using the 2.2.12-20 kernel,
you must have the following conditions met:

1) Have "alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc" in /etc/conf.modules
2) Use a DMA parallel port mode. VERY IMPORTANT!

This is of course fixed in the 2.2.12-27 kernel. None of the above
apply for this kernel.

------- Additional Comments From   11/04/99 20:14 -------
add:  parport_lowlevel parport_pc  to /etc/conf.modules

Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 1999-11-08 18:45:59 UTC

OK, this should be fixed (the pbm2ppa problem) with
rhs-printfilters-1.58, which will be in the next Raw Hide
release.