I am using LINUX 6.1 Professional edition configured on an Intel AMD-K6 Processor using BIOS V4.51Pg from award software (ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5LEF09). The Linux kernel is Version 2.2.12-20. During boot time the kernel(??) is not detecting the presence of the parallel port LP1, and subsiquently no printing is working. The lpd comes up ok and I can configure the printer and queue properly. I am using the Gnome Workstation configuration (KDE does the same) using both default settings selected settings. I have this problem on two machines and in both cases the parallel port is detected automatically and works properly using other Operating System vendors (NT and Solaris Intel x386). I am fairly new to LINUX and may need a walk through installing Patcheds or Updates. If you need further information I can run down the information in the logs that you may require. Thanks in advance, Reuben Finstrom Bloomington Minnesota.
I suspect this is the problem with the pc_parport alias device outlined in the errata for the lpd package, but I assign it to the kernel folks to check it out anyway.
This is fixed in a later version of the installer and in the latest modutils in rawhide. Add: alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc to /etc/conf.modules.