Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo rebuild, cups won't work

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Feb 2, 2008 10:18 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com> wrote:

> On Feb 1, 2008 2:26 AM, Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net> wrote:
>
> > Dave Jones wrote:
> > > Hi Kevin
> > >
> > > Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 27/01/08 19:58:
> > >
> > >> I've installed cups and hplip.  I cannot follow the Gentoo printing
> > >> guide, because that worthy document requires me to add hplip to the
> > >> default runlevel, but hplip does not put anything in /etc/init.d.  My
> > >> printer is an old HP Laserjet 4M, which I usually run as a Postscrpt
> > >> printer.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >> What have I missed?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Run hp-setup
> > >
> > > You'll probably need to rework your cups config files if you've
> > retained
> > > them from the broken install.  hp-setup should enable local printing
> > OK.
> > >
> > > /etc/init.d/hplip is no longer necessary with recent hplip ebuilds.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Dave
> > >
> >
> > And if it still gives you problems, delete /etc/cups then reemerge
> > cups.  I had to do that last part too.
> >
> > Dale
> >
>
> The problem is that my printer is on the LPT port (/dev/lp0), and hp-setup
> does
> not find it.  In fact it has an option for LPT printers, but it is greyed
> out.
>
> The printer is really there: I can print by "cat printme >/dev/lp0" with a
> suitably formed "printme" file (lines need CR, file ends with ^L^D).
>
> ++ kevin


Hmmm.  Digging slightly deeper, I found the /usr/bin/hp-probe program.  It
lets me
specifically request a probe of LPT, but finds nothing there.  The printer
remains
attached.  I'm even more deeply stumped than before.

++ kevin



-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD