[juneau-lug] Re: really headless?

  • From: "Jeremy Hansen" <jeremyh@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:33:01 -0900

I am not sure what you want to do, but my recommendation if you are going to
do any printing is to use CUPS...

Jeremy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Crites" <bdk@xxxxxxx>
To: <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 9:56 AM
Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: really headless?


>
> Speaking of printing. I've read the how-to's and am still a little
> confused. The how-to seemed to address lpt1 printing, I've got a
> jetdirect card in my hp and use tcp/ip.
>
> Anyone have any insite or know of a how-to that addresses tcp/ip
> printing?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -sean
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Zuelow" <jamesz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, November 14, 2002 7:59 am
> Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: really headless?
>
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean Crites
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 8:20 AM
> > > To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: really headless?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ya, that was the one other thing that I found out about the
> > serial
> > > console. I've been recompiling my kernel every other day or
> > > so now as I
> > > figure out I need new features. When compiling for SMP make sure
> > you
> > > turn on your hardware clock lock on. It took me two compiles
> > > to figure
> > > that out.
> >
> > Happens to the best of them.  Over the weekend I updated my RedHat 7.2
> > box with up2date.  I have up2date configured to download, but not
> > install new kernel images.  I noticed that RedHat had a newer kernel
> > than my custom compiled one, so I tried it.
> >
> > It broke my printing.  In the 2.4 kernels, you have to specify support
> > for a parallel port in the general config area (of menuconfig) AND
> > specify support for a printer as a character device in the character
> > device area.  Looks like RedHat left out one of the two, as when I was
> > using their kernel I didn't have an lp0 device to print to.
> >
> > Then again, these days printers are either USB or ethernet, so
> > maybe I'm
> > the dinosaur that RedHat just can't waste time supporting with a
> > parallel port printer....
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > James
> >
> >
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