[juneau-lug] Re: really headless?
- From: Sean Crites <bdk@xxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:56:14 -0900
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?
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> > -----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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