Bugzilla – Bug 206380
Unable to configure parallel printer
Last modified: 2006-09-18 08:15:07 UTC
When I try to configure my printer, YaST2 tells me there is no /dev/lp0. Not only is there a /dev/lp0 listed if I browse /dev, but I previously had Mandriva 2006.0 installed on this machine and it worked fine (and yes, my printer - an Apollo P-1200 - is connected and turned on, and resets itself at what seems to be an appropriate time in the boot sequence).
Regarding/dev/lp0 see http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Dec/2640.html There are some bug reports about problems with the parallel port in our Novell/Suse Bugzilla. A good report to start is bug #185135 See also the other bug reports which are mentioned there. Something is fishy with the parallel port stuff in the kernels since Suse Linux 10.0, see http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2005-Nov/1206.html The current workaround is to experiment with various BIOS settings and explicite additional settings in /etc/modprobe.conf to find a setup, which actually works in a particular problematic case. I close this one as duplicate of bug #185135. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 185135 ***