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[jerrykreps@xxxxxxxxxxx (Jerry Kreps)]

From: Jerry Kreps <jerrykreps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 19:56:19 -0600
Message-Id: <00120219561900.23751@JLKreps>
Subject: Re: [SLE] Printing problem after upgrade to 7.0



On Saturday 02 December 2000 17:00, Guido Milanese wrote:
> On 02-Dec-00 Jerry Kreps wrote:
> > SuSE 7 uses modules to load drivers.
> > do a "cat /proc/modules" to see if lp is listed among the
> > installed modules.
>
> OK, it was not installed.
>
> > If not then su to root and do "modprobe lp".
>
> Did it. Now there are several new lines, including printcap, and
> this crucial one:
>
> lp                      5476   0 (unused)
>
> is it correct?

Yup!

>
> > If your printer is on, and online, you should hear it cycle when
> > the lp module loads.
>
> No noise at all...

You must have a laser printer..... ;-)

>
> > Redo the "cat /proc/modules" and you will see lp and some
> > associated modules listed.
>
> OK. But when I try to print, I now obtain this message:
>
> lpr: fatal error: no printcap entry for printer lp
>
> I also tried with
>
> lpr filename -Pljet3
>
> but the answer is always the same.
>
> this is driving me crazy...
>
> thanks!

No need to go insane!  Now you have to configure the printcap file...
Run YaST and select the 'Configure Hardware" option, which leads
to the option to configure the printer, or run YaST2 and chose
the 'Configure the Printer" button.

BTW, I've tried Mandrake 7.1...  It has a nice GUI install program,
after that it is just RH.  SuSE's got it beat a country mile.
JLK

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