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Hi! Trying to kill the keyboard, brauki@cityweb.de produced:
<A HREF="http://localhost/support-db/sdb/avaron_lpd_irq_polling.html"><A HREF="http://localhost/support-db/sdb/avaron_lpd_irq_polling.html</A">http://localhost/support-db/sdb/avaron_lpd_irq_polling.html
I'm to tired now to translate. A rough guess can be taken from it, though.
Ok, I'll do it. (slightly enhanced, though) Printer does not stay in IRQ mode Symptom: The lpd ought to work in IRQ mode instead of the (default) polling mode. However even after switching to IRQ mode with 'tunelp' the lpd switches back to polling mode after a few minutes. Cause: Tunelp configures only the currently loaded printing module. If the printer is not used for some minutes the printing module will be unloaded. Using the lpd the next time reloads the printing module with the original (polling) configuration. Solution: Either compile the printer support into the kernel and switch to IRQ mode via kernel options at boot time or add a line in /etc/conf.modules. For switching at boot time add the line append="lp=????????" after the line image=???? . The configuring line for the printer driver is build as follows: lp=port0[,irq0[,port1[,irq1[,port2[,irq2]]]]] e.g.: lp=0x378,0 or lp=0x278,5,0x378,7 You must specify all ports you want to use! Should e.g. the port 0x278 use IRQ 7 for data transfer you'd have to use the following line in /etc/lilo.conf: append="lp=0x278,7" If further kernel options need to be added, they have to be separated by a space character, e.g.: append="lp=0x278,7 auto" If you want to use modules for printer support (neccessary if you want to share the parallel port for a ZIP-Drive or PLIP or similar), try to add the parameters in /etc/conf.modules, e.g.: options lp io=0x278 irq=7 Now the printing module should use IRQ mode even after reloading. -Wolfgang PS: Forwarded to feedback@suse.com (I hope that is the right address) so it can be included in the SDB. -- PGP 2 welcome: Mail me, subject "send PGP-key". If you've nothing at all to hide, you must be boring. Unsolicited Bulk E-Mails: *You* pay for ads you never wanted. Is our economy _so_ weak we have to tolerate SPAMMERS? I guess not. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e