Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 05 Sep 2001 00:17:22 +0300 | From | Michael Ben-Gershon <> | Subject | Re: lpr to HP laserjet stalls |
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Tim Waugh wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 04:41:22PM +0300, Michael Ben-Gershon wrote: > > > Building it as a module meant I didn't have to reboot for every time > > I wanted to retest it with different parameters. > > I understand. But I'm looking at the differences between a broken > system and a working system. It seems from what you say to be: > > - CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO > - Parport built as modules > > So it seems as though it's either one of these, or the combination.
The modules side could possibly be explained by a possible h/w clash, with the printer support loaded later than something which it may be clashing with if loaded first - although I am a bit out of my depth in terms of my understanding of the kernel boot process here. However, what is interesting is that I originally had the problems when I upgraded to the 2.4 kernel (and RH 7.1). I subsequently upgraded the h/w from a PII 333 on a Tyan m/b to a P4 1.5G on an Asus m/b. The former was a mixed PCI/ISA board, with both types of cards installed, whereas the latter was all PCI. I had the same printer problem on both boards with kernel 2.4, which makes the possibility of a h/w clash being the cause a bit remote.
The 2 changes above (I have not yet had a chance to try each in isolation) fixed the problem.
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