[cups.general] Missing /dev/lp1

[Kaze]

Slackware 10, by default, does *not* load the parallel port drivers.  
Under /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, uncomment the following lines (lines 46-73):

### PC parallel port support ###
if cat /proc/ksyms | grep "\[parport_pc\]" 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
  echo "parport0 is built-in, not loading module" > /dev/null
else
  if [ -r /lib/modules/$RELEASE/misc/parport_pc.o \
       -o -r /lib/modules/$RELEASE/misc/parport_pc.o.gz \
       -o -r /lib/modules/$RELEASE/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o \
       -o -r 
/lib/modules/$RELEASE/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o.gz ]; then
    # Generic setup example:
    /sbin/modprobe parport_pc
    # Hardware specific setup example (required for PLIP and better
    # performance in general):
    #/sbin/modprobe parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
  fi
fi

### Parallel printer support ###
if cat /proc/ksyms | grep "\[lp\]" 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
  echo "lp support built-in, not loading module" > /dev/null
else
  if [ -r /lib/modules/$RELEASE/misc/lp.o \
       -o -r /lib/modules/$RELEASE/misc/lp.o.gz \
       -o -r /lib/modules/$RELEASE/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o \
       -o -r /lib/modules/$RELEASE/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz ]; then
    /sbin/modprobe lp
  fi
fi


roza9000 at hotmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm running Slackware 10.0 with the 2.4.26 kernel. I am trying to serve an HP Deskjet 680C to my home LAN via Samba 3.0 and cups. I can confirm cups support in Samba via:
>
>
>ldd `which smbd`     <which gives>
>
>libcups.so.2 => ...  <among others>
>
>I have succesfully started cupsd, but before I add a printer to CUPS, the CUPS software administration manual recommends that I run lpinfo -v to completely list available devices.
>
>Indeed, this does list many, many devices...
>
>
>lpinfo -v
>
>network socket
>network http
>network ipp
>network lpd
>direct scsi
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS1?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS2?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS3?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS4?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS5?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS6?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS7?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS8?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS9?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS10?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS11?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS12?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS13?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS14?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS15?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS16?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS17?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS18?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS19?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS20?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS21?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS22?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS23?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS24?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS25?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS26?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS27?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS28?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS29?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS30?baud=115200
>serial serial:/dev/ttyS31?baud=115200
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp0
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp1
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp2
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp3
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp4
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp5
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp6
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp7
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp8
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp9
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp10
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp11
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp12
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp13
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp14
>direct usb:/dev/usb/lp15
>network smb
>
>..but conspicuously absent is:
>
>direct parallel:/dev/lp1
>
>This is of great intrest to me because I wish to connect my HP Deskjet
>680C to the parallel port. If any one knows why or how my /dev/lp1 is
>missing I would greatly appreciate their feedback.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>roza9000
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