On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:21:45 +1000 Scott Adamson <scottadamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, I am trying to setup a HP Laserjet 6L with RH 9. First of all I > rebooted the machine with the printer connected & powered up, Kudzo > found the new device, correctly identified it and allegedly installed > the driver. The damn thing wont do anything, can't print the CUPS test > file, can't print from any applications, can't even print a text file > by using lpr. The only clue I can find is an entry in > /var/log/messages which appears when the CUPS server is restarted - > > modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-188 > > The printer works fine plugged into a Doze box. > > If anyone has any suggestions they would be much appreciated, . It might not work in your case, so YMMV. I've had endless trouble letting systems set up printers for me ever since CUPS became the de facto standard. But when I did it manually, I only had one failure. The problems and successes have crossed distro lines: RH, MDK, Knoppix, Mepis, SuSE and a slew of others. This has worked for me: I delete the printer, then use the web interface to set it up all over again (usually http://localhost:631/ will do it). You might not find the exact driver that way (I have an HP 4p, but use a stock HP 4 driver, for instance), but there are several things I found on google about other printer settings that are claimed to work. Particularly: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_6L http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1998/09/msg03116.html For LPD: http://cmisip.home.insightbb.com/hardware.htm (near middle) -- I use linux because I've used Windows. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
