SuSE Support Database

Title: Printing with kernel 2.2.xx

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 6.0
Kernel: Versions since 2.2

After updating to the 2.2.xx kernel printing no longer works...

With the 2.2.x kernel the "parport" subsystem appeared and the numbering of the interfaces has changed.

Please use the kernel that was provided with your SuSE system, as well as the modules that are included in the "kernmod" package; Unfortunately kernels that have been recompiled can not be covered by our installation support!
In /etc/printcap change the device /dev/lp1 to /dev/lp0.
Make sure that the "parport" subsystem can be loaded; see ke_parport.html; You may need to modify /etc/conf.modules. Pay attention to the following entries:
```
alias parport_lowlevel      parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=none,none
```
Obviously, you may need to modify the above example if your parallel port has a different io address (for example io=0x278).

Manually load the "lp" module to verify that it works:

modprobe lp

If it was sucessful, the command lsmod should produce an output similar to:

lp                      5008   0  (unused)
parport_pc              4960   1  (autoclean)
parport                 6428   1  [parport_pc lp]