[Bug 29050] Re: cupsys does not automatically detect parallel printer

[Mark W. Tomlinson]

Martin,

>From Breezy (Live CD, I replaced my Breezy install with Dapper):

ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep lp
[4294671.645000] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".  If it helps, post a report
[4294679.437000] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
[4294765.827000] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[4294797.839000] lp0: ECP mode
[4294797.861000] lp0: ECP mode
[4294797.917000] lp0: ECP mode
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ lpinfo -v
network socket
network bluetooth
direct hp:/no_device_found
network http
network ipp
network lpd
direct canon:/dev/lp0
direct epson:/dev/lp0
direct parallel:/dev/lp0
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
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$

>From Dapper:

mark at anduril:~$ dmesg | grep lp
[4294667.296000] On node 0 totalpages: 261935
[4294670.040000] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 5589.95 BogoMIPS (lpj=2794976)
[4294670.581000] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 5585.62 BogoMIPS (lpj=2792810)
[4294670.717000] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".  If it helps, post a report
[4294676.614000] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
[4294692.064000] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
mark at anduril:~$
mark at anduril:~$ lpinfo -v
network socket
network beh
network bluetooth
direct hp:/no_device_found
network http
network ipp
network lpd
direct parallel:/dev/lp0
direct canon:/dev/lp0
direct epson:/dev/lp0
network smb
mark at anduril:~$

Let me know if there's anything else you need!

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cupsys does not automatically detect parallel printer
https://launchpad.net/bugs/29050