Printer does not work with newer kernel versions

[Jeff Vian]

On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 08:43 +0100, Sven Borkert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using Fedora Core 3 on a Compaq Deskpro EN and a HP Laserjet 4000.
> With kernel 2.6.9-1.667 printing works fine. As I updated to
> 2.6.10-1.741_FC3, system-config-printer tells me that the printer is
> always disconnected. Updating to 2.6.10-1.760_FC3 still did not fix the
> problem. When i boot 2.6.9-1.667 again, printing works without problems
> again. So, atm I'm stuck on the old kernel version because I need the
> printer.
> 
> dmesg with the newer kernel says:
> 
> parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
> parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
> parport0: faking semi-colon
> parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 4000 Series
> Trying to free free DMA3
> pnp: Device 00:06 disabled.
> ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394'
> ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
> ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
> e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, half-duplex
> i2c /dev entries driver
> pnp: Device 00:06 activated.
> parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
> pnp: Device 00:06 disabled.
> lp: driver loaded but no devices found
> 
> With the older kernel "lp" reports the printer correctly.
> 
> Hope anyone can help me.
> 
> Sven Borkert
> 

I have a much older printer than that, a laserjet 4plus.
it is never detected, but I simply use system-config-printer to define
it and it works flawlessly.

Have you tried to manually configure it instead of depending on the
autoconfigure routines?
> 
>