Red Hat 9 + Kernel 2.6 = Printer prints only garbage

[Andrew Lewis]

Hi,

I got the dotmatrix printing working (in 'raw' instead of 'text only'
mode) and practically for this installation this was all we needed,
so...

-AL.

On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 11:08, Andrew Lewis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We've got a RedHat9 installation on which we've upgraded the kernel to
> version 2.6.8.1, for purposes of making a multiport serial card only
> supported in 2.6.x work. Printing (over parallel port) wasn't working @
> all until I insmod'd lp.ko after which I can now print, but only
> garbage...
> 
> Tested with more than one printer (Laserjet2100 & Text/Dotmatrix), both
> of which are known to work otherwise...
> 
> I looked this up on Google, but came up with nothing....
> 
> Anyone else experienced this problem?
> 
> -AL.