I've installed Gentoo 1.4 on my box from Stage1. Everything has gone
smooth as silk -- until tonight.

I am trying to configure CUPS for my HP-OfficeJet 7110. Following the
instructions in the docs posted at gentoo.org, it seems that I need to
compile a printer module -- "modprobe printer" doesn't find anything and
the CUPS manager can't see my printer.

The problem is: When I clicked on the link for the Kernel HOW TO, there
was a message "The Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review."

Does anyone have that mirrored and available anywhere?

TIA

John

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:59:37 -0800, John GIlger wrote:

> I've installed Gentoo 1.4 on my box from Stage1. Everything has gone
> smooth as silk -- until tonight.
>
> I am trying to configure CUPS for my HP-OfficeJet 7110. Following the
> instructions in the docs posted at gentoo.org, it seems that I need to
> compile a printer module -- "modprobe printer" doesn't find anything and
> the CUPS manager can't see my printer.
>
> The problem is: When I clicked on the link for the Kernel HOW TO, there
> was a message "The Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review."
>
> Does anyone have that mirrored and available anywhere?
>
> TIA
>
> John

$ emerge howto-html-single

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:59:37 -0800, John GIlger wrote:

> I've installed Gentoo 1.4 on my box from Stage1. Everything has gone
> smooth as silk -- until tonight.
>
> I am trying to configure CUPS for my HP-OfficeJet 7110. Following the
> instructions in the docs posted at gentoo.org, it seems that I need to
> compile a printer module -- "modprobe printer" doesn't find anything and
> the CUPS manager can't see my printer.
check:
$cat /usr/src/linux/.config|grep PRINT
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m

I'm just a newbie and don't know your printer but this might help
--
PiotrAF
icq#19392046 gadu-gadu#66915

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:59:37 -0800, John GIlger wrote:

> I've installed Gentoo 1.4 on my box from Stage1. Everything has gone
> smooth as silk -- until tonight.
>
> I am trying to configure CUPS for my HP-OfficeJet 7110. Following the
> instructions in the docs posted at gentoo.org, it seems that I need to
> compile a printer module -- "modprobe printer" doesn't find anything and
> the CUPS manager can't see my printer.
check:
$cat /usr/src/linux/.config|grep PRINT

CONFIG_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m

I'm just a newbie and don't know your printer but this might help
--
PiotrAF
icq#19392046 gadu-gadu#66915

John GIlger <bjgilger@cox.net> writes:

> I've installed Gentoo 1.4 on my box from Stage1. Everything has gone
> smooth as silk -- until tonight.
>
> I am trying to configure CUPS for my HP-OfficeJet 7110. Following the
> instructions in the docs posted at gentoo.org, it seems that I need to
> compile a printer module -- "modprobe printer" doesn't find anything
> and the CUPS manager can't see my printer.

I may be remembering this wrong, but I seem to remember when I first
installed CUPS, the printer needed to be turned on during boot so
that CUPS would detect it.

Another thought: there is no kernel module just for printing, but
parallel-port support MAY be compiled as a module. Do you see any
mention of parallel-ports in dmesg?

If you just cat a text file to your parallel-port does it print?

e.g. cat /etc/group > /dev/lp0

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Hash: SHA1
NotDashEscaped: You need GnuPG to verify this message

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:24:49 +0100, PiotrAF <piotraf@nospam.poczta.onet.pl> wrote:
> $cat /usr/src/linux/.config|grep PRINT
> CONFIG_PRINTER=m
> CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m

UUOC -

$ grep PRINT /usr/src/linux/.config

(Useless Use Of Cat)

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On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:13:34 -0800, AthlonRob wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> NotDashEscaped: You need GnuPG to verify this message
>
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:24:49 +0100, PiotrAF
> <piotraf@nospam.poczta.onet.pl> wrote:
>> $cat /usr/src/linux/.config|grep PRINT CONFIG_PRINTER=m
>> CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m
>
> UUOC -
>
> $ grep PRINT /usr/src/linux/.config
>
> (Useless Use Of Cat)

Thank you I am just learning so I like such advices
By the way, where will I find (which man or page) the simplest basics
needed in al this bash,perl,python etc. like && ; || . I know basic 'if'
'elseif' etc. but I miss the simplest of mentioned kind

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PiotrAF
icq#19392046 gadu-gadu#66915

Try man bash. There is also a bash how to at www.linuxdoc.org.

PiotrAF wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:13:34 -0800, AthlonRob wrote:
>
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>
> Thank you I am just learning so I like such advices
> By the way, where will I find (which man or page) the simplest basics
> needed in al this bash,perl,python etc. like && ; || . I know basic 'if'
> 'elseif' etc. but I miss the simplest of mentioned kind
>

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brettholcomb@R777charter.net
AKA Grunt <><
Registered Linux User #188143
Remove R777 to email

John GIlger wrote:
> I've installed Gentoo 1.4 on my box from Stage1. Everything has gone
> smooth as silk -- until tonight.
>
> I am trying to configure CUPS for my HP-OfficeJet 7110. Following the
> instructions in the docs posted at gentoo.org, it seems that I need to
> compile a printer module -- "modprobe printer" doesn't find anything
> and the CUPS manager can't see my printer.
>
> The problem is: When I clicked on the link for the Kernel HOW TO,
> there was a message "The Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review."
>
> Does anyone have that mirrored and available anywhere?
>
> TIA
>
> John

John,

I hope you track down the problem. If you find the Gentoo docs on Printer
setup are incomplete or inaccurate, please post a bug report on the Gentoo
website.

Rob

P.S. If you are looking for great tutorials on Linux, Perl etc, check out
the IBM developer website. Many of the tutorials were written by Daniel
Robbins, the chief architect of Gentoo. Goggle IBM developerworks Linux

Rob wrote:
> John GIlger wrote:
>
>>I've installed Gentoo 1.4 on my box from Stage1. Everything has gone
>>smooth as silk -- until tonight.
>>
>>I am trying to configure CUPS for my HP-OfficeJet 7110. Following the
>>instructions in the docs posted at gentoo.org, it seems that I need to
>>compile a printer module -- "modprobe printer" doesn't find anything
>>and the CUPS manager can't see my printer.
>>
>>The problem is: When I clicked on the link for the Kernel HOW TO,
>>there was a message "The Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review."
>>
>>Does anyone have that mirrored and available anywhere?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>John
>
>
> John,
>
> I hope you track down the problem. If you find the Gentoo docs on Printer
> setup are incomplete or inaccurate, please post a bug report on the Gentoo
> website.
>
> Rob
>
> P.S. If you are looking for great tutorials on Linux, Perl etc, check out
> the IBM developer website. Many of the tutorials were written by Daniel
> Robbins, the chief architect of Gentoo. Goggle IBM developerworks Linux
>
>
>
Rob,

Thanks for the advice. So far, Gentoo has worked perfectly. I probably
missed an option when I was installing my kernel.

My printer is a USB printer and I need to compile the usb printer module
- I have verified that it is missing. The problem is that in the Gentoo
docs, there is a link to the Kernel HOW-TO at The Linux Documentation
Project site. When I click the link there is a message saying that the
Kernel HOW-TO has been taken removed for review. I was looking for
another location for it.

Someone mentioned emerging the docs, so I'll do that.

Also, I have been a frequent visitor to the IBM site for quite some time
and I enjoy the articles and tutorials that Daniel and some other Gentoo
gurus have written there. That's one reason I'm building up a Gentoo box
now that I have a broadband connection.

John