[parisc-linux] Printer Port & kernel stuff

Matthew Wilcox willy@debian.org
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 20:07:11 +0000


On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 03:02:29PM -0500, James S wrote:
> Has nobody else had the same problem as me with the printer port ?
> 
> My 712/60 locks every time i send anything to the local printer.

Isn't this cured with Thomas Bogendoerfer's recent changes to make
parport_gsc & parport_pc work when compiled into the same kernel?

> while i'm at it - does anybody have a list of the options i should choose
> when i'm doing a make config for the kernel so i can get the right network
> stuff installed etc.

defconfig is pretty all-encompassing.  there's also the debian-configs
in the CVS tree.

> i need to recompile to include smbfs (which i think would be very handy if
> compiled into the kernel as standard)

last i heard it still wouldn't compile.  but maybe it got fixed and i
don't remember.

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