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| jan olieslagers... |
 Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:48 am |
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On a newly set up Suse 10.3, some characters (perrhaps 1 in 10 or 1 in
20) get lost when printing through the parallel port; even when copying
a file straight into /dev/lp0. I suspect some conflict/problem with
IRQ's, but how to diagnose this?
TIA,
KA |
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| Bill Marcum... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:27 pm |
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On 2009-10-21, jan olieslagers <adelco_gene_zever at (no spam) skynet.be> wrote:
Quote: On a newly set up Suse 10.3, some characters (perrhaps 1 in 10 or 1 in
20) get lost when printing through the parallel port; even when copying
a file straight into /dev/lp0. I suspect some conflict/problem with
IRQ's, but how to diagnose this?
TIA,
KA
Could be a defective printer port or cable. Is there any pattern of which
characters are lost? Does the same problem occur with another OS? |
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| jan olieslagers... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:47 pm |
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Bill Marcum schreef:
Quote: On 2009-10-21, jan olieslagers <adelco_gene_zever at (no spam) skynet.be> wrote:
On a newly set up Suse 10.3, some characters (perrhaps 1 in 10 or 1 in
20) get lost when printing through the parallel port; even when copying
a file straight into /dev/lp0. I suspect some conflict/problem with
IRQ's, but how to diagnose this?
TIA,
KA
Could be a defective printer port or cable. Is there any pattern of which
characters are lost? Does the same problem occur with another OS?
Sorry I should have elaborated there. Both printer and cable work OK on
another computer so it must be in the SuSE box.
And no I cannot find a pattern in what characters get lost. |
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| Henrik Carlqvist... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:59 pm |
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jan olieslagers <adelco_gene_zever at (no spam) skynet.be> wrote:
Quote: Both printer and cable work OK on
another computer so it must be in the SuSE box.
Did you try different settings for the parallel port (SPP? EPP? ECP?),
those settings are usually done in the CMOS setup.
regards Henrik
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| jan olieslagers... |
| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:16 am |
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Henrik Carlqvist schreef:
Quote: jan olieslagers <adelco_gene_zever at (no spam) skynet.be> wrote:
Both printer and cable work OK on
another computer so it must be in the SuSE box.
Did you try different settings for the parallel port (SPP? EPP? ECP?),
those settings are usually done in the CMOS setup.
regards Henrik
Morning Henrik,
No, I do think the CMOS set-up will be the next point of attack but
should first like to know what settings Linux assumes for the printer
port, in particular the IRQ.
PS hear you later today professionally, I suppose? |
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| jan olieslagers... |
| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:40 am |
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Henrik Carlqvist schreef:
Quote: jan olieslagers <adelco_gene_zever at (no spam) skynet.be> wrote:
Both printer and cable work OK on
another computer so it must be in the SuSE box.
Did you try different settings for the parallel port (SPP? EPP? ECP?),
those settings are usually done in the CMOS setup.
This did the trick indeed, my suspicion was at IRQ but all was OK after
I changed the CMOS setup from ECP to Normal. Many thanks!
KA |
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| Henrik Carlqvist... |
| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:27 pm |
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jan olieslagers <adelco_gene_zever at (no spam) skynet.be> wrote:
Quote: all was OK after I changed the CMOS setup from ECP to Normal.
Good that we found the solution!
About "hear you later today...", I think that you are mixing me up with
some other Henrik Carlqvist? I live in sweden.
regards Henrik
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